Each student will identify a health education, health promotion and/or disease prevention problem/issue and
propose a program to address the problem/need. Once the instructor approves the proposed program, the
student will proceed to develop a Needs Assessment. The Needs Assessment will include the following
information:
? The demographics of the population (geography, age distribution, etc.);
? The identified problem/situation, including the magnitude of the problem (using state,
regional, national, international and/or other pertinent documents); why it is a problem to the identified
population;
? Who is adversely affected by the problem
? Costs (economic, social, etc) associated with the problem; and
? Other relevant information concerning the problem/situation.
The needs assessment will cite appropriate state, regional, and national information which the program would
impact. Population figures, trends, etc. will be obtained from relevant documents such as the U.S. Census,
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state statistics and other similar documents. It will be 3-5 pages in length and will include a minimum of 5
scholarly references. Each student will present a brief yet professionally developed overview of their population
and highlights of their needs assessment via Blackboard. This will serve as the mid-term writing assessment
for this course. Remember to include national standards of practice/ competencies when appropriate and
references to national initiatives such as Healthy People 2020.***My Needs Assessment is on Funding for HIV/AIDS patients particular in health departments in state of Florida***
***PLEASE write a needs assessment with the previous guidelines above and discuss the following topics:
**Funds for HIV Testing**
**Funds for Health Education and Risk Reduction**
**Funds for Health Communication/Public Health**
**Funds for Prevention Interventions Designed for Persons Living with HIV**
**Funds for Low-Income HIV Patients**
**Funds for Non-Speaking English HIV Patients*****PLEASE*** give at least a minimum of 5 scholarly referrences******Who is adversely affected by the problem (HIV/AIDS patients family members such as their partners/significant others/spouse, and children are adversely affected so please write about them in this category and how are they adversely affected)****** Costs (economic, social, etc) assoicated with the problem: PLEASE write about the financial cost of funding HIV/AIDS patients for resources and also talk about the social cost such as emotional aspect of a person living with HIV/AIDS. For example, mention stress level, depression, etc of a person having HIV/AIDS and even mention faith based resources such as churches and peer groups***