Write a brief summary of the community and the public health issue you have previously investigated or one in which you are interested.
Explain why this is a relevant health issue for the community you selected. Finally, describe a possible public health program that you could develop if you had unlimited resources, and explain how it would address the public health issue.
Required Readings
Fertman, C. I., & Allensworth, D. D. (Eds.). (2017). Health promotion programs: From theory to practice (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Chapter 1, “What Are Health Promotion Programs?” (pp. 3–25)
de Heer, H. D., Koehly, L., Pederson, R., & Morera, O. (2011). Effectiveness and spillover of an after-school health promotion program for Hispanic elementary school children. American Journal of Public Health, 101(10), 1907–1913.
Selig, A. L. (1975). Program planning, evaluation, and the problem of alcoholism. American Journal of Public Health, 65(1), 72–75.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Community Preventative Services Task Force. (2012). The community guide. Retrieved from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html
Walden University. (2012). Scholars of change. Retrieved from http://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-change/scholars-of-change
Click on the links provided on this webpage for the 2009 Scholars of Change videos, the 2010 Scholars of Change videos, and the 2011 Scholars of Change videos. Within the links for each year, watch the videos from Walden public health doctoral students.
