Problem solving in public health

In your final project you will recommend a new and alternative public health approach, such as communication strategies, program development, policy changes, community engagement, and recommendations for your public health issue from Unit I.

Your project will consist of the following sections:

1. Introduction
2. Provide a brief overview of the public health issue you wish to address. Identify the issue and its impact on the community.
3. How does the issue represent a gap or disparity in access, quality, or delivery of health care? Be sure to justify your reasoning.
4. Justification of Public Health Issue
5. Describe, in detail, the public health issue that needs to be addressed. Be sure to include the history of the issue, as well as the evidence that substantiates your claim that this is a legitimate public health concern.
6. What policies, programs, or strategies are already in place to address this issue? Be sure to provide specific examples.
7. How effective do you feel the existing policies, programs, or other strategies you identified are in terms of promoting health or reducing disparities? Be sure to support your reasoning.
8. Description of the New/Alternative Public Health Approach
9. Propose an alternative strategic approach to the previously identified policies, programs, or strategies for addressing the issue and improving access, delivery, or quality of the public health program.
10. How do you feel this alternative will achieve desired public health goals? Support your response with research.
11. What resources would be required for this approach? In other words, what will be needed in order to plan, implement, communicate, conduct, and evaluate the strategy you have proposed?
12. Implementation and Communication Strategies for the Alternative Strategic Approach
13. Describe, in detail, the outreach strategies you would select to effectively communicate this approach to the target audience and key stakeholders. Be sure to substantiate your claims with research.
14. What are some of the barriers you might face in trying to change the current public health approach? If you feel no barriers would exist, be sure to explain your reasoning.
15. Evaluation of Alternative Strategic Approach
16. How would you evaluate the new strategy or approach to ensure that it is meeting desired public health goals? Specifically, describe the type(s) of data to be collected, method(s) of collection, and frequency of data/program analysis.
17. Conclusion:
18. Based on your overall analysis, recommend your proposed alternative strategic approach to the access, quality, or delivery of health care, and justify your recommendation. Be sure to justify your rationale.

To complete Sections 1–5, you may use portions of your assignments throughout the course, as well as new content when needed. The conclusion section should be new information and be approximately one page in length.

The full project should be at least seven pages in length. You must use a minimum of three outside sources, and one may be the textbook. One source must be from the CSU Online Library. All sources used must be cited and references according to APA Style.