essay about personal health

Option #1: Recommended after Lecture 6

Suppose that the Butler County School District wants to hire you to create and implement a health promotion program. Specifically, they would like to have a health education program (like D.A.R.E.) that will teach students about dangers of illegal drug use, so that students who currently use them would learn to stop.

a) What are the steps you’re likely to take to create and implement such program? (HINT: see five steps of the Generalized Model)

b) What would you do (or not do), if your needs assessment data shows that the school district has very little problem with drug use, but has very big problem with sexually transmitted disease?

c) For now, let’s assume that drug use is a big concern for the school district, and you’ve created a health education program about illegal drug use, as requested. Before full implementation, you’ve conducted a pilot test for 20 students to see if your program is effective. Pilot test showed that your education program is ineffective at changing students who already use drugs. Worse, it looks like some students that never used drug before are now showing signs that they want to try those drugs you mentioned in the program. What would you do (or not do)?