ECO Project

            Brown Primary Care Dental clinics Oral Health Initiative project

The project will consist of three elements:

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Part 1: Economic Analysis of the Initiative of Choice [Brown Primary Care Dental clinics Oral Health Initiative 5 pages) .

The economic analysis should include:

Principles of economics for evaluating and assessing the need for the public health initiative

A brief description of whether the initiative is a micro or macroeconomic program

A determination of whether the result of the initiative is a public or private good

A description of the initiative’s  financing source

An explanation of how the initiative may affect supply and demand of public health services

•   Part 2: Financial Accounting Analysis  (5 pages)

A  5-year proposed budget including major line items (see blank form for proposed budget on NIH grants pagelocated in the course syllabus or here: 
Online Article: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2009, June). Public health service: PHS 398. Detailed Budget for Initial Budget Period Form Page 4  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html
Grant Application PHS 398. U.S. Department of Health And Human Services Public Health Service.

-An analysis of budget line items, costs, sources of revenue, and deficits

-An analysis of the fiscal soundness and long-term viability of the public -health initiative

•   Part 3: Alternative Funding Sources (5pages)

Part 3: Alternative Funding Sources[ 5 pages

For this part of your Scholar-Practitioner Project you will evaluate funding sources for the public health initiative you selected in Week 2.  Then, you will submit a mock grant proposal for an appropriate grant to supplement or allow expansion of your selected public health initiative.

The proposal should include:

•   The public health initiative’s purpose, background, goals, and objectives

•   A description of the funding sources you selected and explanation of why you selected it over others

•   Eligibility and selection criteria for the funding source

•   An explanation of the funds needed and how the funds may be used

•   The adjusted total 5-year budget you completed in week 9 (include all instructor recommendations)

(8 sources/references)