PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TO PROMOTE HEALTH
Gain knowledge about theory, concepts, and methods of program planning and evaluation in the context of health care and community health organizations. Covers content and case studies on planning, designing, and implementing health services and quality improvement projects. Basic principles of tools for budget development and resource management related to grants or projects are included. Class projects provide the opportunity to collaborate in the creation of program plans, logic models, and grant proposals.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: PUBLHLTH 780 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the critical elements of health program planning and evaluation models. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of proposed health programs. Audience: Graduate 3. Construct a program plan that demonstrates ability to conduct needs assessment, create measurable objectives, design interventions, develop a budget, and conduct process and outcome evaluation. Audience: Graduate 4. Write a grant. Audience: Graduate 5. Examine the critical elements of quality process improvement history, methods, and practice. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply basic quality improvement methodologies to a process in a health care or community health organization. Audience: Graduate 7. Develop and apply strategies to work collaboratively in small teams. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the critical elements of health program planning and evaluation models. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of proposed health programs. Audience: Graduate 3. Construct a program plan that demonstrates ability to conduct needs assessment, create measurable objectives, design interventions, develop a budget, and conduct process and outcome evaluation. Audience: Graduate 4. Write a grant. Audience: Graduate 5. Examine the critical elements of quality process improvement history, methods, and practice. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply basic quality improvement methodologies to a process in a health care or community health organization. Audience: Graduate 7. Develop and apply strategies to work collaboratively in small teams. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027