Assignment

In this assignment, you will review the health objectives from the Healthy People 2020 (http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx) program, choose one that applies to your community or municipality, conduct further research on how you can mobilize for action, and then prepare a paper to describe a plan of action for your community.

Part 1: Research

• Review the health objectives in the topics index listed on the "2020 Topics & Objectives - Objectives A-Z" page of the HealthyPeople.gov Web site. (http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/default.aspx).

o Choose an objective that applies to your community or municipality.
o Determine why you think the objective (or goal) that you chose was included as an objective on the HealthyPeople.govWeb site.
o Consider the rationale (need and pressures) for a national focus on the objective you chose.

• Research the size of your community and identify the number of people that would be affected by the issue you chose.

• Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and Internet sources, research how you can mobilize public health administration and community stakeholders for action.

Part 2: Paper

Prepare a "mobilizing for action" paper and address the following:

• Give a brief description of the community that you have chosen to focus on and identify the objective you selected from Healthy People 2020.

• Explain why you think the objective (or goal) that you chose was included as an objective on the HealthyPeople.gov Web site.

• Explain the rationale (need and pressures) for a national focus on the objective you chose.

• Detail the size of your community and identify the number of people that would be affected by the issue you chose.

• Conceptualize an approach, program, or strategy that could help your community contribute to the objective or goal.

• List the groups and/or individuals who might be interested in seeing a change in this health issue. Explain how you might recruit them as stakeholders in an effort to implement change.

• List the benefits and barriers of stakeholder participation.

• Include strategic steps (mileposts and decision points) to implement your strategy.

• Explain how your plan creates an alliance, collaboration, or partnership for the community, and describe how it will increase organizational capacity for various contributors.

• Include references to substantiate any facts or support any arguments you present.

Write a 4-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.