Final Project Health Education: From Theory to Practice Throughout the course, you have learned about the principles of health education, the Code of Ethics that guide the ethical principles of health education, and the Seven Areas of Responsibility that govern health education. You have learned about the assessment process for health education programs, as well as the planning and implementation strategies used to create, evaluate, and manage health programs. For your Final Project, you will have the opportunity to build on the knowledge you have gained over the past nine weeks to create a health education intervention of your own. As a first step, use the information from your Week 3 Literature Review to identify an emerging health issue in your community. Be sure that the data from your literature review is reflective of the current health status of your community members. Once your topic has been identified, complete your assignment using the outline below: Part 1: Using your Unit 3, 5, and 7 Mini-Projects as a foundation, and referencing the competencies in  The Health Education Specialist: A Companion Guide for Professional Excellence prepare an 8-10 page formal paper using the outline below. Your assignment should include a minimum of five references, and should follow APA guidelines. Assess Needs, Assets, and Capacity for Health Education Discuss the burden of this disease/condition in your community Discuss the environmental, behavioral, and genetic factors that have influenced health behaviors related to this disease/condition Assess the quality and availability of health education programs, interventions, and policies available to address this disease/condition in your community Plan Health Education Identify the priority populations and stakeholders in your community. Formulate specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-sensitive objectives for your health education intervention – what do you seek to accomplish? Select planning models, develop goal statements, and create a timeline for program implementation Identify the factors that can foster or hinder implementation of your intervention. Identify opportunities to integrate health education into existing (and successful) community programs. Implement Health Education Assess readiness for implementation of your intervention in the community Identify implementation strategies that are culturally competent and meet appropriate literacy levels. Identity community leaders, health care professionals, students, etc. that will serve as trainees for your program implementation – What are your training needs and objectives? Discuss the theories your intervention is based on. Provide specific details regarding your intervention – What do you plan to do and you do you plan to do it? How would implementation of this intervention improve the health of the community? Conduct Evaluation and Research Related to Health Education Develop evaluation/research questions for your interventi.

1. Final Project
Health Education: From Theory to Practice
Throughout the course, you have learned about the principles of
health education, the Code of Ethics that guide the ethical
principles of health education, and the Seven Areas of
Responsibility that govern health education. You have learned
about the assessment process for health education programs, as
well as the planning and implementation strategies used to
create, evaluate, and manage health programs. For your Final
Project, you will have the opportunity to build on the
knowledge you have gained over the past nine weeks to create a
health education intervention of your own. As a first step, use
the information from your Week 3 Literature Review to identify
an emerging health issue in your community. Be sure that the
data from your literature review is reflective of the current
health status of your community members. Once your topic has
been identified, complete your assignment using the outline
below:
Part 1: Using your Unit 3, 5, and 7 Mini-Projects as a
foundation, and referencing the competencies in
The Health Education Specialist: A Companion Guide for
Professional Excellence
prepare an 8-10 page formal paper using the outline below.
Your assignment should include a minimum of five references,
and should follow APA guidelines.
Assess Needs, Assets, and Capacity for Health Education
Discuss the burden of this disease/condition in your community
Discuss the environmental, behavioral, and genetic factors that
have influenced health behaviors related to this
disease/condition
Assess the quality and availability of health education
programs, interventions, and policies available to address this
disease/condition in your community
Plan Health Education
Identify the priority populations and stakeholders in your

2. community.
Formulate specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-
sensitive objectives for your health education intervention –
what do you seek to accomplish?
Select planning models, develop goal statements, and create a
timeline for program implementation
Identify the factors that can foster or hinder implementation of
your intervention.
Identify opportunities to integrate health education into existing
(and successful) community programs.
Implement Health Education
Assess readiness for implementation of your intervention in the
community
Identify implementation strategies that are culturally competent
and meet appropriate literacy levels.
Identity community leaders, health care professionals, students,
etc. that will serve as trainees for your program implementation
– What are your training needs and objectives?
Discuss the theories your intervention is based on.
Provide specific details regarding your intervention – What do
you plan to do and you do you plan to do it? How would
implementation of this intervention improve the health of the
community?
Conduct Evaluation and Research Related to Health Education
Develop evaluation/research questions for your intervention –
how do you plan to evaluate your progress? What key indicators
do you plan to use?
Identify the evaluation methods you will use for your
intervention – i.e., process, outcome, etc.?
How will you communicate your research findings to key
stakeholders and community members?
Administer and Manage Health Education
Identify support for your intervention – Who will support your
efforts financially, and at the community level? What
organizations will you seek funding from?
Evaluate the legal and ethical considerations of administering

3. and managing your intervention – What factors should be taken
into consideration?
Identify potential partners, and assess capacity of potential
partners to meet your program goals
Serve as a Health Education Resource Person
Explain how professional health organizations and evidenced-
based websites can serve as resources for your intervention
Communicate and Advocate for Health Education
Analyze the impact of current and proposed policies on your
health issue, and the success of your intervention
Select effective methods to communicate your message to
priority populations
Explain the major roles and responsibilities of health education
professionals in planning, implementing, evaluating, and
managing your health education intervention.
After examining all Seven Areas of Responsibility, reflect on
the ethical issues Health Educators face as they plan,
implement, evaluate, and manage health education programs.
What dilemmas do they encounter? How do they ensure that
their work is both in accordance with the Health Educator Code
of Ethics, and beneficial to the community?
Part 2
: Create an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation summarizing the
main points of your intervention. This presentation will be made
available for your classmates to review.