Project Milestone Three: Program Analysis and Project Milestone Four: Recommendations

Project Milestone Three: Program Analysis and Project Milestone Four: Recommendations

Prompt: Write a short paper that critically analyzes the public health program you have selected for your final project. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

– Provide an overview of the program, including the public health issue, administrating agency, time, setting, and population; include the social and behavioral risk factors that are associated with this public health issue

– Determine the social and behavioral risk factors that are being addressed by the program, and include the theoretical approaches used in the program to facilitate social and behavioral change in the target population, as well as the social and behavioral theoretical strategies employed by the program to engage the community

– Examine the social and behavioral factors that the program neglected to identify and address why these social and behavioral factors are important, justifying your response with specific examples from the literature

– Analyze the public health data and trends to determine whether the program has met the intended outcome

– Summarize the overall impact of the program, including its successes, failures, strengths, and weaknesses, and indicate and explain opportunities for improvement

 

Guidelines for Submission: The paper must be 6–7 pages in length. It should be double-spaced and formatted with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. At least 4 sources must be cited in APA format.

Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric

Prompt: Submit a short paper with your recommendations for the public health program you have selected for the final project. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

– Be sure to specifically recommend improvements that should be made to the current program.

– Clearly outline and explain other social and behavioral theoretical approaches that may be used to engage the community.

– Substantiate your claims with evidence from the program and peer-reviewed literature. Would you suggest a new program or simply a new program approach? If so, briefly explain what that program would look like and how it would be an improvement to the current program.

Guidelines for Submission: The paper must be 2–3 pages in length. It should be double-spaced and formatted with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. All