Community Programs for Health Promotion.

Group Project: Community Programs for Health Promotion
This week develop a timeline to guide your work. After reviewing requirements select a particular community to be the focus of your project. Submit a 1- to 2-page summary of the collaboration. In your individual summary, be sure to include your timeline, identify the community you selected, and explain how you intend to apply the theory/model you was assigned. (THEORY of PLANNED BEHAVIOR) (Please select a community in the United States that has a high obesity rate.
BELOW IS A TIME LINE THAT I NEED YOU TO CONSTRUCT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT starting with week 3.
Week 3 Group Project Collaboration This week, the Course Instructor will place you into groups and assign your group to a particular nursing or nonnursing theory/model. You will design your project with this theory/model in mind. Although the Group Project presentation will not be due until Week 10, you will be working collaboratively with group members each week, as many Discussions and Assignments are based on this project. It is highly recommended that you connect with your colleagues as soon as group assignments are released. Final Group Project due by Day 7 of Week 10 Group Assignment submission in Week 10
Week 4 Group Project Collaboration This week, review the group project requirements and develop a timeline to guide your work. After reviewing requirements, as a group, select a particular community to be the focus of your project. Each group member must submit a 1- to 2- page summary of this week’s group collaboration by Day 7 of this week. In your individual summary, be sure to include your timeline, identify the community your group selected, and explain how you intend to apply the theory/model your group was assigned. Contact your course instructor with any questions. 1- to 2-page summary due by Day 7 of Week 4 Individual Assignment submission © 2013 Laureate Education, Inc. 2 of 5 Discussion/Assignment Due Date
Week 5 This week’s Discussion is based on your Group Project collaboration from Week 4. While you reflect on your group’s selections and ideas, each group member will post to the Discussion board individually. Post on or before Day 3 a brief description of the community that you and your colleagues selected to be the focus of your Group Project. Then, explain why the process for community health promotion is important in this particular community. Explain potential breakdowns or failures that might occur within this community if you do not take a systematic approach with your program. Finally, identify potential community and professional partners and explain why they might take an interest in your group’s community program for health promotion. Explain strategies you might use to engage these partners in the process. Discussion posting due by Day 3 of Week 5 Individual posting
Week 6 Group Project Collaboration This week, use state report cards, windshield surveys, and/or other tools to assess community needs in the community you selected in Week 4. Based on the needs you identify, as a group, select a health promotion topic to be the focus of your community program project. Each group member must submit a 1- to 2-page summary of this week’s group collaboration by Day 7 of this week. In your individual summary, be sure to identify community needs, how your group assessed these needs, and the health promotion topic your group selected. Contact your Course Instructor with any questions. 1- to 2-page summary due by Day 7 of Week 6 Individual Assignment submission
Week 7 This week’s Discussion is based on your Group Project collaboration from Week 6. While you reflect on your group’s selections and ideas, each group member will post to the Discussion board individually. Post on or before Day 3 a description of the community needs your group identified, as well as the health promotion topic your group selected as the focus of your community program project. Then, describe barriers within the community that might adversely impact the improvement of health behavior outcomes. Finally, explain whether there are community resources designed to address these community needs and help patients Discussion posting due by Day 3 of Week 7 Individual posting © 2013 Laureate Education, Inc. 3 of 5 Discussion/Assignment Due Date overcome these barriers and minimize risk behaviors (e.g., health promotion media, handouts, support groups, etc.). If there are no resources available within this community, describe resources that could be offered at clinics and other community locations.
Week 8 Group Project Collaboration This week, reflect on the community needs, barriers to improving health outcomes, and community resources you have identified over the past few weeks. Then, as a group, decide on an implementation strategy and/or intervention method to use for your community program project. Each group member must submit a 1- to 2-page summary of this week’s group collaboration by Day 7 of this week. In your individual summary, be sure to identify the implementation strategy and/or intervention method your group selected. Contact your Course Instructor with any questions. 1- to 2-page summary due by Day 7 of Week 8 Individual Assignment submission
Week 9 This week’s Discussion is based on your Group Project collaboration from Week 8. While you reflect on your group’s selections and ideas, each group member will post to the Discussion board individually. Post on or before Day 3 a brief description of the community needs your group identified for the Week 7 Discussion. Explain the implementation strategy and/or intervention method your group selected for the community program project. Be sure to provide a rationale for this strategy and/or method. Then, explain any challenges that might arise when using this implementation strategy and/or intervention method within the community your group selected and ways to mitigate these challenges. Discussion posting due by Day 3 of Week 9 Individual posting Group Project Collaboration This week, evaluate the planning process for implementing community programs for health promotion. Consider how your group’s formative evaluation helped to refine and delineate the summative evaluation. The evaluation results should be used to improve your Group Project as necessary. Since this information will be needed in order to complete the Week 10 Discussion, your group should collaborate by Day 7 of this week. Contact your Course None © 2013 Laureate Education, Inc. 4 of 5 Discussion/Assignment Due Date Instructor with any questions. Week 10 This week’s Discussion is based on your Group Project collaboration from Week 9. While you reflect on your group’s selections and ideas, each group member will post to the Discussion board individually.