Assignent Solutionnurs

Instructions
In the last five units, you have researched many different factors that should be considered when trying to choose an intervention strategy that best supports a specific health issue within a target population. In this unit, you will decide what intervention would work best for your community. Make sure to address the following items.
Identify the intervention strategy you think is best to introduce to your community in order to change health behavior as it relates to the health issue you chose in Unit I. Make sure to explain the reasoning behind why this strategy was chosen.
State a minimum of one goal with two objectives for the intervention strategy. Remember, the goal will focus on what and the objective will determine how.
Identify the setting in which the intervention will take place. Why was this chosen?
Identify community resources needed for the intervention.
Develop a timeline for the implementation of the intervention.
Your assignment should be at least three pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages. You must use at least two outside sources to complete this assignment. All sources used, including your textbook must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations must be in APA style
** Notes of what SMART goals are**
S- specific
Knowing what you will do and how
M- measurable
Having precise way to measure
A- Attainable
Being able to Visualize path
R-realistic
Being able to visualize results
T0-time bound
Having timeline for achievement.
** other notes**
In Unit V, we addressed how theories and models such as the social cognitive theory, the health behavior
model, and the theory of planned behavior play a role in intervention planning. This unit, we will build on the
foundation of theories and models and look at how to be strategic in determining interventions. The reading
highlights the concerns that health educators should have as it relates to the design and evaluation process to
determine the successfulness of interventions for a given health behavior.
Intervention Strategizing
When a health educator is developing an intervention strategy to help with a particular health behavior, there
are a few key factors to consider: identifying the target population, selecting a setting, setting goals and
objectives, and identifying resources and a timeline. Each of these factors are a concern for health educators
when developing interventions (Powell et al., 2017).
Target population: Who are you planning the intervention for? Are there any special needs? For instance,
adolescents have special needs because they are in school during the day, so an intervention for them would
need to be after school, on the weekend, or through the school. An intervention for seniors should be held
during the day because seniors normally shy away from being out at dusk or dark. If the intervention were for
the working population, there would be better attendance in the evenings or weekends. The goal with
determining the population for the intervention is to think of alleviating any barriers that may affect most of the
population (Powell et al., 2017).
Setting: Where will the intervention be held? Is there handicap access for seniors or elevator accessibility? Is
the location easily accessible? Is there public parking? What is the room reservation process? Is the setting
outdoors, and if so, are there backup plans in case of bad weather? As the health educator, you should take
into account the best setting to meet the needs of the population that has been identified (Nilsen, 2015).
Interventions for Health Behavior
Goals/Objectives: The health educator should be clear on the goals and objectives of the intervention
(Eldredge, Markham, Ruiter, Fernandez, Kok, & Parcel, 2016). The intervention goal is the intended behavior
outcome. This includes examples such as quitting smoking, lowering blood pressure, lowering A1C levels,
increasing food access or decreasing teen pregnancy. The objectives are the steps that will be taken to meet
the goals. Offering coaching is an objective for the goal to quit smoking. Eating a healthy diet is an objective
to reach the goal to lower blood pressure, increasing physical activity is an objective for lowering A1C levels,
adding bus routes to local grocers is an objective to increasing food access, and implementing a sex
education course for adolescents is an objective to decreasing teen pregnancy. A health educator should be
concerned with making clear and SMART goals (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timebound).
Resources: The health educator should be concerned with resources when it comes to interventions.
The health educator has to determine staff availability to assist with the intervention, community
resources that complement the intervention, as well as funding that will support the planned intervention.
Many resources could be available for interventions such as parent volunteers, grant funds, corporate
donations, and free spaces. A successful intervention is implemented in conjunction with resources that
support the goals and objectives of the intervention (Nilsen, 2015).
Timeline: The timeline of an intervention can also be a concern for health educators (Eldredge et al.,
2016). As a health educator, setting time goals should always be a component that is considered. The
health educator has to set a time frame on how long it will take to meet goals and objectives, and often
timing is related to resource availability. For instance, if a health educator is offering a health behavior
intervention in the school setting, there is about a nine-month window to deliver the intervention because
schools recess for summer for approximately three months each year. Thus, the time it will take to market
the intervention, implement the intervention, and collect data for the intervention has to be done within the
nine months. Health educators are also concerned with the timing relating to funding for health
interventions. If a health educator receives a grant to implement a health intervention, the grant may have
its own timeframe to consider as well.