The document discusses involving stakeholders in planning community health assessments. It provides two scenarios - one focused on health promotion through exercise where only government agencies are invited, and another on airborne health problems where only a polluting factory board is invited. It asks the reader to choose a scenario and explain why broader community stakeholder involvement is important, identifying at least three additional stakeholder groups that should be included and why.

1. Involving Stakeholders in Planning
Before decisions can be made about implementing a community
health assessment, a plan must be prepared to clarify the
purpose and methods of the assessment and to determine the
stakeholders and their roles.
For this Discussion, review the Resources. Think about not only
who should be engaged in the planning but also why they should
be involved. Review the media titled
Planning a Community Assessment
. Consider how the organizations featured selected and engaged
stakeholders in their planning. Think who they invited to
include in their planning, and reflect on why. Based upon this
information, consider one of the two following scenarios for
your Discussion:
Scenario 1:
Imagine that you are a public health professional. A county
health department has contracted with you to conduct a
community health assessment focused specifically on health
promotion through physical exercise. The head of the health
department has a list of people who should be present at the
planning meeting. You notice that they are all representatives of
local government agencies.
Scenario 2:
Imagine that you are a community liaison for a government
health agency. You have been given the task of planning an
assessment on airborne health problems. Your supervisor tells
you to invite the board of a local factory that emits toxic fumes
to the planning meetings. Your supervisor says that these
stakeholders are the only ones who need to be involved in the
initial plan before the more formal community health
assessment takes place.

2. With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 4
the number of the scenario you selected and your rationale for
why it is important to include community stakeholders in this
community health planning scenario. Then, describe at least
three additional groups that might be appropriate to include in
the planning for this community health assessment and explain
why you would include these stakeholders and not others.