Environmental Health Training Critique

Overview

Public health professionals are regularly asked to recommend training programs for their constituents. For this assignment, you will assess a CDC environmental health training program of your choice.

Instructions

Identify a training program that addresses Healthy People goals associated with environmental health from the CDC’s Environmental Health Services (EHS) Training website (linked in Resources).
Write an evaluation of the program in which you complete the following:

• Describe the approach the EHS training program uses to address Healthy People environmental health goals.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the program in meeting the requirements of the related environmental health policy.
• Determine whether the program’s design addresses the needs of the intended audience.
• Create a list of questions to evaluate an environmental health training program.
• Provide an academic rationale to support the evaluation criteria used.
• Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Additional Requirements

• Length: 3–5 pages of content plus cover page, references, and appendix.
• Style: Write in a way that is concise, logically organized, and appropriate for a professional audience.
• Formatting: Arial or Times New Roman, 12 point. Use headings and subheadings for each component.
• Resources: Cite sources in text and include an APA-formatted reference page.

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Environmental Health Training Critique Scoring Guide

Percentage of Course Grade: 19%.

CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
Describe the approach the EHS training program uses to address Healthy People environmental health goals. 20%	Does not describe the approach the EHS training program uses to address Healthy People environmental health goals.	Partially describes the approach the EHS training program uses to address Healthy People environmental health goals.	Describes the approach the EHS training program uses to address Healthy People environmental health goals.	Describes the approach the EHS training program uses to address Healthy People environmental health goals and identifies areas of uncertainty, knowledge gaps, and/or additional information that could improve the approach.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the program in meeting the requirements of the related environmental health policy. 16%	Does not evaluate the effectiveness of the program in meeting the requirements of the related environmental health policy.	Describes how the program attempts to meet the requirements of the related environmental health policy.	Evaluates the effectiveness of the program in meeting the requirements of the related environmental health policy.	Evaluates the effectiveness of the program in meeting the requirements of the related environmental health policy as well as evidence that could be used to weight the importance of those requirements.
Determine whether the program’s design addresses the needs of the intended audience. 16%	Does not determine whether the program’s design addresses the needs of the intended audience.	Describes environmental health training program design, but does not determine if it addresses the needs of the intended audience.	Determines whether the program’s design addresses the needs of the intended audience.	Determines whether the program’s design addresses the needs of the intended audience and provides specific examples to illustrate the program’s efficacy.
Create a list of questions to evaluate an environmental health training program. 16%	Does not create a list of questions to evaluate an environmental health training program.	Lists questions to evaluate an environmental health training program that are unclear or that fail to address training evaluation criteria.	Creates a list of questions to evaluate an environmental health training program.	Creates a list of questions to evaluate an environmental health training program and identifies areas of uncertainty, knowledge gaps, and/or additional information necessary for a more complete understanding.
Provide an academic rationale to support the criteria used to evaluate an environmental training program. 16%	Does not provide an academic rationale to support the criteria used to evaluate a training program.	Provides an academic rationale to support the criteria used to evaluate a training program, but the rationale is unclear or incomplete.	Provides an academic rationale to support the criteria used to evaluate a training program.	Provides an academic rationale to support the criteria used to evaluate a training program, and identifies assumptions upon which the criteria were created.
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. 16%	Writes with many errors, making text difficult to follow; errors involve spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Writes with few errors that can make text difficult to follow at times; errors involve spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Writes clearly and logically, using evidence to support a central idea, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; the paper contains supporting examples for the main points.