Assignment: Evidence-Based Policy/Program Change Proposal
The presentation should be 6 to 8 slides with speaker notes included. The speaker notes should represent what would be said during an oral presentation. It should not restate the content of the slides.
• Identify a health issue in or around your community and a vulnerable population that is particularly affected by it. (1 slide)
o Identify your population using multiple demographics (e.g., Heightened pregnancy rates of African-American teenage girls living in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit).
• Propose a change to the program that involves a one advocacy type and one advocacy strategy. (1-2 slides)
o Indicate what changes you would expect to see once your proposal is implemented. Use statistics, evidence, and your SWOT analysis results to support your decision.
o Proposed changes to the program should be culturally sensitive to the population identified.
• Identify at least one professional organization that you could partner with to implement the changes. (1 slide)
o Explain why the professional organization would be a good fit as a partner. For example, analyze the goals of different organizations and find one that shares goals that are similar to yours.
• Develop a brief action plan to show how the programmatic changes could be implemented. (2-3 slides)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.