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