Planning a Health Communication Plan

This week you develop a plan for an original video presentation using the Health Presentation Plan template included in the Learning Resources. This project allows you to put into practice many of the principles and theories that you are learning in this course.

To prepare for Part I of the Final Project:

• Review this week’s Learning Resources.
• Specifically, review Chapter 6: “Developing Effective Presentation and Training Skills” in Bensley and Brookins-Fisher (2018) and resources about writing “SMART objectives.”
• Use the health topic and intended audience that you identified for Week 2 Discussion and blog post .
  • Health Topic: “Hypertension in African American Communities” {Low income}
• Review the Health Presentation Plan Template in the Learning Resources.
  • HealthPresentationPlan.docx
• Research the health problem and the affected population using at least two scholarly sources. Include your sources in the Health Presentation Plan Template.

Final Project Part I:

Complete the Health Presentation Plan according to the template provided in this week’s Learning Resources.

• HealthPresentationPlan.docx
  • Link to template above

References: (use whatever is useful for completing the assignment)

Bensley, R. J., & Brookins-Fisher, J. (Eds.). (2018). Community and public health education methods: A practical guide (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

• Chapter 5: Kreps, G. L., Thackeray, R., & Barnes, M. D. Building a health communication framework(pp. 69 – 91).
• Chapter 6: Wagenschutz, H. M. & Rees, K. S. Developing effective presentation and training skills (pp. 95–116).

National Cancer Institute. (2005). Theory at a glance: A guide for health promotion practice. (2^nd ed.). Retrieved from https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/research/theories_project/theory.pdf

Fuchs, F. D. (2011). Why Do Black Americans Have Higher Prevalence of Hypertension?   Hypertension, 57(3), 379-380. doi:10.1161/hypertensionaha.110.163196