18 Oct Integrate public health theory, knowledge and skills in a community or public health practice setting.

ILE Program Plan

 

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the ability to define a public health problem, use appropriate methodology for understanding the problem, analyze the findings, describe the significance of the findings and offer appropriate recommendations in the form of a program plan

 

Course Outcomes

 

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following MPH601 course outcomes:

 

CO1:  Integrate public health theory, knowledge and skills in a community or public health practice setting.

 

CO2:  Demonstrate application and synthesis of MPH foundational and concentration competencies.   

 

CO3:  Identify appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods to assess a public health issue. 

 

CO4:  Develop practice-based public health deliverables that evidence public health knowledge, skills and integrative abilities.

 

CO5:  Critically assess and communicate public health research findings.  

 

Requirements

 

The ILE Program Plan will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric. This assignment is worth 250 points.

 

Create your manuscript using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Health Professions documents.

 

Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q & A Forum.

 

There is no page length requirement for this assignment.

 

APA format is required with both a title page and reference page (no abstract is required). Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):

 

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.

 

Guidelines for the ILE Program Plan

 

A program plan is a written report that will follow standard scientific format. Each student will select a public health scenario (Links to an external site.) from the list provided. There is no page limit and the goal is to adequately describe certain aspects of the program listed below and demonstrate the student’s attainment of the selected MPH concentration competencies (found in your course Syllabus). Each student will select at least 4 competencies to demonstrate.

 

General Guidelines

 

Page numbering

 

Centered below bottom margin

 

Font

 

Times New Roman 12 point is recommended.

 

Spacing

 

Double-spaced throughout, with the exception of the references, and quotations of more than four lines or two or more sentences.

 

Content Guidelines

 

Title page

 

Name of the University

 

Name of the College

 

Name of the Program

 

Title of the program plan

 

Student’s name

 

Acknowledgments

 

This page is to thank those who have helped in the process of obtaining the graduate degree and provided guidance for the Integrative Learning Experience.

 

Competency Reflection

 

Each student selects 4 competencies to demonstrate in their program plan. You will identify those 4 competencies and then share how the development of your program plan allowed you to demonstrate and apply the selected competency.

 

Abstract

 

Short summary of the work presented in the program plan.

 

Not to exceed one page.

 

Text of the Program Plan

 

Text of the program plan will consist of five major sections. These are Introduction, Background, Methods, Results and Discussion. These sections are detailed below.

 

Introduction

 

General introduction and description of the public health topic.

 

Include relevant statistics.

 

Include a description of the target population.

 

Background

 

Literature review

 

Literature contributions to the topic.

 

Should include a minimum of 8 scholarly articles, published within the past 10 years.

 

Theory

 

Theoretical foundation of the research topic.

 

How does theory help you better understand and address this public health topic?

 

Program Overview

 

Describe the goals of your proposed program. You must select at least one goal for your proposed program plan.

 

Describe at least 4 objectives of your proposed program. Be sure to write SMART objectives. You can consult your grant proposal assignment from your MPH507 course for more details on how to write SMART goals and objectives.

 

Description of the program components (e.g., description of lesson topics, workshops, etc.); essentially, you will describe the aspects of your plan. How will your target population receive the proposed plan?

 

Implementation Setting- Describe the setting in which your program will be implemented.

 

Methods

 

Detailed description of the methods that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

 

Description of the quantitative and/or qualitative methods that will be used and the benefits of using these methods. (e.g., will you use a survey, conduct interviews or focus groups, etc. to assess the effectiveness of your program?).

 

Description of your study sample? Who are you going to collect data from?

 

Sample data collection questions- Draft at least 5 survey or interview/focus group questions.

 

Results

 

Description of the results that you hope to achieve as a result of the program.

 

Discussion

 

Discussion of the meaning of the results in terms of your study and literature.

 

What recommendations would you make to address this public health topic?

 

How will you disseminate the findings to community stakeholders?

 

Conclusions.