I’m studying for my Public Health class and need an explanation.
Part 1: For your Final Project, you will provide a comprehensive public health program proposal to a major funder for funding and implementation. Imagine that you a member of a non-profit or health organization and consider how your organization can meet that need if funding is obtained. Your Final Project should demonstrate your commitment to making a change in your community and a clear concise understanding of each component of the planning and evaluation plan, class reading assignments, class discussions, as well as your own research using other scholarly sources and application of new knowledge for your Final Paper and Screencast.
Introduction
- Provide a brief overview of the health issue and its consequences. Be sure to provide recent data about the state of the problem. Next, write a problem statement that reviews the community selected, the problem to be addressed and the need it generates. Keep in mind that you must clearly communicate the need to your prospective funder. Thus, further research the problem and related need, its causes, occurrences and consequences so that you can effectively communicate them to your prospective funder.
- Interview with stakeholders and key informants for planning and implementation.
- Identify barriers to service including cultural, policies, or infrastructural barriers and discuss strategies to overcome them.
- Conduct research on potential funders for projects, including demonstrating awareness of matching funder guidelines with project design.
Methodology
- Discuss theoretical orientations to types of program designs.
- Develop project goals and design measurable process and impact objectives for projects in domestic or international settings.
- Describe clear and attainable goals for the project.
- Discuss relevant policies important to the effective implementation of a public health program.
- Discuss various service models (e.g., a mechanism or strategies for getting client feedback).
- Design measureable objectives for the project, including process and impact objectives, their differences, and realistic scopes of service.
- Develop a project implementation plan.
- Design a staffing plan for the project.
- Design effective data collection methods.
Evaluation
- Design an effective evaluative component (explain in detail how this will be accomplished).
- Design qualitative and quantitative assessment tools and when to apply them.
- Design effective data collection methods.
- Evaluate the effective implementation your public health program.
Budget
- Develop a feasible, scalable budget, and budget narrative (outlining all cost in a sentence or two).
- Design a realistic project budget, including personnel, operational, and administrative expenses.
The Screencast
Using what you learned throughout the course, in your Final Paper, create a three- to five-minute video or screencast* simulating a presentation to a major funding agency (e.g,. Kellogg Foundation, California Endowment, Annie E. Casey Foundation) to be presented as if you were giving it in person. In the screencast, you are presenting your program under the scenario that you are the director of a nonprofit program, and are advocating for funding support based on your plan. This presentation should not be a reiteration of the Final Paper. It should provide an overview of the program, how it was planned, and highlights the key sections of the proposal (e.g., needs assessment, methodology, how will you evaluate your program, and the budget). The screencast should present the program in a visually appealing manner with the key points that stimulate discussion, in order to provide a compelling case to garner support for obtaining implementation and funding.
*Note: Your presentation can be created using screencast software on your computer, the camera and microphone on your computer or handheld device, or the voice recording functions within a presentation program (like PowerPoint). Be creative and use your imagination.
Part 2: Representing your best work in your ePortfolio
Think about the impression that you want your ePortfolio to communicate to those that view it. In other words, what do you want a colleague or a prospective employer to know about you and your work if they view this particular assignment?
Upload the assignment to your ePortfolio
- Access your Folio account.
- Click on your name.
- Once you are on your main profile screen you will see three tabs (About, Portfolio, Connections). Click on ‘Portfolio’
- There you will see a gray box saying ‘ + Add new work’. Click on that box and a white window will appear.
- The white box has ‘Add Work to Portfolio’ across the top and the option to ‘Start With A File’ or ‘Start With A Link’. Click the ‘Start With A File’ tab and click the blue button that says ‘Browse Your Files’. A new window will then open
- In the upper right of the new window make certain ‘My Computer’ is highlighted and click the blue button that says ‘Choose File’.
- Find where your assignment is in your computer, highlight the file, and click the ‘Open’ button on the bottom right. Once clicked you will see the upload progress
- Click to Add A Title and Create a descriptive title for this assignment.
- Click to Add A Description and
- Briefly describe the work you uploaded to your ePortfolio.
- What challenges did you face while developing this work and how did you respond to them?
- Describe the skills or competencies you are demonstrating in this assignment as connected to the PLOs.
- How does what you learned through completing this assignment connect to your educational and career goals? Be specific.
- Click the ‘Choose a category’ tab and highlight ‘Education’
- Once you have a title, a description, and a category click the blue button ‘Continue’ and this will open a new window
- In the new window click ‘Details & Attachments’ at the bottom of the screen and ‘Tag’ your work.
- Add appropriate tags in Folio such as skills, subject areas, etc. Include the CLOs that are connected to this assignment.
- In the new window click ‘Save’ in the upper right for the drop down menu. From there click ‘Save & Return To Profile’
- You Are Done with the Upload! Fortunately, as you begin uploading more the process becomes much easier and faster. If you have ANY trouble please email your instructor.
Part 3: Submit your work for grading
- Once you have returned to your profile page and highlighted the ‘Portfolio’ tab, click on the link that says ‘EXPORT TO PDF’ on the right side of the screen
- Write in your Objective section ‘MPH 610 ePortfolio Assignment Pulling it All Together Week 6 and click the paper you just uploaded so it is highlighted in blue.
- Now click on the blue button that says ‘Generate PDF’ and choose a save location on your computer.
- Once saved, upload that PDF file to Waypoint for grading.
The Final Paper
- Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
- Must include a separate title page (Links to an external site.) with the following:
- Title of paper
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Must include introduction and conclusion (Links to an external site.)
- Must use at least five scholarly sources (Links to an external site.) in addition to the course text. Be sure to integrate your research (Links to an external site.) rather than simply inserting it.
- Must document all sources in APA style as outlined here (Links to an external site.) and here (Links to an external site.). (Links to an external site.)
- All citations must have a corresponding reference listed on the reference page.
- All references must have a corresponding citation in the body of the assignment.
- Must include a separate reference page (Links to an external site.) that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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