Needs Analysis and Program Planning

Catalog description

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, methods, and practical application of public health needs assessment and program planning. Students will gain the foundational skills necessary to systematically identify, analyze, and prioritize health needs within a population. Students will consider levels of intervention including the individual; families or small groups; organizations such as schools, worksites, health care settings; communities; the media; policy and environmental changes. Students will identify personal and environmental factors that affect public health and develop skills in needs assessment, formative research, cultural sensitivity, behavior change theories, intervention mapping, process and impact/outcome evaluation and dissemination. Students will critique intervention studies and gain experience in developing a behavior change intervention.