This guide is for HLTH 380 Week 5 Personal Interviews, start to submission. Interview three older adults (ages 65 to 74, 75 to 84 and 85 or older) and write a 5 to 6-page summary paper.
HLTH 380 is Health Promotion for Aging Populations, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Public Health. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as HLTH380; it is the same course.
| Course | HLTH 380 Health Promotion for Aging Populations |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 5 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | 5 to 6 pages |
| Sources | The three interviews and course readings |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA paper |
What HLTH 380 Week 5 Personal Interviews asks for
You conduct 3 interviews, one in each age bracket: young elderly (65 to 74), middle elderly (75 to 84) and frail elderly (85 and older). After completing the interviews you submit a 5 to 6-page summary paper. It is due in Module/Week 5 with Robnett and Chop chapters 7 and 8. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in HLTH 380
In the published schedule, Personal Interviews is one of 8 graded written assignments in HLTH 380. It follows Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2 and comes before Week 7 Discussion Board Forum 3. The same week also has Discussion Board Forum 2, so plan the week's writing together.
How HLTH 380 Week 5 Personal Interviews is graded
Liberty grades Personal Interviews with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in HLTH 380 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The HLTH 380 Week 5 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Choose a single event or experience that fits the Personal Interviews prompt and that you can describe honestly. One well-examined event beats three summarized ones.
Describe it briefly and accurately
Set the scene in a short paragraph: what happened, who was involved (without identifying details), and what your role was. Keep description to a fraction of the length.
Analyze it with course concepts
Use the concepts from Health Promotion for Aging Populations to explain why it happened. This is the part graders weigh most: the reflection must show the course changed how you see the event.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Support the analysis with The three interviews and course readings. Use the sources to show that what you saw is a known pattern and what the literature says about preventing or handling it.
Say what you would do differently
Close the loop: what you learned, what you would change, and how it will shape your practice. Be concrete; a plan beats a promise.
Write in first person, formatted in APA
Use first person where you describe your own experience and keep the APA format for everything else. Check the length (5 to 6 pages).
A structure for HLTH 380 Week 5 Personal Interviews
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,500 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Who you interviewed (no full names) and how. | ~150 words |
| Young elderly interview | Health, activities and outlook. | ~360 words |
| Middle elderly interview | The same areas. | ~360 words |
| Frail elderly interview | The same areas. | ~360 words |
| Comparison and conclusion | Patterns across the ages, linked to the text. | ~270 words |
A topic angle that works
Ask each person the same core questions (health, daily activities, social life, faith, worries and hopes) so the paper can compare the three stages, then connect the differences to the course's dimensions of health.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Across the three interviews, the dimension that changed most was social health. The 68-year-old described a full calendar of volunteering and grandchildren; the 79-year-old had lost her husband and some friends but kept a weekly church group; the 88-year-old said most of her friends had died and her daughter was now her main contact.1 Robnett and Chop describe this narrowing of social networks in late life, and the interviews show why social connection becomes a health promotion target with age.2
- Compares the three.
- Specific details.
- Linked to the text.
Mistakes that cost points on HLTH 380 Week 5
- Interviewing two people in the same bracket.
- Using full names without permission.
- Under 5 pages.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 5 to 6 pages
- Sources: The three interviews and course readings
- No names or identifying details of patients, clients or coworkers
- At least one course concept named and applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What age groups are interviewed in HLTH 380?
Young elderly (65 to 74), middle elderly (75 to 84) and frail elderly (85 and older), one per category.
How many points is HLTH 380 Week 5 Personal Interviews worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for HLTH 380, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is HLTH 380 Week 5 the same in every section of HLTH 380?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for HLTH 380. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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