Health & Wellbeing HW 1 - Wellness

Health & Wellbeing - HW 1

Wellness - Final Project Part One

Issue/Event - Depression

Submission: You will submit your completed Critical Analysis Portfolio. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. This portfolio should be 6 to 8 pages long, not counting references . Within your portfolio, each analysis should be 3 to 5 paragraphs long.

Guidelines for Submission: Your portfolio must be 6 to 8 pages in length (plus a cover page and references) and written in APA format. Use double-spaced, 12- point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Include references cited in APA format. Submit your portfolio in a single Word document.

Be sure to support your analyses with appropriate and relevant evidence from theory and research.

Specifically, you must address the critical elements listed below. Most of the critical elements align with a particular course outcome (shown in brackets).

I. Introduction: For this part of the assessment, you will examine the role of the individual in a global society and how issues of wellness influence aspects of culture and the individual. You will explore topics that have been discussed in this course (sociology of wellness, psychological wellness, identity and wellness, wellness and socioeconomic status, etc.) to help guide your analysis.

A. Topic: Using the four lenses, explain how an issue or event within wellness has or has not influenced modern society.

II. Lens Analysis: In this part of the assessment, you will analyze your chosen issue or event through each of the following lenses to determine its impact on various institutions, using evidence and research to support each analysis:

A. History

B. Humanities

C. Natural and Applied Sciences

D. Social Sciences

III. Conclusion

A. Explain how integrating the four lenses helps understand how problems in wellness impact both professional and personal context.

B. Analyze how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern culture.

C. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in wellness.

D. Explain how analyzing wellness can help interactions with those of a different viewpoint, culture, and perspective.