Strengths and Barriers to Program Implementation  As you design your program, it is important to anticipate potential issues related to program implementation. Careful forethought can help you to minimize unnecessary stumbling blocks during implementation. There are strengths and barriers associated with every program. What do you see as the key factors to be aware of for your program? Brainstorm key terms such as community, culture, environment, organization, client, bias, and ethics . Give consideration to the factors you come up with (along with those in the Learning Resources) as you proceed with this Discussion. To prepare: Review      the information presented in the Learning Resources. What are some of the      factors (e.g., community, organization, environmental, ethical) that you      consider strengths or facilitators for your program (breast cancer in      African American women in the USA)? Which      ones do you think may pose a challenge for your program(breast cancer in      African American women in the USA)? How      do these barriers need to be addressed in your program design?  How      might the strengths be leveraged to help overcome the barriers? By tomorrow Wednesday 01/02/19 2 pm post a minimum of 550 words essay in APA format with a minimum of 3 scholarly references from the list of required readings below. (Also see attached file on the previous paper regarding the program on the issue of breast cancer in African American women in the USA). Include the level one header as numbered below: Post a cohesive scholarly response that addresses the following: 1) Analyze two or more community, client, organization, and/or environmental forces that may facilitate your program and two or more that may pose a challenge for your program (breast cancer in African American women in the USA). 2) Propose a strategy for addressing one of the barriers as a part of your program design (breast cancer in African American women in the USA)? 3) Ask questions of your colleagues regarding how you might address the other challenge. Required Readings Hodges, B. C., & Videto, D. M. (2011). Assessment and planning in health programs (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. • Chapter 4, “Program Planning: The Big Picture” • Chapter 5, “Social Marketing, Program Planning, and Implementation” • Chapter 8, “Identifying Strategies and Activities” • Chapter 9, “Program Implementation" Chapter 4 outlines the program planning steps and emphasizes the importance of including your target population and additional stakeholders in the design process. Chapter 5 reemphasizes this focus on the target audience as the authors discuss the use of marketing principles in relation to program development and implementation. Chapter 8 discusses the importance of utilizing strategies that are aligned with the theoretical foundations of a program and presents recommendations for developing suitable activities. I.

1. Strengths and Barriers to Program Implementation
As you design your program, it is important to anticipate
potential issues related to program implementation. Careful
forethought can help you to minimize unnecessary stumbling
blocks during implementation.
There are strengths and barriers associated with every program.
What do you see as the key factors to be aware of for your
program? Brainstorm key terms such as
community, culture, environment, organization, client, bias,
and
ethics
. Give consideration to the factors you come up with
(along with those in the Learning Resources)
as you proceed with this Discussion.
To prepare:
Review the information presented in the Learning Resources.
What are some of the factors (e.g., community, organization,
environmental, ethical) that you consider strengths or
facilitators for your program (breast cancer in African
American women in the USA)?
Which ones do you think may pose a challenge for your
program(breast cancer in African American women in the
USA)?

2. How do these barriers need to be addressed in your program
design?
How might the strengths be leveraged to help overcome the
barriers?
By tomorrow Wednesday 01/02/19 2 pm post a minimum of 550
words essay in APA format with a minimum of 3 scholarly
references from the list of required readings below.
(Also see attached file on the previous paper regarding the
program on the issue of breast cancer in African American
women in the USA).
Include the level one header as numbered below:
Post
a cohesive scholarly response that addresses the following:
1) Analyze two or more community, client, organization, and/or
environmental forces that may facilitate your program and two
or more that may pose a challenge for your program (breast
cancer in African American women in the USA).
2) Propose a strategy for addressing one of the barriers as a part
of your program design (breast cancer in African American
women in the USA)?
3) Ask questions of your colleagues regarding how you might
address the other challenge.

3. Required Readings
Hodges, B. C., & Videto, D. M. (2011).
Assessment and planning in health programs (2nd ed.).
Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
• Chapter 4, “Program Planning: The Big Picture”
• Chapter 5, “Social Marketing, Program Planning, and
Implementation”
• Chapter 8, “Identifying Strategies and Activities”
• Chapter 9, “Program Implementation"
Chapter 4
outlines the program planning steps and emphasizes the
importance of including your target population and additional
stakeholders in the design process.
Chapter 5
reemphasizes this focus on the target audience as the authors
discuss the use of marketing principles in relation to program
development and implementation.
Chapter 8
discusses the importance of utilizing strategies that are aligned
with the theoretical foundations of a program and presents
recommendations for developing suitable activities. In
Chapter 9
, the authors note that even implementation requires planning;
they provide guidance for implementation planning and advise
how this can also support evaluation.

4. Kettner, P. M., Moroney, R. M., & Martin, L. L. (2017)
. Designing and managing programs: An effectiveness-based
approach (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Review
Chapter 6
, “Selecting the Appropriate Intervention Strategy”
Chapter 8
, “Designing Effective Programs”
Review
Chapter 6
, which discusses the connection between the program
hypothesis and service decisions. Chapter 8 addresses how to
design elements of a program systematically in order to promote
consistency and attend to the necessary details.
Breslau, E.S., Weiss, E.S., Williams, A., Burness, A., & Kapka,
D. (2015).
The implementation road: Engaging community partnerships in
evidence-based cancer control interventions. Health Promotion
Practice, 16(1), 40–54 doi: 10.1177/1524839914528705
Buck, H.G., Kolanowski, A., Fick, D., & Baronner, L (2016).
Improving rural geriatric care through education: A scalable,

5. collaborative project. The Journal of Continuing Education in
Nursing, 47(7), 306-313 doi:10.3928/00220124-20160616-06
KIDASA Software. (n.d.).
Gantt charts. Retrieved December 12, 2011, from
http://www.ganttchart.com/Examples.html
This site provides examples of different forms of Gantt charts.
Minb,
A., Patel, S., Bruce-Barrett, C., O-Campo, P. (2015).
Letting youths choose for themselves: Concept mapping as a
participatory approach for program and service planning.
Family Community Health, 38(1), 33–43 doi:
10.1097/FCH.0000000000000060
Soong, C.S., Wangm M.P., Mui, M., Viswanath, K., Lam, T.H.,
& Chan, S.SC. (2015)
. A “community fit” community-based participatory research
program for family health, happiness, and harmony: Design and
implementation. JMIR Research Protocols, 4(4), 1–10
doi:10.2196/resprot.4369
Witherspoon,
B., Braunlin, K., & Kumar, A.B. (2016).
A secure, social media-based “case of the month” module in a

6. neurocritical care unit (2016). American Journal of Critical
Care, 25(4), 310–317 doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2016203
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2011).
Design and evaluation of programs and projects [Video file].
Baltimore, MD: Author.
"Designing Effective Programs" (featuring Dr. Donna
Shambley-Ebron, Dr. Debora Dole, and Dr. Rebecca Lee)
You may view this course video by clicking the link or on the
course DVD, which contains the same content. Once you've
opened the link, click on the appropriate media piece.
In this week's videos, Dr. Donna Shambley-Ebron, Dr. Debora
Dole, and Dr. Rebecca Lee share experiences related to
designing effective programs.