Homework: Community Strategic Plan
For this homework, you will research and prepare a community-level strategic plan that addresses a key public health issue.
Potential topics may include:
1) Using prenatal and infancy home visits to prevent child abuse and neglect
2) Preventing falls in the elderly
3) Reducing population salt intake
4) Reducing tobacco use among adults
5) Preventing risky sexual behavior among youth and young adults
6) Reducing drug experimentation among young adults
Include the following in your paper:
Introduction:
1) Provide an overview of the community health issue as described with identified causes and influences, including knowledge gaps.
2) Detail the prevalence of the issue inside and outside the United States.
3) Describe potential monetary costs associated with the issue in the United States.
4) You must include data as part of your introduction (images, charts, graphs, etc., may be included as well as written data).
b) Describe advance practice roles and management strategies that affect change at the community level.
c) Identify key community and social resources that negatively and positivelyaffect the selected issue.
d) Identify changes or enhancements in community-related services for your selected topic.
e) Develop a strategic plan that could decrease the prevalence of your selected topic.The goals for this plan needs to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. Include how your plan takes into consideration health literacy, socioeconomic factors, and cultural differences.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.