Assessment and Planning in Health Programs,9780763717483

Assessment and Planning in Health Programs

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ISBN13: 9780763717483
ISBN10: 0763717487
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-07-14
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Table of Contents

Preface xi
Chapter 1 Needs Assessment: The Big Picture 1(24)
Why Conduct a Needs Assessment?
2(5)
Planned Approach to Community Health
7(1)
Assessment Protocol for Excellence in Public Health
8(1)
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships
9(1)
Precede-Proceed
10(4)
Organizing Your Needs Assessment
14(1)
Coalitions and Partnerships
14(4)
Budgets
18(1)
Timelines
18(2)
Summary
20(5)
Chapter 2 Paint a Picture of Your Target Population: Assessing Assets and Problems 25(32)
Quality of Life and Health Status Assessment
26(5)
Health Status Assessment
31(2)
Selecting Health Priorities
33(3)
Determining the Sources of Priority Health Problems
36(5)
Selecting Behavioral and Environmental Priorities
41(5)
Identifying the Contributors to Priority Behavioral and Environmental Factors
46(2)
Administrative and Policy Assessment
48(3)
The Big Picture
51(1)
When Needs Assessment Resources Are Tight
52(2)
Summary
54(3)
Chapter 3 Identifying and Writing Mission Statements, Goals, and Objectives 57(12)
What Is a Mission Statement?
58(1)
Program Philosophy as the Foundation of the Mission Statement
58(1)
Developing a Mission Statement
59(2)
Program Goals
61(1)
Professional Philosophies and Goals of Health Education
62(1)
Objectives
62(4)
Summary
66(3)
Chapter 4 Program Planning: The Big Picture 69(18)
Program Planning Steps
70(9)
Social Marketing, Program Planning, and Implementation
79(4)
Summary
83(4)
Chapter 5 Identifying Strategies and Activities 87(12)
Interventions, Methods, and Strategies
89(1)
General Intervention Considerations
89(2)
Methods for Creating Change
91(1)
Sources of Strategies and Activities
92(1)
Benefits of Using Existing Materials or Curricula
93(2)
Strategies for Health Education and Health Promotion
95(1)
Summary
95(4)
Chapter 6 The Importance and Use of Theories in Health Education and Health Promotion 99(14)
What Are Theories?
99(1)
Why Use Theories and Models?
100(1)
How to Choose a Theory
100(3)
Intrapersonal Theories
103(2)
Interpersonal Theories
105(2)
Stage Theory of Organization Change
107(1)
Community Organization Theories
108(1)
Other Theories
108(1)
Summary
109(4)
Chapter 7 Data Collection Strategies for Needs Assessments and Evaluations 113(28)
Deciding on Data Collection Strategies
114(2)
Strategies for Secondary Data Collection
116(1)
Strategies for Primary Data Collection
117(15)
Techniques for Coming to a Group Consensus
132(1)
Data Collection: The Big Picture
133(1)
Who to Include in Your Primary Data Collection: Sampling
133(3)
Summary
136(5)
Chapter 8 Program Evaluation: Background and Basics 141(16)
Types of Evaluation
142(2)
Conducting an Evaluation
144(8)
Evaluation Principles
152(1)
Summary
153(4)
Chapter 9 Evaluation Structure and Design 157(12)
Designing the Evaluation
159(1)
Experimental and Quasi-experimental Designs in Evaluation
160(2)
Nonexperimental Designs
162(1)
Threats to Internal Validity
163(1)
Threats to External Validity
163(3)
Summary
166(3)
Appendix 1 Responsibility and Competency Areas Related to Needs Assessment, Program Planning, and Implementation 169(6)
Appendix 2 Social and Health Assessment Example: Cortland Counts 175(2)
Appendix 3 Sample Moderator Script for a Focus Group Interview 177(2)
Glossary 179(8)
Index 187

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