Final Exam
Community Assessment Presentations
Presenters: Same groups as for midterm. You will present 5 year plans for PH improvement for selected LHDs or programs identified during midterm presentations . Each team will have 20-25 minutes to present and 10 mins. for critique by other teams and guests.
Guide for Final Presentation:
Present as a Power Point slide show (Bring/send a copy for me to put on the class web). I also expect each of you hand in to me a points score, from 1 to 10, on each of your team mates. In assessing the contribution of your team mates consider the proportion of the final product contributed by each team member,. How much did the team members individually contribute toward the design of the final presentation? How much research did each member perform? Do you believe each member contributed the same effort? Deductions to final score will be made if this is not done.
In performing the Community Assessment project for the final exam of the course, you already know how much money is in the district budget for the various current programs. However, when preparing your plan start from ground zero by using data available from resources provided during course and ignoring financial resources, and identifying the most important health needs for your heath district. Tell us how you decided importance (priorities) between health needs. Then assume you have an opportunity for a 25% increase in resources, will use some of the increase for a new program, provide objectives and expected time based outcmes. Alos identify grant opportunities if possible.
What I want to know from you is:
What do you propose as the important health indicators for your district?
What are the death and birth rates?
How much prematurity compared to the state?
What is the need for environmental services (e.g.: soil, food, animal control)?
What proportion of births out of wedlock ( why is this important?).
What are the major causes of death? Are they different from the 2010 or state objectives?
Can you find data about the district immunization level?
How much STD is there in your District? Is this incidence or prevalence? How complete is this data?
What does the BRFFS data for your district tell you about any need for changes in behaviors?
What data do you have on prevalence of chronic diseases?
What data can you find on access to health care for your district's population?
When you have collected enough data to give you a picture of the district health status.
Then look at the budget and determine whether you would use the same budget priorities, assuming you have a 25% increase in resources..
If not, why not? If you would make changes how would you re-allocate the base budget (making no assumptions about permission from the state budget office or the Secretary)?
Where would you look for additional funds (new fees, federal funds, grants, non profit funding agency, research grants?).
Are there still unmeet PH needs in the district?
How would you make a case for additional resources to your local City Council or Board of supervisors?
Remember you only have 20-25 minutes to present this material
Results:
Chesterfield Slides Handouts
Crater Slides Handout
Richmond Slides Handout