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Health Promotion Programs

You are the director of patient services for a federally qualified health center. The department of health and human services (HHS) has announced a grant for health centers like yours to run any one of the following three health promotion programs:

· Decrease cigarette smoking

· Decrease osteoporosis among low-income groups

· Decrease childhood respiratory illnesses

Research the above-mentioned health programs for your city, town, or any other region. Based on your research, create a 2- to 3-page report in a Microsoft Word document the includes answers to the following:

· Which program would you take up? Why?

· What are the critical questions that you need to have answered? Provide at least five such questions. What kind of research you will do to answer these questions?

· What are the sources of information that you will use? Why?

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Notes from Class

The New Program

After almost a year of critical analysis, the committee unveiled a comprehensive

program for weight management.

The weight management program includes:

· Community education programs.

· Weight screenings including blood pressure, diabetes testing, and body mass

indexing.

· A continuum of programs from weight counseling, nutrition advice, cooking classes,

fitness programs (yoga to weight training to running), to psychiatric and psychological

counseling and group therapy.

· Bariatric surgery is a part of this program.Clients for

whom all other measures fail are given the option of being screened for

bariatric surgery.

· All receive a psychiatric evaluation to determine their probability of making the

necessary lifestyle alterations required by the surgery.

· All receive extensive physical examinations including cardiac evaluation, anesthesia

consult, and sleep apnea testing.

· All surgical patients are briefed extensively about the postoperative course and the

dramatic lifestyle changes required. They observe videos of the procedure and taped

remarks of previous patients. They are encouraged to talk with former patients who

serve as volunteer counselors.

· Surgical candidates are given a list of qualified surgeons to choose from.

The economics of the program are as follows:

· The charges include fees for implantables.

· Those candidates who are not covered by a third-party payer are offered special

rates comparable to third-party reimbursement as well as financing options.

Quality control is always important, and more so for a procedure that has some

opponents.

Administrative and managerial issues are also addressed.

· The program is managed and owned by Exurbia.

· Exurbia markets the program under its brand.