Based on issues identified for the community health problem featured in your Final Project (Mental Health), review the SWOT analysis tool provided (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.-e)

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SWOT Analysis Draft

Strategic planning is a primary function of leadership and management in public health administration. Leaders are critical in determining the optimal route (goals and objectives) to ensure the organization’s success. Strategy development and implementation is a journey that requires planning, and the organization’s “vision” is the idealized destination. Different paths, different stops, and different issues arise along the way. The art and science of planning should be embedded in the culture of the public health organization in order to positively affect population health status and meet health challenges at the local, state, regional, national, and even global levels.

Although most public health professionals will focus on local, regional, or state responsibilities, the planning process—coupled with artful utilization of relationships and scientific utilization of planning tools—is salient at any level and for any type of public health organization.

For this week’s Assignment, review the media, especially the media titled Strategic Planning. Consider how these health organizations use strategic planning to address public health issues. Then, review the SWOT analysis tool provided. This tool refers to a Community of Practice (CoP), but this template may be used for documenting strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to your Final Project public health problem. If you prefer, you may create your own SWOT table.

Section I

Based on issues identified for the community health problem featured in your Final Project (Mental Health), review the SWOT analysis tool provided (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.-e).

Section III

Contact a health care/public health administrator involved in the strategic planning process. Conduct a brief interview (face-to-face, e-mail, or telephone) using the questions provided in the Public Health Administrator Interview Questions document in your Learning Resources.

The Assignment: SWOT Table and Paper (4–5 pages):

Conduct an informal SWOT analysis. The analysis should include the following:

·  Section I: SWOT Table (1 page)

o  A completed SWOT table listing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to the public health leadership issue identified in your Final Project. Fill in the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the health problem identified. Then, provide a summary in which you describe your selected strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Why did you select these strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats over others? Include some strategies for minimizing weaknesses and capitalizing on strengths and opportunities.

·  Section II: Using the SWOT Analysis (1 page)

o  A narrative explanation of the SWOT findings

o  An explanation of how, as a public health administrator, you might use the information obtained in the SWOT analysis in strategic planning, decision making, and resource allocation

·  Section III: Administrator Interview Synopsis (2–3 pages):

o  An interview with a public health administrator on strategic planning. Your interview may be conducted over the phone, Skype, e-mail, or in person if you prefer. (Note: You must transcribe or summarize your interview and post it.)

o  Prepare your thoughts and questions carefully in advance, so you can be succinct in your interview. In your interview, you should ask the interviewee questions such as the following, as well as any other questions you think are appropriate to the organization or individual you are interviewing:

§  How often do you and your organization engage in the strategic planning process?

§  How do you utilize the strategic plan? Please describe this plan. (For example, how detailed is it? Is it a long-range plan?)

§  What are your thoughts about the strategic planning process? How well is it working? What are specific strengths of the process from your perspectives? Have you encountered any barriers or difficulties to overcome?

Following the interview, please complete the following:

·  Write a synopsis of your findings.

·  Explain the relationship between planning and decision making in resource allocation in the strategic planning process.

What are some of the challenging issues related to creating a coordinated and collaborative public health system with the passage of the Affordable Care Act

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While most see the Affordable Care Act as insurance coverage for a large proportion of the uninsured population in the United States, it also has a ripple effect on the domain of public health. The background for how public health is practiced and delivered in this country is drastically changing. Public health will need to adapt, adjust, and engage with both healthcare insurers and providers in order to take full advantage of the modification to the country’s healthcare system.

Please read the following article and answer the following questions in your initial post. Read the article: Rosenbaum, S. (2011) titled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001814/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

  • What are some of the challenging issues related to creating a coordinated and collaborative public health system with the passage of the Affordable Care Act?
  • What advantages do you see in the domain of public health now that the ACA has been passed? What challenges do you see in the domain of public health now that the ACA has been passed?
  • Why is it difficult to manage public health at the local, state, and federal levels?

Define public/community health. How does this differ from personal health

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Answer the following questions concerning the role of assessment of public health:

  1. Define public/community health. How does this differ from personal health?
  2. What are the benefits of public health assessments? What are the disadvantages, if any? Give an example of a potential conflict within the community that could arise as a result of public health assessments. How can public health advocates and policy makers prevent and/or manage such a conflict?
  3. How can public health assessments be used to form public policy?
  4. Choose one health concern and cite legislation that has been passed to address this concern. Discuss how this legislation has affected or could affect your community.
    You may choose one of the following or one of your own choosing:

    • Smoking in public places
    • Accessibility for physically handicapped populations
    • Legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes
    • Youth violence
    • Domestic violence
    • Child abuse
    • Elder abuse

Format your paper consistent with APA 6th guidelines. Be sure to list your sources of information at the end of your project. You should have at least 3 sources.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV/AIDS and pregnancy among Teens in the U.S.

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Problem Statement

Overview (Instructions)

The assignment is to refine the focus of your project topic(“Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV/AIDS and pregnancy among Teens in the U.S.”) so that it clearly makes a case for taking action on the public health issue that you identified in your last assignment. Give a successful explanation as to why this public health problem is a public health issue. Come up with detailed definition(s) of public health, on the nature of health disparities. Take a look at my topic and come up with ways to make the explanation clearer or more persuasive. Then add one more element to turn your topic selection into a Problem Statement: come up with specific evidence, facts and data, to justify the need to do something about the problem you have identified. The key to this part of the assignment is to make the case for taking action—for using public resources, like people’s time and effort and budget dollars, to do something to address the problem. This is assignment is 1 and ½ pages.

Problem Statement Scoring Guide

1. Identifies a specific health issue or problem, providing evidence to support reasons for concern.

2. Explains why a particular health problem is a public health issue, citing the appropriate public health principle and providing evidence that this problem qualifies.

3. Justifies the need to address a specific public health problem or issue, supporting assertions with citations of facts and data.

4. Including citing and referencing credible sources in APA formatting.