N3335 Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Module 5 - Journal Analysis
Submit 2359 Saturday of Module 5
Name: Date: Overview: Journal Analysis
You have maintained a journal for four weeks, recording four entries per week that reflect the issue
you selected for your Health Promotion Contract. Now you will review those entries and analyze
the effect the journaling experience had on you and your progress toward goals.
Answer all of the questions thoroughly in 3-4 complete sentences, referencing what you learned in
the course, citing specific examples from your journal entries where prompted, and reflecting upon
the role of journaling in health promotion. Objective: Discuss the purpose and efficacy of journaling for health promotion. ©2016 UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation 1 N3335 Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the assignment, “Journal Analysis.”
Task Accomplished Competent Description of Health
Promotion Contract
issue Specific, detailed
description of
issue General
description of
issue (Total 5 points) (5 points) (3 points) Explanation of “Stage
of Change” at
conclusion of
journaling Detailed
explanation of
specific stage of
change, including
examples that
align with the
characteristics
described in the
article Statement of
stage of change
with some
description of
characteristics (Total 20 points) Needs
Improvement
No description of
issue
(0 points) Little or no
description of
characteristics of
stage of change
(0 points) (15 points) (20 points)
Description of most
significant motivator
(Total 15 points) Detailed
description of
motivator,
including two
specific examples
from journal
entries showing
motivator’s
impact on
progress toward
goal General
description of
motivator with
one example or
rationale No description of
motivator OR no
examples
(0 points) (10 points) (15 points)
Description of most
significant stumbling
block
(15 points) Detailed
description of
stumbling block,
including two
specific examples
from journal
entries showing
stumbling block’s
impact on
progress toward
goal ©2016 UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation General
description of
stumbling block
with one example
or rationale No description of
stumbling block
OR no examples
(0 points) (10 points) 2 N3335 Promoting Healthy Lifestyles (15 points)
Role of journaling in
maintaining focus on
health issue
(10 points) Detailed
explanation of
how journaling
did/did not help
maintain focus
on issue,
including two
specific examples
from journal
entries General
explanation of
how journaling
did/did not help
maintain focus
on issue,
including one
example or
rationale No specific
explanation of
role of journaling
in maintaining
focus on issue OR
no examples
(0 points) (5 points) (10 points) Analysis of journal
topics
(5 points) Detailed
description of
journaling
topic(s) Answer of “yes”
or “no” with no
details No response
(0 points) (3 points) (5 points)
Description of self-talk
(10 points) Two examples
with detailed
description of
dialogue with
self, and
description of
characteristics of
talk One example
with general
description of
self-talk
(5 points) No description
and/or examples
of self-talk OR
self-talk
unrelated to
issue
(0 points) (10 points)
Impact of JAMA article
on future journaling
(10 points) Detailed
statement of
impact with
specific examples
and/or
description of
anticipation of
future outcomes
or rationale Statement of
impact with
general rationale
and/or support
(5 points) Statement of
impact with little
or no rationale to
support
statement OR no
statement or
rationale
(0 points) (10 points)
Comparison of
journaling and Statement of
position with ©2016 UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation Statement of
position with Statement of
position with no
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(10 points) specific
supportive
rationale
(10 points) ©2016 UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation some rationale
(5 points) rationale OR no
statement of
position
(0 points) 4 N3335 Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Analysis Questions
1. Thoroughly describe the health issue you chose to work on during this course as listed in your
Health Promotion Contract. (5 points) 2. For your issue, at what stage of the “Stages of Change” Model (in Module 1 Readings) were you
in by the last week of the course? Thoroughly describe below. (20 points) 3. What was your most significant motivator? Thoroughly describe below and include two examples
from your journal. (15 points) 4. What was your most significant stumbling block? Thoroughly describe below and include two
examples from your journal. (15 points) ©2016 UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation 5 N3335 Promoting Healthy Lifestyles 5. Did your journaling help you stay focused on the issue on which you were working? Thoroughly
describe below, explaining why or why not, and give two examples from your journal. (10 points) 6. Did you find yourself journaling on topics other than your issue?Thoroughly describe below. (5
points) 7. If you failed to reach a goal (intermediate or end-goal), what was your self-talk? (Self-talk is
defined as your ongoing internal dialogue with yourself. Self-talk can be accurate, positive and
supportive, or exaggerated and negative.) Give two examples and thoroughly describe below. (10
points) 8. Will the results of the JAMA article (in Module 1 Readings), as to the efficacy of journaling,
influence you to continue to journal? Why or why not? (Be honest with yourself in answering this.)
Thoroughly describe below. (10 points) ©2016 UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation 6 N3335 Promoting Healthy Lifestyles 9. Would you take a medication that purported to have similar health improvement benefits as
journaling? Why or why not? Thoroughly describe below. (10 points) ©2016 UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation 7

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