Arguing for a Target Population: exercise for lowering blood pressure

Note: The assessments in this course must be completed in the order presented; subsequent assessments should be built on both your earlier work and your instructors feedback on earlier assessments. If you choose to submit assessments prematurely, without considering and integrating your instructors feedback, your assessment may be returned ungraded, resulting in your loss of an assessment attempt.

State your PICOT question, including the target population. Gather 35 resources that address the topic. Write the following:

• For each source, write a summary paragraph.
• Then, create one synthesized paragraph of information, bringing together the information from all the sources.
  • Here are some questions to consider when writing this final paragraph, which will be a synthesis in support of the target population.
    • How do your sources relate?
    • In what ways are they similar or different?
    • How do they build upon one another?
• Each paragraph should present a main idea, supported by evidence, following the model set by the MEAL Plan. 

Your assessment will be graded according to the following criteria:

• Explain why the proposed intervention does not pose any risk to human subjects.
  • Capella IRB requires learners to ensure that volunteers/participants in doctoral projects will not experience negative impacts to their social reputation, financial standing, employability, legal status, educational opportunities, or health.
  • Describe the characteristics of the project stakeholders who will participate in the change. 
  • Explain the impact of the project on the stakeholders. How will the change in practice or process meet the needs of said stakeholders and/or the organization?
  • Describe, if any, the potential negative impacts the project may have on the stakeholders or organization.
• Integrate evidence into text appropriately.
• Compose a strong thesis stating an argument.
• Explain how the evidence supports an argument.
• Develop a synthesis of evidence in support of an argument.

• CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
  Explain why the proposed intervention does not pose any risk to human subjects.	The proposed intervention poses a risk to human subjects.	The proposed intervention does not seem to pose a risk to human subjects, but the explanation is weak or insufficient.	Explains why the proposed intervention does not pose any risk to human subjects.	Explains why the proposed intervention does not pose any risk to human subjects and explains how the proposed intervention meets a need in the target population.
  Integrate evidence into text appropriately.	Does not integrate evidence into text appropriately.	Integrates evidence into text appropriately, but with errors in attribution and/or citation that introduce or approach plagiarism.	Integrates evidence into text appropriately.	Integrates evidence into text without errors in attribution or APA style.
  Compose a strong thesis stating an argument.	Does not compose a strong thesis stating an argument.	Composes a thesis, but lacks clarity about the focus of the argument.	Composes a strong thesis stating an argument.	Composes a strong thesis stating an argument; thesis relates to all evidence and analysis offered in the writing.
  Develop a synthesis of evidence in support of an argument.	Does not develop a summary or a synthesis of evidence in support of an argument.	Develops a summary of the evidence, which sometimes reaches the level of synthesis of evidence.	Develops a synthesis of evidence in support of an argument.	Develops a synthesis of evidence in support of an argument; synthesis includes robust evidence from multiple sources.
  Explain how evidence supports an argument.	Does not cite evidence in support of an argument.	Cites evidence in support of an argument, but does not explain how the evidence supports the argument.	Explains how evidence supports an argument.	Explains how evidence supports an argument; provides interpretation of evidence that shows how it supports an argument.