Goal: use what you will learn about health behaviors and behavior modification to modify either a) daily step counts b) water intake c) consumption of added sugars d) soda intake e) screen time use, or f) "resting bitch face" (yes - this is a real thing). Note that you are doing this intervention on yourself.

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This is a three-part project.

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Part 1:  Group Presentation of the Health Behavior

 

Those of you working on the same behavior will form a team: Together, you will: conduct a literature review on the behavior you chose to modify and present your findings in a slide presentation to the class. Click on the "Phase 1 instructions and rubric" below to for more detailed guidance. Note: everyone on the team must contribute meaninfully to this phase of the project.

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Online Summer Class students: you will do the same thing, which means you will need a few "zoom" meetings to put this together. Each of you will narrate and record your slide(s), which will then need to be stitched together into one "movie" - saved as a .mov or .mp4

 

Part 2:  Baseline observations of your own Behavior 

 

Each of you (individually, not as a group) will track and record the behavior you chose to modify for one week to get a baseline, identify variables that are controlling the behavior, and based on all this - develop a plan to change the behavior. Note that your plan will need to include an excel graph: days of the week on the x-axis and the frequency (or amount) of the behavior on the y-axis. A video guide to graphing in excel is below.

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BUT FIRST! Learn what the expectations are for tracking the behavior you want to modify.

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water consumption          daily steps           screen time

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soda intake       added sugar          resting bitch face

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Click on the "Behavior Intervention Plan: Instructions & Rubric" (also below) to learn more about what is expected and required.

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DO NOT PROCEED TO Part 3 until I have reviewed your plan and provided you with the official green light.

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Part 3: Intervention Time and Self-Reflection 

 

Now is the time to put your plan into action! You will execute the intervention and record your behavior for three weeks.  Finally, you will summarize the results and reflect on the intervention: the good and bad as applicable. Note that you will need to include at least two excel graphs: one for the 7 days of baseline data and one for the three-weeks (21 days) of intervention data. Alternatively, you can put all this information into one graph as long as everything is clearly labeled. NOTE: do not just graph the averages for the 4 weeks. You stand to lose sight of trends and other valuable information if you do this.

 

Click on the "Results and Reflection: Instructions & Rubric" at the bottom of this page to learn more about the requirements and expectations. Also, see the link below.