Overview
The Course Capstone Project is a research and analysis project sustained throughout the course. You are expected to complete work on your Course Capstone Project each week. In this final week, the product of your research and analysis will be a 6- to 8-page framework of a written community health needs assessment that involves identifying and researching opioid addiction within a specific population.
Review the Course Capstone Overview from Week 1 before you begin.
For this assignment, you will need to identify the population and service area, data collection techniques, how community members will be involved in the assessment, and factors contributing to the problem. You will outline program ideas and evaluation methods that align with the data you have gathered, including community involvement. You will present your findings and recommendations and consider how your plan might impact program planning.
Your tasks this week:
- Complete your Course Capstone Project (research report). Your report must be 6–8 pages long, not including the title page. You must revise and improve on previously submitted Capstone components for the final submission. Each of the following components is required:
- Title page: Follow APA guidelines for formatting your title page. Include the following information: your name, project title, course information, and date.
- Purpose of CHNA (1–2 pages):
- Why is this needs assessment being conducted?
- What service area will be included?
- What is the population to be studied and the scope of that population?
- Project Plan (1–2 pages):
- Who will be on the steering group for the CHNA?
- What are the objectives and priorities that this group will undertake?
- Data Sources (1–2 pages):
- Identify the primary and secondary data sources to be used for the CHNA.
- Be sure to include specific populations, types of individuals, and community groups to be involved in primary data collection, and what methods will be used for each.
- For secondary data sources, identify where needed data on your population can be found.
- Analysis Plan (1–2 pages):
- Describe the methods to be used in analyzing the primary and secondary data to address epidemiological, sociological, and other data for your population.
- How do you intend to pull out the relevant information to inform program planning?
- Timetable (½–1 page)
- If you were to conduct this CHNA, assess the time it might take to complete, and outline the plan and timing schedule for each of the parts of the assessment.
- APA-formatted bibliography
Format your assignment according to APA style 7th edition.