Create an Evidence-Based Social Media Campaign Instructions Based on your topic and research from Parts 1 and 2, design a campaign to raise awareness and enco

Create an Evidence-Based Social Media Campaign

Instructions

Based on your topic and research from Parts 1 and 2, design a campaign to raise awareness and encourage behavior change.

Create a Visual Campaign Piece:

• Design an infographic, poster, or video.
• Use tools like Canva, Google Slides, PowerPoint, or another creative platform. 
• This is not a written paper or a traditional PowerPoint presentation (You can use PowerPoint to create a poster)
• Think of a visual that grabs attention and is suitable for social media.
• This is a SINGLE PAGE submission. 

Accessibility & Audience:

• Ensure your content is appropriate for a general audience.
• Follow accessibility standards (e.g., clear text, high contrast, readable fonts).

Campaign Guidelines

Your campaign should:

• Create awareness and interest
• Aim to change attitudes or conditions
• Motivate behavior change
• Empower people to act

Include the following elements:

• Target Population: Identify your stakeholders.
• Community Assessment: Gather demographics (used in your Reflection Paper, not included in the visual).
• Evidence-Based Content: Cite sources using APA guidelines appropriate for your format.
• Advocacy & Messaging: Incorporate public health messaging and culturally relevant strategies.

Submission

• Submit a final copy of your Social Media Campaign to the designated Dropbox.
• Include a separate page listing your resources.

Tips & Reminders

APA Formatting (for Written Work):

• Title page required, no abstract or table of contents.
• Use hanging indents and hyperlinked DOIs for references.
• Align all in-text citations with the reference list.
• Include DOIs for journal articles and ensure they are hyperlinked correctly
• Include a screen shot of your journal articles. 
• Avoid direct quotes; paraphrase and synthesize in your own words
• References go on a separate page at the end, or submit on a separate page for video submissions

Source Selection:

• Avoid general web sources (Wikipedia, commercial blogs, etc.).
• Verify all citation details; do not rely solely on citation generators.

Academic Integrity:

• AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) may ONLY be used for brainstorming or idea organization and must be cited if used.
• Do not use AI to generate article content, summaries, or citations
• Your work should reflect your own academic effort, analysis, and professional i