HCS 412 Health Promotion Planning & Evaluation WK5-D1

Presenting a Program Implementation Plan and Budget

As per the week four discussion and assignment, imagine that you have be

en appointed to serve

as the health department liaison to a community group mobilizing to make change. You have

been working with the community for a few months and your supervisor is very happy with your

efforts so far.

You have made some progress gainin

g access to and the trust of the community, but some people

in the community are still wary of the health department’s involvement. In the past, the health

department has come into the community and implemented health promotion programs without

taking the

community’s needs or wants into account. Many of the programs were perceived of by

the community as being offensive and hurtful. For example, many older members of the

community remember programs run by the health department that coerced low

-

income women

o

f color to be sterilized as a way to decrease unplanned pregnancy. (See

Krase, 2014

(Links to an

external site.)

for a review of some of these programs.) Thus,

they remain suspicious about why

you and the health department want to work with them.

Unaware of some of the complexities of the health department and community's relationship,

your supervisor has decided to reward your work by granting the community pr

ogram $5,000.

However, the money comes with a stipulation that you may not use it to pay people (i.e. for

salaries; you are the staff person who will need to implement the chosen intervention, and your

salary is already budgeted) and it must be used to add

ress alcohol and drug abuse, which your

supervisor perceives to be an issue in the community with which you are working. In addition,

the money must be used within the next two months, prior to the end of the fiscal year. The

money is "use it or lose it".

If not used within the next two months, the money will be gone and

your supervisor may think you and the community do not want or need funding to do your work.

Your supervisor has requested you submit by Thursday a one

-

page overview of the intervention

yo

u plan to implement and an associated budget that lays out how you will spend the money.

This leaves you no time to talk with community leaders about what they think about the offer for

program funding or what should be done with the money. You have a meet

ing with community

leaders scheduled for Thursday night and will need to present them with the proposal you

develop this week.

The textbook outlines several intervention strategies, including health communication, health

education, health policy/enforceme

nt, and environmental change. Based on the analysis you did

of the community in week four, choose one or more of these strategies that you think would be

most successful given the community’s work to date. In your post:

·

Outline the primary program componen

ts that you will spend the money on.

·

Create a budget that explains how the funding will be used.

·

Devise a strategy for how you will present the plan to the community. Consider how you

will respond to their potential concerns.

Presenting a Program Implementation Plan and Budget

As per the week four discussion and assignment, imagine that you have been appointed to serve

as the health department liaison to a community group mobilizing to make change. You have

been working with the community for a few months and your supervisor is very happy with your

efforts so far.

You have made some progress gaining access to and the trust of the community, but some people

in the community are still wary of the health department’s involvement. In the past, the health

department has come into the community and implemented health promotion programs without

taking the community’s needs or wants into account. Many of the programs were perceived of by

the community as being offensive and hurtful. For example, many older members of the

community remember programs run by the health department that coerced low-income women

of color to be sterilized as a way to decrease unplanned pregnancy. (See Krase, 2014 (Links to an

external site.) for a review of some of these programs.) Thus, they remain suspicious about why

you and the health department want to work with them.

Unaware of some of the complexities of the health department and community's relationship,

your supervisor has decided to reward your work by granting the community program $5,000.

However, the money comes with a stipulation that you may not use it to pay people (i.e. for

salaries; you are the staff person who will need to implement the chosen intervention, and your

salary is already budgeted) and it must be used to address alcohol and drug abuse, which your

supervisor perceives to be an issue in the community with which you are working. In addition,

the money must be used within the next two months, prior to the end of the fiscal year. The

money is "use it or lose it". If not used within the next two months, the money will be gone and

your supervisor may think you and the community do not want or need funding to do your work.

Your supervisor has requested you submit by Thursday a one-page overview of the intervention

you plan to implement and an associated budget that lays out how you will spend the money.

This leaves you no time to talk with community leaders about what they think about the offer for

program funding or what should be done with the money. You have a meeting with community

leaders scheduled for Thursday night and will need to present them with the proposal you

develop this week.

The textbook outlines several intervention strategies, including health communication, health

education, health policy/enforcement, and environmental change. Based on the analysis you did

of the community in week four, choose one or more of these strategies that you think would be

most successful given the community’s work to date. In your post:

 Outline the primary program components that you will spend the money on.

 Create a budget that explains how the funding will be used.

 Devise a strategy for how you will present the plan to the community. Consider how you

will respond to their potential concerns.