Final Project Proposal
This week, you submit your first
assignment related to your Final Project, which is a proposal for a leadership
and strategy plan for solving a pressing public health problem.
For this week’s Assignment, review the
Learning Resources.
Submit
a proposal in the form of a 2- to 3-page paper explaining the community health
problem that will be featured in the Final Project. The paper will include the
following:
- A description
of the public health leadership problem and why it is a problem. - An
identification of how the problem relates to the Healthy People 2020
priority areas. - A list of
potential resources for data (at least 10–12 resources).
Final Project: Leadership and Strategy Plan
For this Final Project you selected a pressing health problem
affecting a community and developed a leadership and strategy plan for
addressing the problem. You linked this problem to corresponding Healthy
People 2020 objective(s).
Submit a 13- to 15-page
paper in APA format (not including title page). For full criteria, refer
to the Final Project Guidelines document in the Week 1 Learning
Resources.
Readings
- Shi, L., & Johnson, J. A. (2014). Novick and Morrow’s public health administration: Principles
for population-based management (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA:
Jones & Bartlett Learning. - Chapter 6,
“Professionalism and Ethics in Public Health Practice and Management”
(pp. 119–136) - Jennings, B., Kahn, J., Mastroianni, A., & Parker,
L. S. (Eds.). (2003). Ethics and public health: Model
curriculum. Retrieved from Association of Schools of Public
Health website: - Module 4,
“Community-Based Practice and Research: Collaboration and Sharing Power” - Module 5, “Ethics and
Infectious Disease Control: STDs, HIV, TB” - Module 6, “Ethics of
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention” - Module 7, “Ethical
Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health” - Module 8, “Public Health
Genetics: Screening Programs and Individual Testing/Counseling” - Module 9, “Public
Health and Health System Reform: Access, Priority Setting, and Allocation
of Resources” - Public Health Leadership Society. (2002). Principles of
the ethical practice of public health. Retrieved from - Thomas, J. (2004). Skills for the ethical practice of
public health. Retrieved from the Public Health Leadership Society
website:
Optional Resources
- Public Health Ethics (PHE). (n.d.). Retrieved October
6, 2014, from
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Introduction: The Final Project Proposal assignment requires students to submit a 2- to 3-page proposal for a leadership and strategy plan for solving a pressing public health problem. Students are asked to describe the community health problem, identify its relation to Healthy People 2020 priority areas, and list potential data resources.
Answer: Students are expected to submit a 13- to 15-page paper in APA format (excluding title page) outlining a leadership and strategy plan for addressing a pressing health problem affecting a community. The plan must be linked to corresponding Healthy People 2020 objective(s). The Final Project Guidelines document in the Week 1 Learning Resources provides full criteria for the submission.