Walden HLTH5205/HLTH6205/HLTH8205E Week 10 Discussion Latest 2024

HLTH-5205-1/HLTH-6205-1/HLTH-8205E Assessing Community Needs-Summer 2024

Week 10 Discussion

COMMUNITY ACTION PLANS–APPLYING THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT

This Discussion will be available from Day 1 through Day 7 of this week. You are required to submit your initial post by Day 3. You are encouraged to post early. Once you have submitted your initial post, start responding to your colleagues. You must begin responding to your colleagues by no later than Day 5 and should continue to interact frequently with your colleagues through Day 7. Part of what makes a discussion a discussion and not a lecture is the back and forth, in-depth, animated interaction of at least two people.

If you start a topic and find that none of your peers are responding to your post, consider what you can do to get the conversation going. Include something that would elicit further thoughts and different opinions from peers. Validate your opinions with references and links to the sources you used so that your peers can read them for themselves. See your Discussion Rubric for specific grading requirements.

In this week's resources, you have learned the critical importance of a comprehensive needs assessment. You have also read about how priorities presented in a community action plan should stimulate discussions around strengthening a health educator's relationship with the community for which it is designated to serve. Strategic planning is crucial for crafting an array of programs and services. Through meticulous planning, tailored health education initiatives can be developed, leading to impactful and outcome-driven programs designed to meet community needs effectively.

For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you one of two action plans: A or B.

Each group will read the summaries for the following action plans:

Group A:  Louisiana Injury Prevention Strategic Action Plan (PDF)Links to an external site.

Group B: Vermont Action Plan for Alzheimer's Disease (PDF)Links to an external site.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCE

BY DAY 3

Post an explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of the action plan you have been assigned to. Explain modifications you would make to this action plan based on what you have learned in this course. Justify your rationale for these modifications.

BY DAY 5

Remember to begin interaction with your colleagues in the Discussion and continue engaging through Day 7 by responding to one or more colleagues who analyzed the other action plans. Explain additional strength or weakness in the action plans of those colleagues.

Support your work with specific citations from this week's Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.