Assignment Prompt & Instructions
**Assignment Instructions:**
Your group will research, create, and then submit a PowerPoint presentation that includes the following content for **both** of your selected countries:
**Overview of each country:**
– Population and life expectancy data
– Top causes of death and illness/disability (communicable and non-communicable diseases)
– Under-5 mortality
– Main health risk factors (risk factors driving death and disability)
– Data on health care, spending and health care resources/access (numbers and types of providers in the country)
– Environmental Factors (Water, Sanitation, Infrastructure, Climate changes, Working/living conditions, Transportation, Education, animals that spread disease, food sourcing, and supply)
– Political factors impacting the country
– Attitudes, beliefs, values, and culture related to health practices and lifestyle behaviors
**Nursing Care/Health Care Delivery:** What is the situation and impact of nursing care in these countries (training, practice requirements, how do they practice)?
**Current programs or international aid programs working in that country. Efforts to improve conditions.**
**Compare & Contrast:** What are the primary similarities and/or differences between the two countries?
**Resources:**
You may access information from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the WHO, and other resources to research and report data on your selected countries.
– Visit the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation database at: [http://www.healthdata.org/results/country-profilesLinks to an external site.](http://www.healthdata.org/results/country-profiles) and review the data and trends for your two countries. This database will provide information related to population patterns, life expectancy, causes of death, under-5 mortality, disability, driving risk factors, as well as data on health care spending and how well the country is providing health care.
– You can gain additional information on individual countries by visiting [Countries | World Health Organization (who.int)Links to an external site.](https://www.who.int/countries/)
**Presentation Specifications:**
Create a slide presentation using Office 365 PowerPoint. Follow the presentation specifications below and use the grading rubric as a guide.
– The slide design theme should be professional.
– Slide content should be organized into bullet points (no paragraphs or long sentences).
– The use of graphics or pictures on a slide should enhance the slide’s main idea.
– Slide content should be organized and flow in a logical format.
– Present 15 to 20 slides including title and reference slides.
– Adhere to APA guidelines. A final reference slide, in APA style, is required.
– Review the Microsoft Office [Tips for Creating an Effective PresentationLinks to an external site.](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/tips-for-creating-and-delivering-an-effective-presentation-f43156b0-20d2-4c51-8345-0c337cefb88b).
– Submit one PowerPoint per group to the dropbox.
– a year ago