CREATING A PROGRAM

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The process of developing a health promotion program, like other process of community organizing or building, involves a series of steps

The success of the program depends upon many factors including the assistance of a professional with an experience in program planning

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CREATING A PROGRAM

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is the first task in creating a health promotion/disease prevention program.

planners with the assistance of the planning committee must determine the needs and wants of the priority population.

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Assessing the needs of the target population

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is the process of collecting and analyzing information to develop an understanding of the issues, resources, and constraints of the priority population.

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Needs Assessment

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that will help identify the true needs of the priority population so such data are categorized into two groups:

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gathering data

the primary and secondary

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are those that are collected specifically for use in this process.

An example is having those in a priority population complete a needs assessment questionnaire about their health behavior.

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Primary Data

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are the data that have already been collected for some other purposes such as health insurance claims records.

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Secondary Data

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analyzing the data collected; the collected data can be analyzed in one or two ways.

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It could be formally or informally.

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consists of some types statistical analysis assuming that the appropriate statistical criteria have been met.

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Formal Analysis

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With this technique, program developers look for the obvious differences.
between the health status or condition of the priority population and the programs and services available to close the gap between what is and what ought to be.

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Informal Technique referred to as eyeballing the data

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; this must take place because even though all needs that we identified are important but most of the time, there are not enough resources such as time and money.

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prioritizing the identified needs

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; In identifying the factors linked to the health problem, the planners need to identify and prioritize the risk factors that are associated with health problems. Once the health risk factors are identified, they also need to be prioritized.

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identifying the program focus

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this process is used to double-check or to confirm that the identified need and the resulting program focus indeed need to be addressed in the priority population.

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validating the prioritized need

Question 13

• it is a future event in which a committed endeavor is directed. It is more encompassing and global than objectives.
  They are written to cover all aspects of the program.
  They provide overall program direction.
  They are more general in nature.
  They usually take longer to complete. They are usually not observed and often not easily measured.

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Goal

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-are the steps taken in pursuit of a goal. They are more precise and can be considered the steps to achieve the program goals.

Some goals are more complex than others so the numbers and types of_____ will vary from program to program.

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Objectives

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is designing the activities that will help the target population meet their objectives.

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Developing an intervention

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Developing an intervention is designing the activities that will help the target population meet their objectives.

These activities are collectively referred to as _____ or ______

This constitutes the program that the priority population will experience.

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Intervention or Treatment.

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is the actual putting into practice of the activities that made up the intervention.

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mplementing the intervention

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is a trial run, it is when the intervention is presented to a few individuals who are either from the intended priority population or from a similar population.

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Pilot Test

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is actually a process in which planners will determine the value or worth of the objective of interest by comparing it against a Standard of Acceptability.

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Evaluation

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• It includes deciding how to collect the data.

Ex. Survey instrument, existing
records, or by observation

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COLLECTING THE DATA

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• It must be decided who will analyze the data and when the analysis is to be completed.

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ANALYZING THE DATA

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• There should be decisions that must be made regarding who should write the report, who should receive it, in what form and when should the report should be received.

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REPORTING RESULTS

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• They must now decide how should they use these findings. When time, resources, and effort were already spent on an evaluation, it is important that the results be useful for reaching a constructive end and for deciding whether we need to continue or discontinue the program or do we need some of the methods or ways in our programs.

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APPLYING THE RESULTS