Assignment Directions

Course Title: Public Health: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Title: Public Health Program Planning

Review the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators.

Select one leading health indicator and research a state-level health prevention program aimed at achieving it.

Locate your state’s vital statistics and/or census data to compare the outcomes of the selected leading health indicator.

Evaluate the state-level program’s effectiveness in meeting the Healthy People 2020 goals based on your statistical and census data findings.

Determine if there is evidence in your community of alignment to the Healthy People 2020 goals through local programs and funding.

Explain the evidence by providing links, a description, and summary of the program(s).

Format your assignment as one of the following

                                              Assessment Rubric

1.      Thoroughly compared the outcomes of the selected leading health indicator by examining the state’s vital statistics and/or census data.

2.      Comprehensively evaluated the state-level program’s effectiveness in meeting the Healthy People 2020 goals based on statistical and census data findings

3.      Fully concluded whether there is evidence in the community of alignment to the Healthy People 2020 goals through local programs and funding.

4.      Fully explained the evidence by providing links, a description, and summary of the program(s).

5.      The research findings were concise, with exceptional attention to detail, and was free of errors.