Assignment 1: Coping Styles

Worth 35 points.

Use headings.

Write a two-page (double-spaced) paper about the following:

1) Consider an area of health you would like to improve. This might be something like eating habits, exercise, stress reduction, smoking, or something similar.

2) Describe your coping styles (two or three). Use the notes in this module called “Module 2 Notes: Coping Styles and Methods of Adaptation”.

3) Consider yourself as both the patient educator and your own client. How would you approach your coping styles as a patient educator in order to teach yourself how to improve the health issue you’re considering? In other words, if you had a client with your exact health issues and with your exact coping styles, how would you approach that client and help him or her improve his or her health behavior?

4) How would you use a family member or close friend in the self-help process?

(Please use the above items as headings in your paper. This helps with organization in your writing)

Submission Details:

• Use APA formatting; double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman Font, and properly cite any sources used. Proper grammar and spelling are required. Proofread your paper and have a friend proofread it. Please include an APA formatted title page and a reference page (if needed); no abstract is necessary.
• A template is provided in the module for proper APA formatting. Please use it.
• Consider using the University Writing Center (Links to an external site.) to improve your writing skills. They offer appointments and drop-ins. As you progress through this program and begin your career, good writing skills are essential.
• You may use the course textbook and other sources for ideas.
• Save your essay as a Word document and submit in Canvas by the due date.