EATING BEHAVIORS AMONG MIDDLE-AGED AFRICAN AMERICANS

Theoretical Manuscript Draft 1 Rubric
Fall 2020

1. Introduction and Statement of Purpose (20pts)
– Introduction was presented, but it did not thoroughly describe some of the following:
o Identification of the health outcome, health behavior, and population – some were addressed but what is the health behavior (you mention two – physical activity AND healthy eating), your population (is it all AA at any age? Any locality?)
o Prevalence and incidence data of the disease – not mentioned specifically for the priority group or the disease in general. Need this specific info
o Contributing factors to the behavior and/or health outcome– mentioned in introduction
– 13/20 pts

2. Statement of Purpose (5 pts)
– The purpose of the manuscript appears to be stated, but it is not clear.
– 4/5 pts

3. Methods (10 pts)
– Entire section needs to be rewritten. The information required in this section are not included.
– Search engines, search terms, or inclusion/exclusion criteria were missing.
– The Methods section should be ~1 page long.
o 1. Describe the methods used to search for and select articles.
 a. Search engines used to search
 b. Key words used in the search
 c. Total number of articles found that pertain to your topic.
 d. Article inclusion/exclusion criteria. (What criteria did you use to decide to include or exclude an article from your review? For example, did you only select articles published in U.S. journals within the past 5 years? Did they have to have the name of a specific theory or model mentioned in the article? Did you include qualitative studies or only quantitative studies?)
 e. Final number of articles included in the review and a brief statement about the number of articles used.
o 2. Describe the methods you used to analyze each article and compare it to the other articles. (This is where you would briefly describe the process you used to identify information and compare it between articles)
– 0/10 pts

4. Results (25pts)
– Missed two or more of the following:
o At least eight (8) peer-reviewed, theory-based articles included – only 6 theory-based articles were described in this paper.
o At least three public health theories were used – theories were mentioned but could use more clarity around how the theoretical constructs were discussed in the article (in their results and discussion sections). What was the result of using the theory to assist/drive the intervention?
o Each article presented included a description of the study, results, limitations, and applicable findings – each article needs to be cited prior to the summary. The clarity around the findings and applicable findings needs some work
– 15/25pts

5. Discussion (10 pts)
– A vague outline of the summary and discussion of the articles presented in the results section was presented.
– You need to talk more about the theoretical constructs and components.
– 6/10pts

6. Conclusions and Recommendations (10pts)
– A low-quality or vague outline of conclusions and recommendations based on the literature review findings was included.
– Need to build out the important and consideration for theory
– 7/10pts

7. Reference List (10 pts)
– A list of 10 reputable references were included in the references list and all references followed APA format.
– 10/10 pts

8. APA format & Writing Style (10pts)
– There were many grammatical and structural errors.There were some areas where there were APA errors with the in-text citations (not citing the sources you were summarizing in the results section).
– 5/10pts

Total points: 13 + 4 + 0 + 15 + 6 +7+ 10 + 5 = 60 / 100pts