Week 3 Outline of Letter to the Community

Imagine that you have identified an issue within your community and are going to do a needs assessment.

Create a detailed outline that you will use to compose a letter that explains the selected community needs assessment tool to your community.

Address the following in your outline: Identify an issue in your community that the needs assessment will be focusing on and provide a brief history of the problem. Describe the necessary steps in the planning process for determining which needs assessment tool will be used. Explain the assessment tool that will be used. Discuss the plans for implementing the needs assessment tool.

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Navigate to the CDC Website (Centers for Disease Control).

Please note, this assignment will require you to locate a document from the CDC. 

In the search bar type in, “Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs”.  

Create a 350- to 700-word summary of the key points from the introduction, state and community interventions, paying close attention to key domains, 1-4. This document is quite long, you will find this document is comprehensive, and has lots of information. Focus attention on what is needed to complete the work.  

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—————————————————————————————————-Week 4 What Makes a Good Leader?

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you conduct a self-analysis about whether or not you would make a good leader using the Best Practices User Guide: Coalitions – State and Community Interventions document located on the student website.

Address the following: Discuss each of the 6 skills of a good leader from the Best Practices User Guide: Coalitions – State and Community Interventions. Include whether or not each skill is a strength or a challenge for you. Discuss what you will do to change the challenges into strengths.

Cite at least two peer-reviewed sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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After conducting a community needs assessment, you determined that there is a need to develop a tobacco control program in your community.

You have decided that the best way to begin is to develop a coalition. Unfortunately, there may be many barriers and obstacles that get in the way of developing the coalition.

Prepare a 5- to 7-slide Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® presentation for coalition members.

Include the following in your presentation: List steps you will take to identify the barriers when developing a coalition. Discuss what the barriers are. Discuss the approach you will take to overcome these barriers.

Cite at least two peer-reviewed sources.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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 Week 5 Tobacco Program Coalition

Navigate  to the CDC Website.

In the search bar type in, “Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs”. 

Please note, this assignment will require you to locate a document from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). 

Now that you already identified possible barriers and obstacles in the Developing a Coalition assignment due in Week Four, you can organize and implement the Tobacco Program Coalition. 

Use the Best Practices User Guide: Coalitions – State and Community Interventions document located using the CDC Website.

 

Create a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that describes the steps that you will take to develop the coalition, implement it, and make sure it is sustainable in the community and beyond.

Include the following: Explain the history and core values of the coalition. Describe the need that propelled this coalition. Describe the mission, vision, and purpose. Describe the steps you will take to develop the coalition. Explain how you will implement it. Discuss how you will sustain the coalition in the community. Discuss how this coalition will benefit other communities.

Cite at least two peer-reviewed sources.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

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