25 Feb Health Policy, Politics and Global Issues-part 2

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Part II: Community Education

 

In this part of the assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to analyze your local community. You will research an agency you choose, with a focus on current community needs and communicable diseases. You will prepare an outline for a program you might offer to the chosen agency. For example, during the COVID pandemic, you would focus on teaching community members how to mitigate the virus and prevent further spread. In this assignment, you educate an identified population about all local communicable diseases, such as TB, hepatitis, and STDs, and chronic illnesses, such as diabetes.

 

Step 1: Examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis) for 2 different government agencies in relation to communicable diseases and chronic illnesses. (Note: These agencies do not include the agency with whom you will work in Step 2 of this assessment.)

 

Research 2 different government agencies to understand and learn about their missions. Select the agencies from the following:

Homeless shelters

Senior centers

Childcare facilities

Schools

Places of worship

Community organizations

Jails or prisons

Mental health facilities

National Council on Aging

Community clinics

Develop questions and methods for data collection at each agency.

Assess how each agency currently manages and addresses communicable diseases and chronic illnesses, including vaccination administration.

Conduct a SWOT analysis for each of the agencies:

Assess internal strengths within each agency in relation to its mission.

Assess internal weaknesses faced by each agency in relation to its mission.

Assess external environmental threats facing the agency.

Assess external opportunities available to the agency.

Prepare a 350-word summary of your SWOT analysis.

 

Step 2: Choose a local community agency with whom you might work. Examples include, but are not limited to:

 

Elder day health

Child daycare

School setting

Place of worship

Community clinic

Health agency

Homeless shelter or service

Red Cross

Insurance company case manager or public health nurse

Prison

Conduct a SWOT analysis for your chosen agency.

 

Prepare a 350-word summary of your SWOT analysis.

 

Step 3: Recommend an appropriate disease prevention teaching project that could be offered by your chosen agency for the local community.

 

Summarize the public health issues facing the selected agency you selected and researched.

Select 1 issue and prepare an outline of the problem or issue faced.

Explain how your selected agency could address the issue.

Determine an appropriate teaching project to develop and potentially implement.

Prepare a 500-word outline and summary of the disease prevention teaching project that could be offered by your agency. You will continue this teaching project in Competency 2.

 

350-word summary of SWOT analysis of two different government agencies

350-word summary of SWOT analysis of one local community agency

500-word outline & summary of a disease prevention teaching project