HCA-498 Assignment 3

For this module, you are to complete the following assignment:

Chapter 4, p. 117, question #3: Using the hypothetical data in Table 4-5 in your textbook, create a causal theory diagram for either morbidity due to chronic illness or for child abuse rates. Which decisions did you make in developing the diagram?
Chapter 5, p. 144, question #4: Identify possible primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention interventions for each level of the public health pyramid.

Module Review –

Perspective

After developing a statement about a health problem that has been ranked as a high priority, the next steps involve efforts to articulate and explain what caused the problem. This is a critical step toward identifying which intervention, or group of interventions, will be most effective in addressing the health problem. Use of existing scientific knowledge and theories can be used to develop a program theory. In planning a health program, a primary consideration is to specify what is to be explained or predicted with a theory. To explain how to change or affect the health problem, a theory must contain salient variables, or factors, and must indicate the direction of the interactions among those variables related to the health problem.

Also in this module, the focus is on setting the parameters by which the program is judged successful by developing goals and objectives. The activity of developing goals and objectives is informative in terms of forcing further clarity and specificity about implementing the program and later evaluating the effects. After a logic model has been developed, this is the next step in program planning.

Solution Preview

It has been noted that before deciding what to include in the casual theory, it’s important to remember that it has ramifications as it has been explained by Michele Issel. However, for this assignment I will draw the diagram for morbidity due to chronic illness as instructed.

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