PHH2051 Health program planning

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Describe the steps in planning a preventive health program;

2. 2

   Identify data sources for needs assessment and community profiles;

3. 3

   Develop a needs assessment incorporating elements of community profiling as the basis of an evidence-based program plan;

4. 4

   Use published literature and formative research to identify determinants of population health needs that can be changed by health promotion action;

5. 5

   Write SMART project goals and objectives that are clearly linked to health determinants;

6. 6

   Apply a range of theories and evidence to select strategies that will meet project objectives;

7. 7

   Identify administrative and management issues that need to be addressed for successful program implementation;

8. 8

   Select approaches that maximise the potential for program sustainability;

9. 9

   Describe the links between project planning and evaluation and the key steps in evaluation planning.