Social action 6200
- Create a section in your Social Change Portfolio called “Part 3: Theories of Prevention”
- Review the Learning Resources for this week and consider Theories of Prevention related to a community problem.
- Select one or two theories from the learning resources that you think might be a good fit for your problem and intervention. Do not use the Socio-ecological theory.
- Identify a generative AI platform for this assignment (ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are approved platforms)
- Create a prompt focused on Prevention Theory that asks AI to:
- Explain how a prevention theory (or theories) from this week’s learning resources could be applied to your identified community challenge and intervention.
- Summarize the research evidence that supports your chosen theory (or theories).
- Example prompt (to be revised and strengthened for your specific topic): “What is an evidence-based program that uses mentoring to prevent substance use in youth? What research support exists for this evidence-based program?”
- Craft a second prompt focused on evidence-based programs that asks AI to:
- Identify an evidence-based program appropriate for addressing your target problem with your chosen intervention.
- Describe research evidence that supports the selected evidence-based program.
- Example prompt (to be revised and strengthened for your specific topic): “How could I use the theory of planned behavior to support a mentoring program for youth at risk for substance use? What research support exists for the theory of planned behavior?”
BY DAY 7
Submit your updated Social Change Portfolio including:
- Updated Introduction and Parts 1 and 2.
- New Part 3 - including the following:
- Identify the generative AI platform you used.
- Copy and paste the prompts you used.
- Copy and paste AI’s response to your prompts into the document.
- Use Track Changes and correct and revise AI’s response.
- Turn on Track Changes in Word.
- Carefully review the AI’s response and use your professional and academic knowledge to:
- Address any incongruencies or AI inconsistencies with the literature
- Add missing ideas or context
- Ensure theories are prevention theories from the learning resources and not treatment theories
- Discuss how you would modify and tailor the evidence-based program to match your chosen intervention
- Add your own unique perspective and thoughts, both personal and professional (with citations) to both sections
- Revise tone or clarity
- Cite sources correctly (as needed)
- Ensure alignment with course content
- You may also add Comments in the margin to note why you made particular edits (e.g., “AI overgeneralized this concept” or “Added reference to required reading”).
- Make at least seven revisions to the AI output (i.e., additions and edits).
- Please refrain from ai generated content and plag
References
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2019, July). Finding evidence-based programs and practices Download Finding evidence-based programs and practices . Retrieved from: https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/2019071...
- National Cancer Institute (2005). Theory at a glance: A guide for health promotion practice Download Theory at a glance: A guide for health promotion practice . Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: National Institutes of Health. https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/sites/default/fil...
- Kilburn, M. R., Cannon, J. S., Mattox, T., & Shaw, R. (Eds.). (2014). Programs that work form the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and CommunitiesLinks to an external site.. RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/tools/T...
- Institute of Education Sciences (n.d.). What works clearinghouseLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/.
- Social Programs that Work (2018). What works in social policy?Links to an external site. Retrieved from http://evidencebasedprograms.org/.