Topic: program development and evaluation

Order Description Program Development and Evaluation: Note to the writer: Please send me the assignment on time or before due date as I cannot provide an extension to write the paper. First Individual Assignment (25%): 2000 words Needs Analysis on: Vitamin" rel="nofollow">in D Deficiency in" rel="nofollow">in Immigrants south asian/ african origin" rel="nofollow">in Assignment formattin" rel="nofollow">ing requirements:  Times New Roman;  Size 12;  1.5 spacin" rel="nofollow">ing (1.5 spacin" rel="nofollow">ing does not apply to tables and figures);  with 2.5cm margin" rel="nofollow">in  File name for in" rel="nofollow">individual assignments: Surname_PDE1st_2016 Due date: 9th September,2016. The purpose of the assignments is to enable students to use plannin" rel="nofollow">ing and evaluation techniques and tools to design a project within" rel="nofollow">in the area of their in" rel="nofollow">interests Background: Fundin" rel="nofollow">ing opportunities will be available in" rel="nofollow">in the next six months for projects up to two years for the implementation of in" rel="nofollow">innovative preventive and promotional strategies targetin" rel="nofollow">ing diverse population groups at high risk of bein" rel="nofollow">ing effected by diabetes, licit and illicit drug use, cancer, hepatitis, AIDS or cardio-vascular diseases. However, projects, which are not in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in the above list but are in" rel="nofollow">innovative and can lead to better population health outcomes, may be considered. Partnerships across sectors are strongly encouraged, which may in" rel="nofollow">include hospitals, the crimin" rel="nofollow">inal justice system, children and family welfare groups, community health agencies, Indigenous community-controlled organisations, mental health groups and homeless services. Only projects requirin" rel="nofollow">ing a budget of no more than $300,000 in" rel="nofollow">in total will be considered. Applicants must demonstrate: • Attitudin" rel="nofollow">inal and social impact and the cost effectiveness of the project with the target group • How the project adds value to the health sector; and • Evidence to demonstrate the need for project and the significance of the approaches strategies proposed in" rel="nofollow">in the project. Your organisation is plannin" rel="nofollow">ing to submit an application for fundin" rel="nofollow">ing to address one or a few of the problems identified in" rel="nofollow">in the last annual review. Before the project plan and application can be developed, the project development group of your organisation is assigned to conduct a needs analysis to in" rel="nofollow">inform the formulation of project ideas and the development of the project proposal. What do you need to in" rel="nofollow">include in" rel="nofollow">in the 1st in" rel="nofollow">individual assignment? 1. In a short paragraph (no more than 250 words), provide a brief description of the problem(s) that you noticed/identified prior to conductin" rel="nofollow">ing the needs analysis, which form the focus of your in" rel="nofollow">investigations. When explain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing the problems, please ensure that the population that is affected by the problem is clearly identified. Problem Identified: Vitamin" rel="nofollow">in D Deficiency in" rel="nofollow">in Immigrants south asian/ african origin" rel="nofollow">in 2. In a table (refer to Table 1), please list the key steps that you took to gather in" rel="nofollow">information and evidence to assist you with addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the tasks a, b & c as listed below: TABLE 1: Needs Analysis Plan Brief description of the types of in" rel="nofollow">information / evidence that you collected (try to limit one type of in" rel="nofollow">information for each row) Explain" rel="nofollow">in how did you collect this specify type of in" rel="nofollow">information and/or sources from which the in" rel="nofollow">information / evidence were accessed. If you did not complete this step or were unable to collect all in" rel="nofollow">information as planned, please explain" rel="nofollow">in why briefly. Please add rows and adjust the table when required. a. To gather evidence to justify the needs for and significance of addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the problem(s). You also need to take in" rel="nofollow">into consideration the availability / capacity of the current services in" rel="nofollow">in addressin" rel="nofollow">ing similar problems. Therefore, a service gap analysis may be conducted. b. To identify and priorities possible approaches/in" rel="nofollow">interventions in" rel="nofollow">in addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the problem(s) in" rel="nofollow">informed by available and up-to-date evidence. c. To make suggestions on what are the best strategies/approaches to be adapted to addressin" rel="nofollow">ing such problems. Although no extensive amount of details is required, you do need to justify such recommendations based on a number of considerations: such as organisation’s capacity, organisation’s strategic direction, acceptability to target population, costs etc. Please also explain" rel="nofollow">in what you expected to fin" rel="nofollow">ind or achieve by takin" rel="nofollow">ing each of the proposed steps. Please specify the actual sources of the in" rel="nofollow">information and evidence clearly. Please note, you are asked to provide details of the steps that you took to conduct the needs analysis. Therefore, no justification of why these steps were chosen is required. Therefore, references may not be necessary. 3. In a paragraph or two (no more than 250 words), explain" rel="nofollow">in the types of in" rel="nofollow">information were important to the needs analysis, but you were unable to collect. Please justify why these important types of in" rel="nofollow">information was not collected. If you were able to collect all key types of in" rel="nofollow">information, then please simply write a short sentence sayin" rel="nofollow">ing that all key steps were completed successfully and all in" rel="nofollow">information that were important to the needs analysis were collected. 4. Within" rel="nofollow">in 600 words, please detail the problem(s) identified with evidential support. You need to justify clearly; i) why there are such problems, ii) the significant impacts attributed to the problems, or iii) the problems should not be addressed. Please ensure the specific population group(s) affected by the problems is/are clearly defin" rel="nofollow">ined. You also need to discuss whether there have been efforts to address the problems. If yes, what is the current service capacity in" rel="nofollow">in addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the problems and what are the gaps for further in" rel="nofollow">interventions or services? If no, you need to discuss why these problems have not been addressed by current efforts/services. 5. Within" rel="nofollow">in 300 words, propose two to three solutions that can address the identified problems with brief justification and evidential support. 6. All references used in" rel="nofollow">in the text need to be detail at the end of the report. PDE 1st Assignment Markin" rel="nofollow">ing Sheet (25%) Marks given Marks Project Proposal details 4.5  Overall presentation and formattin" rel="nofollow">ing (1)  Overall writin" rel="nofollow">ing / expression (2)  All evidence provided is properly referenced and listed usin" rel="nofollow">ing APA style (1.5). 2.5 Problems noticed / identified which formed the focus of the in" rel="nofollow">investigation are clearly described and explain" rel="nofollow">ined within" rel="nofollow">in the word limit; Population affected by the ‘problems’ are clearly determin" rel="nofollow">ined. 5 Comprehensively completed Table 1 and other required in" rel="nofollow">information 6 Usin" rel="nofollow">ing evidence to discuss the significant of the problems identified which in" rel="nofollow">include scale and scope of the problems and their impact, to what extent the needs for addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the problems have been met or not been met. 3 Services that are currently bein" rel="nofollow">ing provided that may have the capacity to address (or partially address these needs) the problems were explain" rel="nofollow">ined and discussed? The current and future service gaps were clearly specified and justified. 3 Two to three solutions that can address the identified problems were explain" rel="nofollow">ined with brief justification and evidential support. 1 Evidence sourced is relevant and sufficient to support the discussions and recommendations. Note: Data should primarily come from reliable sources such as government census, survey and research fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings. Data generated in" rel="nofollow">internally within" rel="nofollow">in the organisation such as service data etc. are also useful.