Program planning turns assessed community health needs into coordinated activities designed to achieve meaningful outcomes. This lesson introduces the purpose of programs, the role of community partners, and the Healthy Places by Design Community Action Model.
A program is an organized public health action, or a set of related activities, undertaken to achieve an intended outcome. Outcomes may include promoting health and health equity, preventing illness, reducing health disparities, empowering communities, or advancing social justice.
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What is program planning?
The process of selecting and implementing activities to achieve desired health outcomes while coordinating the resources needed to carry them out.
What is a program planning team?
People and community partners who may provide resources, implement or evaluate activities, or be affected by the program.
What does the 3P Action Cycle stand for?
Partner, Prepare, and Progress; an intentional cycle for organizing community action and supporting sustained change.
Name the six Community Action Model practices.
Health equity focus, facilitative leadership, culture of learning, strategic communication, sustainable thinking, and community engagement.
Why should programs align with community assessment and diagnosis?
Alignment helps ensure activities address identified health problems, reflect perceived community needs, and target the at-risk group and contributing conditions.
Quiz questions
What is a public health program?Answer: An organized set of public health activities aimed at an intended outcome.
Why does a program plan serve as a blueprint?Answer: It coordinates people, resources, and activities needed to carry out the work.
Which sequence best describes the foundation for community program development?Answer: Assess needs, identify priorities, diagnose problems, then plan activities.
Who belongs on a program planning team?Answer: People and partners who may contribute, carry out, evaluate, or be affected by the program.
Which Community Action Model practice considers how actions and resources can continue over time?Answer: Sustainable thinking.
Based on Population Health for Nurses by Jessica Ochs, Sherry L. Roper, Susan M. Schwartz (OpenStax), licensed CC BY 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.