Discuss the steps that are essential to planning an effective health promotion program?

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There are a variety of steps to be completed when planning a health promotion program. While planning may begin in different ways each plan must identify the problem, analyze the data, and focus on making decisions.

Use the assigned text readings to identify a health concern that you would like to promote, apply the information to respond to the following discussion questions:

  • Discuss the steps that are essential to planning an effective health promotion program?
  • What are the goals and objectives of the program?
  • Which individuals would you choose to make up a planning committee? Why?

Support your statements with appropriate examples from scholarly references. Make sure all references are cited in APA format. References should be current at least within the last 5 years. Remember that references should be used to support your peer responses.

 

Evaluation Criteria:

You should have:

  • Discussed essential steps for planning a health promotion program.
  • Identified appropriate programmatic goals and objectives.
  • Identified the individuals you would choose to make up a planning committee, giving reasons.
  • Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.
  • Commented on the postings of at least two peers.

What does the life expectancy at birth and at sixty years tell you about each country?

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Data Interpretation: United States and Nigeria

For your dropbox assignment, using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and compare the demography and health indicators for Nigeria and the United States.

Note: Click here to view the links that you can refer to for research about the demography and health indicators for the United States and Nigeria.

Based on your research, create a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, answering the following questions:

  • Compare the annual population growth rate of both countries. What factors do you think are contributing to the differences observed between the two countries?
  • Compare the composition of the population of both countries. What does it suggest about each country?
  • Compare the dependency ratio of both countries. What does it suggest about each country?
  • Compare the mortality rates of both countries. Which age groups do you think are the most affected in each country? Is there a gender difference in mortality rates? Why or why not? In your opinion, what are the factors that might contribute to the differences in mortality rates of both countries?
  • Which age group is benefiting the most from healthcare interventions in each country?
  • What does the life expectancy at birth and at sixty years tell you about each country?
  • If you were a public health official looking at these data for the first time, what questions and assumptions might come up that you would want to further investigate?

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Discuss 2–3 ways in which technological innovations have impacted, or will impact, the delivery of care in the United States.

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 100 percent original with 400-600 words with at least 2 scholarly references with APA format.

Technology in health care has made is possible for patients to use devices to access their medical information, monitor vital signs, take tests at home, and carry out a plethora of other tasks that could only previously be conducted inside the doctor’s office (Topol, 2013). This enhanced technology is one of the many reasons that there has been a shift from inpatient to outpatient care. Although patients have benefited greatly from health care technology, there are also downsides to technology, such as how it has affected the cost of care. For this Discussion Board assignment, you should complete the following:

  • Provide a definition of outpatient care.
  • Discuss 2–3 ways in which technological innovations have impacted, or will impact, the delivery of care in the United States.
  • Discuss 2–3 ways in which technology has had, or is expected to have, a detrimental impact on the delivery of care.

The use of at least 2 scholarly references is required.

Reference

 

Topol, E. (2013, July 12). How technology is transforming health care. Retrieved from the U.S. News & World Report Web site: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/hospital-of-tomorrow/articles/2013/07/12/how-technology-is-transforming-health-care

iscuss methods to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution and variables to be assessed when evaluating project outcomes.

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Using 800-1,000 words, discuss methods to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution and variables to be assessed when evaluating project outcomes.

 

Example: If you are proposing a new staffing matrix that is intended to reduce nurse turnover, improve nursing staff satisfaction, and positively impact overall delivery of care, you may decide the following methods and variables are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution:

 

Methods:

 

  1. Survey of staff attitudes and contributors to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction before and after initiating change.
  2. Obtain turnover rates before and after initiating change.
  3. Compare patient discharge surveys before change and after initiation of change.

Variables:

  1. Staff attitudes and perceptions.
  2. Patient attitudes and perceptions.
  3. Rate of nursing staff turnover.

Develop the tools necessary to educate project participants and to evaluate project outcomes (surveys, questionnaires, teaching materials, PowerPoint slides, etc.).

 

Refer to the “Topic 4: Checklist.”

 

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

 

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

 

Topic 4: Checklist

     Developing an Evaluation Plan and Disseminating Evidence 

Instructions:

 

 

This checklist is designed to help students organize the weekly exercises/assignments to be completed as preparation for the final, capstone project proposal. This checklist will also serve as a communication tool between students and faculty. Comments, feedback, and grading for modules 1-4 will be documented using this checklist.