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Create a poster for the workplace that illustrates the relationship between stress and disease.

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In your third assessment, you will create a workplace poster examining that stress-disease link. You will review coping and relaxation approaches and highlight organization-wide strategies to enhance wellness of employees. Job-related stress is often notable in our lives, and thus sharing such information in a workplace can help to support employees in their wellness journey.

Preparation

Get yourself set up by completing these steps:

  • Select one of these disorders to focus your poster on:

Nervous System-Related Disorders:

Immune System-Related Disorders:

Bronchial asthma.The common cold.
Tension headaches.Influenza.
Migraine headaches.Allergies.
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ).Rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
Irritable bowel syndrome.Ulcers and colitis.
Cancer.
  • Locate 1–2 peer-reviewed journal articles that discuss how stress contributes to disease onset or progression

Creating a Poster

Posters can be used to provide easy-to-digest facts in a visually appealing way, as an aid to communicating information. One of the objectives of this assessment is to communicate persuasively and succinctly to a general audience.

Assessment Instructions

Now that you have selected a disorder to focus on, begin creating your poster in Microsoft Word, including the following elements:

  • Provide a thorough description of the disease.
    • Explain in detail how stress can contribute to the progression of the disease.
    • Explain why is it important to know about the connection between stress and disease.
  • Identify approaches for addressing stress to minimize potential for the disease.
    • What you can do:
      • Explain a coping strategy that will help address this stress.
        • Be sure to pick a strategy not addressed in your Assessments 1 and 4 project.
      • Explain a relaxation technique that will help address this stress.
        • Be sure to pick a technique not addressed in your Assessments 1 and 4 project.
Coping Strategies: Humor therapy.Relaxation Techniques: Breathing.


  • Describe the steps a workplace can take to address stress in the workplace.
    • Find a peer-reviewed journal article that identifies strategies the workplace can use to support employees.
    • Include system-wide supports that can be implemented across the organization.

Use visual elements that support the main points.

Additional Requirements

Submit your completed one-page poster.

  • Written communication: Written communication is in professional style with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
  • Resources: Use a minimum of two sources—your textbook and one peer-reviewed journal article.
  • APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Apply current theory and research to specific topics in stress, trauma, and wellness.
    • Explain why is it important to know about the connection between stress and disease.
  • Competency 2: Analyze ways in which stress and trauma impact the lives of individuals.
    • Explain in detail how stress can contribute to the progression of the disease.
  • Competency 3: Recommend a variety of responses to stress and trauma to enhance wellness on personal, local, and global scales.
    • Apply a coping strategy to address stress in order to to minimize potential for the disease.
    • Apply a relaxation technique to address stress in order to to minimize potential for the disease.
    • Describe organization-wide strategies that an employer can implement to support employees.
  • Competency 4: Communicate with appropriate purpose, organization, evidence, tone, and sentence structure.
    • Use APA style formatting for citations and reference list with only minor errors.
    • Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
    • Incorporate visuals that support the overall message.