Community Paper

Students MUST use 5 peer-reviewed journal articles in addition to any other resources utilized. When writing your paper please use the following as an outline:
I. Introduction

II. Engagement
a. Describe the community to be assessed (include demographic make-up, socioeconomic issues, and current services available)
b. Identify Stakeholders and Key Individuals (who you believe have power and influence in the community and discuss why you believe this to be true)
c. Identify the strengths and limitations of the Stakeholders and Key Individuals
d. Discuss how you would engage the stakeholders and key individuals in the community
i. How will you approach each stakeholder?

III. Assessment
a. Discuss how you assess the community
i. What data will you use
ii. How will you gain access to and collect the data
iii. What research will need to be completed along with the assessment
b. Identify a community need based on your assessment
i. What are the strengths of the community
ii. What are the limitations of the community
iii. Will there be a need to build within the community in order to create a capacity for change? How will you do this?
c. Identify 2 potential interventions for the identified need

IV. Proposed Interventions
a. Propose and discuss one intervention designed for the identified need.
b. Present and discuss the evidence supporting your intervention as a best practice
c. Discuss the benefits and outcomes of the intervention
d. Clearly layout how you would implement the proposed interventions
i. How will you organize the community
ii. How will you delegate responsibilities
iii. What are your goals and objectives
iv. How will you deal with opposition to your proposed intervention
v. Identify the power tactics you will be prepared to use when engaging those in opposition. Why did you select those specific power tactics? Which power tactics would you not select and why?

V. Proposed Evaluation
a. Discuss how you will evaluate the efficacy of your intervention (i.e. pretest/post-test, survey etc.)

VI. Conclusion Students will apply advanced knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, person-in-environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to engage with and assess an identified community issue. Students will discuss how to engage with stakeholders and key individuals within the community, how to assess any unmet needs of the community, select appropriate intervention strategies based on the assessment, research knowledge, and values and preferences of the community in order to address the needs, and then select and use appropriate methods for evaluation of outcomes of the proposed intervention.

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