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Assignment: The health problem should be related to individuals with Autism.

The last page attached shows how the paper should be outlined.

I want you to use Northern Virginia (Either Arlington, or Fairfax as your location of population)

AGAIN must be a health issue dealing with individuals with Autism in that area!! Can't stress that enough. Please review instructions thoroughly. Thank you! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Project Steps

In this project you will gather and assess information on community assets and determine areas for improvement. The process is modeled after and informed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation (CHANGE). The following steps encourage progression toward success.

1. Plan and Organize

a. Identify community including geographic boundaries (neighborhood, county, city) or demographic characteristics. Large counties and/or metropolitan cities should be narrowed to a specific neighborhood or group at risk.

b. Identify priority population

c. Develop strategy or process for collecting demographic and behavioral information (may use secondary data sources i.e. CDC, health dept., etc )

d. Develop process for identification of existing resources

e. Develop process of observation of community resources, behaviors, etc.

f. Develop process for identification of key informants (one community resident, three leaders of programs in three different settings).

i. Settings include: Community at large, Organizations / Community Institution, Health Care, School, Worksite

g. Develop interview questions for key informants

h. Identify Key Informants

2. Gather Information

a. Data Sources

1. Existing data (i.e. CDC, health dept., websites, etc.),

2. Observation (walkability, food access, etc.),

3. Key Informant Interviews

b. Gather Secondary Information

i. Describe the specific community

ii. Describe community health status

iii. Describe the priority population

iv. Identify targeted health problem and contributing behaviors

v. Identify existing programs, initiatives, and policies related to the Health Problem

c. Conduct and document key informant interviews

i. Community resident

ii. Leaders from three different programs focusing on the targeted health behavior and targeted population from three different settings

3. Record, Review and Analyze Information and Provide Recommendations for Improvement

a. Review, analyze and Interpret information

b. Identify and provide suggestions for improvements

4. Present Outcomes

a. Write and submit paper (follow APA guidelines)

b. Prepare and submit narrated presentation (narrated powerpoint or video ppt)

PART I: Community Health Assessment

Community Health Assessment: A community health assessment is a collection of information about the health and wellness characteristics of the community. It will include communitydemographics, health challenges, health resources, and health perceptions. For this first part of your project you will describe the identified community and health problem by providing demographic and socioeconomic information, health challenges and health resources. You willidentifyand mapcommunity health promotion services, programs and resources. You will provide adetailed table of all resources and avisual display of this information by creating a map of the information, programs, etc. Remember, only include programs, initiatives and resources that have a behavior change focus and provide a specific health promotion program/service/resourceon the map. Once you have assessed your community through research, observation and exploration please submit the following components in ONE WORD DOCUMENT.

1. Community overview that describes your community and its health status (demographics, SES, positive health aspects, health risks and challenges, potential causes for risks/issues, and community health priorities);

2. Detailed table of allresources and services related to the health problem;

3. Map of serviceswith legend that designates focus of service.

PART II: Community Engagement

During this phase of the Applied Project you will

1. conduct four key informant interviews and

2. write and submit findings in an academic paper.

Focusing on your identified health problem and priority population identify at leastthree different programs, initiatives, or policies that are attempting to address the issue.Conduct one interview with an individual (participant) in the priority population, and the program leaders of at three different programs from three different settings (i.e. government, school, community, etc). Remember that each of the leaders interviewed must lead a specific program, initiative, or policy addressing the health issue. The purpose of these interviews is to ascertain stakeholders' perspectives on (1) what makes a healthy community, (2) the availability and adequacy of resources related to the identified health problem and population within the community, and (3) how their program/policy/initiative addresses the need.

It is critical that you are well prepared before meeting for the interview. Prior to scheduling theinterview be sure to research and understand the initiative and be able to describebest practices for (1) meeting the identified health need in the priority population, (2) program, initiative or policy content and strategies, (3) program, initiative or policy outcome potential, (4) recruitment and retention processes, and (5) community/stakeholder engagement. Once you understand best practices for your focus and have finalized the interview questions(outlined below) contact the key informants and schedule the interviews.While you certainly want to gain all insights from each person, the interviews should be semi-structured in nature to be sure to address all needed information. Please ask the following questions that address the following concepts, and be sure to add in probes or other questions as needed. Record all responses.

General Interview Questions

1. From a health perspective, how would you describe your community?

a. What are its strengths?

b. What are its most significant challenges?

2. How would you describe a ‘healthy' community?

a. In what ways is your community healthy?

b. In what ways is your community less healthy or unhealthy?

3. What resources are available within the community that promote healthy living? Please describe.

a. Are there enough available resources? Why or why not?

b. What other resources are needed?

4. Please give me an overview of this program/initiative/policy.

a. What are the mission, goals, and objectives of this program or initiative? ORWhat is the purpose of the policy? Who will it reach? What are the anticipated outcomes?

b. What are the strengths of the program?

c. What are the challenges that you have encountered?

d. Make sure to probe about the best practices categories if not already identified in the above questions.

i. How do they meet priority population need?

ii. Why did they select the adopted strategies? How did they develop program content and strategies?

iii. What are the recruitment and retention processes?

iv. How did they engage community/stakeholders?

5. What outcomes have you seen from the program/initiative/policy?

6. What impact do you feel this program/initiative/policy has on the community at large?

7. Do you feel this program,initiative or policy is sustainable? If so how? If not why not?

Report the information by summarizing your findings as follows:

1. Health Problem (prevalence, contributing factors)

2. Individual in the Priority Population

• Overview, Community Strengths, Community Challenges, Observations and Recommendations

3. Leader 1 (Government)

• Overview, Description of Strategy (program/initiative/policy), Major themes and supporting quotes, Observations and Recommendations

4. Leader 2 (Organization)

• Overview, Description of Strategy (program/initiative/policy), Major themes and supporting quotes , Observations and Recommendations

5. Leader 3 (School)

• Overview, Description of Strategy (program/initiative/policy)Major themes and supporting quotes, Observations and Recommendations

1. Reflection and Synthesis of the individual programs and the potential multi-level influence these programs may have on community health

2. Lastly, address the following question

• "How did conducting the key informant interviews increase your awareness of your community's health and the available resources?"

3. In the appendices, attach the names, organization, and contact information of the three key informants, as well asall of your interview questions.

PART III: Synthesis PRESENTATION

The final step in the Applied Project is to summarize your findings in a narrated powerpoint (or video) presentation that is informative, integrative and reflective. The presentation should be comprehensive in scope and reflective in nature. It should synthesize your efforts, approaches, and findings, but should be no more than 20 minutes in duration. Slides may include (but not limited to) the following....

1. Introduction

a. Community Overview

b. Positive Health Aspects

c. Health Risks, Challenges, Causes, Priorities

d. Highlighted Health Problem

2. Methodology

a. Demographics (how collected)

b. Health Resources (how identified)

c. Key Informant Interviews (how selected, how conducted, etc.)

d. Analysis (How resources and interviews were reviewed and analyzed)

3. Results

a. Community Health Status and Services TABLE

i. Duplication of Services

ii. Gaps in Services

iii. MAP (Figure 1)

b. Community Map of Resources FIGURE

c. Targeted Initiatives

d. Interviewees

e. Interview Common Themes

4. Conclusions and Recommendations

a. Summary of Key Findings

b. Recommendations

5. Bibliography

Information related to above question is enclosed below:

Attachment:- AppliedProjectGuidelinesin.rar