Adolescent Weight Management Program to Address Increasing Rate of Obesity among Students

Needs Assessment Assignment (FA21)
1. Think of a program that you want to develop. Choose a health-related program that will improve the health outcome of a specific population. Choose on which level of the public health pyramid your program exists. This pyramid is displayed on page 22 of your text. Try to choose a program that is included in one of the Healthy People 2020 priority areas. The table on page 26 of your text lists these priority areas. Describe this program in a comprehensive fashion describing the target population of your program in these terms; focusing on the level of the public health pyramid and the focus area selected. This can be done in one or two paragraphs.
2. Support the need for this program with a brief literature search. You need to have a minimum of 5 references to support your program. Your references may include programs similar to the one that you are designing. Make sure you use APA style to cite your references. This section should be a minimum of 1 page in length.
3. Using the model in the Community Tool Box found in your folder and at the website https://ctb(dot)ku(dot)edu/en/assessing-community-needs-and-resources complete the steps in chapter two of this toolbox for your program. Make these steps as specific as possible.
The following outlines the steps in this chapter:
INCLUDE THESE STEPS IN YOUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Describe the makeup and history of the community to provide a context within which to collect data on its current concerns. This means you have to choose a community in which to implement your program.
a. Comment on the types of information that best describes the community (e.g., demographic, historical, political, civic participation, key leaders, past concerns, geographic, assets).
b. Describe the sources of information used (e.g., public records, local people, internet, maps, phone book, library, newspaper).
c. Comment on whether there are sufficient resources (e.g., time, personnel, resources) available to collect this information about this community
d. Assess the quality of the information.
e. Describe the strengths and problems you may encounter with this community.
Describe what matters to people in the community. Do this with respect to your program. Include a description of:
a. Issues that people in the community care about (e.g., safety, education, housing, health)
b. How important these issues are to the community (e.g., perceived importance, consequences for the community)
c. Methods the group will (did) use to listen to the community (e.g., listening sessions, public forums, interviews, concerns surveys, focus groups).
Define the major stakeholders in the development of your program and anticipate what would matter most to them. Describe the following with respect to these stakeholders.
a. Who else cares about the issue (the stakeholders) and what do they care about?
b. What stakeholders want to know about the situation (e.g., who is affected, how many, what factors contribute to the problem)
c. Prioritized populations and subgroups that stakeholders intend to benefit from the effort
d. Methods you will (did) use to gather information (e.g., surveys, interviews).
Describe the evidence indicating whether the problem/goal of your proposed program should be a priority issue, including:
a. The community-level indicators (e.g., rate of infant deaths or vehicle crashes) related to the issue
b. How frequently the problem (or related behavior) occurs (e.g., number of youth reporting alcohol use in the past 30 days)
c. How many people are affected by the problem and the severity of its effects
d. How feasible it is to address the issue
e. Possible impact and/or consequences of addressing the problem/goal
Describe the barriers and resources for addressing the identified issue(s), including:
a. Barriers or resistance to solving the problem or achieving the goal (e.g., denial or discounting of the problem) and how they can be minimized (e.g., reframing the issue)
b. What resources and assets are available and how the group can tap into those resources to address the issue
c. Community context or situation that might make it easier or more difficult to address this issue
Select and state the priority issue (or issues) to be addressed by the group. This will translate into your final mission for your program.
You may do this in a table format if you prefer. This is the body of your assignment. List the steps in a concrete, specific manner with specific tasks assigned to each step. Try to outline a reasonable timeline for all of these steps. This section should be 3-4 pages in length.
4. Summarize the expected outcome of the needs assessment using the best information that you have about your health outcome and your population. You should use this summary to translate into your goals and objectives This can be a couple of paragraphs.
5. Spelling, grammar, punctuation – free from errors, writing flow, sentence structure, and content
The suggested length of this paper is 7-8 pages, with 1.5line spacing.