IDS 402 Milestone One Worksheet Student Name: Section Number: For this milestone, you will choose a local or global issue that pertains to wellness
IDS 402 Milestone One Worksheet
| Student Name: | Section Number: |
For this milestone, you will choose a local or global issue that pertains to wellness. The chosen issue should also relate to one or more of the topics that have been addressed in this course (factors that support or challenge wellness, wellness through the lens of different disciplines, and so on). In the presentation that you will create for the final project, you will explain the issue, describe how it pertains to wellness, and provide a plan of action for addressing this issue. This plan includes recommendations for improvements as well as strategies and a plan for implementing the recommendations.
Use the prompts below to help you decide on the specific topic you will address in your final project.
| Briefly describe your discipline of study or chosen profession, at this point in time, and the impact that health and wellness issues have on it. | |
| Student Input | Instructor Comments |
| I am currently attending classes to get my Bachelor’s in Accounting and Finance, and am working as a retail accountant. Life can be distressing; infrequently you’ll need to manage progressing stress decidedly. Stress can have an assortment of causes – family issues, work issues, budgetary troubles, or weakness among other things. It is imperative to perceive the causes, find a way to manage the base of the issue, and handle the side effects. Above all, don’t go at it alone; request assistance from a companion and, if necessary, an expert. | Having to multitask can be stressful especially if there are tight deadlines to meet and other projects to manage. Your suggestions for acknowledging stress is great because often times it creeps up in our lives without notice. Self-care is important and it looks different from one person to the next. What have you found to be most helpful in your life of work? |
| Describe an issue topic that is related to health and wellness and is also related to your professional and/or personal interests. | |
| Student Input | Instructor Comments |
| Stress is a person’s reaction to a stressor such as an environmental condition or a stimulus. Stress is the body’s approach to respond to a challenge. As indicated by the stressful occasion, the body’s approach to react to stress is by sympathetic sensory system initiation which brings about the battle or-flight reaction. Stress normally portrays a contrary condition or a constructive condition that can affect a person’s mental and physical prosperity. | Great start to the framing of this important health issue. I would encourage you narrow it down to a specific age group (i.e. how does stress affect young people today? etc) so that your recommendations can be tailored to fit the specific needs of the population you choose. As you begin your review of the literature, take a look at who is affected most by stress and why? What are the health implications if stress if overlooked or untreated? Let the data illustrate your findings as well as your recommendations/strategies for how to cope. |
| Given that you will need to conduct serious research on the issue, is it sufficiently narrow to discuss in a presentation that is about 10 minutes in length? If not, what sub-issue within the larger one can you address? | |
| Student Input | Instructor Comments |
| Yes – I don’t think I will have a problem getting enough specific information to discuss in a presentation. | Please see comments above. Also, consider how stress affects the different dimensions of the wellness model we reviewed and its possible implications. For example if you decide to go with “how does stress affect young people today”, you would find data linking stress to depression. What best practices would be ideal to support youth? |
| Final Comments or Recommendations From Instructor | |
| You have selected an important health issue! Stress can have serious implications to our health so this is timely and relevant. I would encourage you to narrow your focus and select a subset of the population for your research. Review the comments above regarding this recommendation. |
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