M1 Program Design

IHP 670 Module One Project Preparation Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

You work at a health or healthcare organization where you identified a health or healthcare issue you believe needs to be addressed. To address this issue, you have been asked to design an

effective health program. As a first step, you will conduct a needs justification to gather information on the population you intend to target, as well as an analysis of best evidence-based

practices implemented by other organizations with similar programs. This work will help you identify a health or healthcare issue to be addressed through a program that you will plan with the

help of your team.

You are required to work on and share your needs justification with senior management at your organization so they can decide whether to approve the plan and implement it. Then, you will

use facts, statistics, and published information to identify the scope of the need and validate its relevance to the present scenario. This assignment will help you identify and validate the

program idea you will use for the course project. Remember, before you begin working on future project preparation assignments and the course project, integrate the feedback you will get

from your instructor.

Prompt

Write a needs justification analysis that focuses on the health or healthcare issue and the target population for your eventual program plan.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Health or Healthcare Issue:Health or Healthcare Issue: Describe the health or healthcare issue that needs to be addressed.

2. Location and Target Population: Location and Target Population: Describe the specific location and target population impacted by the selected health or healthcare issue. Your selected location must be

somewhere within the United States or its territories and cannot be larger than a city or county. Be sure to include appropriate demographic information, such as age, income, education,

ethnicity, and so on. Consider the following questions to guide your response:

What are the primary and secondary populations impacted by the identified problem or issue?

Which two key characteristics of your target population should you consider while designing the program? Explain your reasoning.

3. Program Goal:Program Goal: Describe the overarching goal of your program. Consider the following questions to guide your response:

What are the two measurable outcomes that would help evaluate your progress toward the goal?

What challenges do you foresee in attaining the goal or outcomes?

4. Health or Healthcare Disparities:Health or Healthcare Disparities: Describe how you will address health or healthcare disparities among the target population related to your chosen health or healthcare issue.

Consider the following questions to guide your response:

What are two health disparities that you believe exist in your community, city, or state?

What are the potential causes of these disparities?

What is the significance of considering and incorporating health or healthcare disparities in program planning?

5. Healthcare or Community Service Organization:Healthcare or Community Service Organization: Describe why the healthcare or community service organization is, or should become, involved in addressing your chosen health

or healthcare issue. Consider the following question to guide your response:

What role can the identified healthcare or community service organization play in addressing the problem?

Note that all the claims in your needs justification should be evidence based. Your citations should be from your independent search for evidence (not from the scenario, textbook, or module

resources) of credible sources and be current within the last five years. You are required to cite a minimum of two sources overall. Refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing—Graduate

located in the Start Here section of the course for additional support. If you need writing support, access the Online Writing Center through the Academic Support module of your course.

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page Word document. Also include a title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited

according to APA style.

Module One Project Preparation Rubric

CriteriaCriteria Exemplary (100%)Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%)Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%)Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%)Not Evident (0%) ValueValue

Health or HealthcareHealth or Healthcare

IssueIssue

Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

Describes the health or

healthcare issue that needs to

be addressed

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 13

Location and TargetLocation and Target

PopulationPopulation

Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

Describes the specific location

and target population impacted

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

Does not attempt criterion 15

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insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

by the selected health or

healthcare issue

omissions

Program GoalProgram Goal Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

Describes the overarching goal

of the program

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 13

Health or HealthcareHealth or Healthcare

DisparityDisparity

Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

Describes how health or

healthcare disparities among

the target population related to

the chosen health or healthcare

issue will be addressed

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 17

Healthcare orHealthcare or

Community ServiceCommunity Service

OrganizationOrganization

Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

Describes why the healthcare

or community service

organization is, or should

become, involved in addressing

the chosen health or healthcare

issue

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 17

Articulation of ResponseArticulation of Response Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner

Clearly conveys meaning with

correct grammar, sentence

structure, and spelling,

demonstrating an

understanding of audience and

purpose

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, negatively

impacting readability

Submission has critical errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, preventing

understanding of ideas

10

Professional SourcesProfessional Sources Incorporates more than two

professional, current (within

the last five years) sources, or

use of sources is exceptionally

insightful

Incorporates two professional,

current (within the last five

years) sources that support

claims

Incorporates fewer than two

professional, current (within

the last five years) sources, or

not a sources support claims

Does not incorporate sources 10

APA StyleAPA Style Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with no errors

Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with fewer than five

errors

Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with five or more errors

Does not format in-text

citations and reference list

according to APA style

5

Total:Total: 100%

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