Assessment and Planning in Health Programs

Softcover: 192 pages
ISBN 0763717487
978-0763717483
Jones & Bartlett
Copyright 2005
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Conducting a needs assessment, planning an effective program, implementing programs, and evaluating them are at the core of health education and health promotion.

This book gives an overview of needs assessment, program planning, and program evaluation, and explains several goals and strategies for each. Topics fully covered in this book include:

Needs Assessment: The Big Picture
Paint a Picture of Your Target Population: Assessing Assets and Problems
Identifying and Writing Mission Statements, Goals and Objectives
Program Planning: The Big Picture
Identifying Strategies and Activities
The Importance and Use of Theories in Health Education and Health Promotion
Data Collection Strategies for Needs Assessments and Evaluations
Program Evaluation: Background and Basics
Evaluation Structure and Design

This book also gives an overview of the importance and use of theories, data collections strategies, and key terminology in the field of health education and health promotion. Throughout each chapter:

there is a running case study
checkpoints to promote critical thinking
boxed materials
tables and graphs
and each chapter ends with a series of questions and exercises.

Appendices include:

Responsibility and Competency Areas Related to Needs Assessment, Program Planning, and Implementation
Social and Health Assessment Example : Cortland Counts
Sample Moderator Script for a Focus Group Interview
Glossary

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