Discussion 2.1: Health Program Planning

Discussion Guidelines

Initial Post

  • Access the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Podcasts: A Cup of Health with CDC (Links to an external site.).
  • Listen to a podcast of your choice from the “A Cup of Health with CDC”.
  • Answer the following questions based on developing, implementing, and evaluating a program aimed at improving the health of the targeted population from the podcast.
    • Provide the title and a brief overview of the podcast.
    • Which program planning model would you choose to guide this health planning project and why?
    • What other data might you want to collect before starting?
    • Based on the data, choose one of the risk factors and discuss a possible intervention.
    • How would you evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention/program?

Response Post(s)

Respond to at least two classmates.