In this assignment, you will review the health objectives from the Healthy People 2020 (http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx) program, choose one that applies to your community or municipality, conduct further research on how you can mobilize for action, and then prepare a paper to describe a plan of action for your community.
Part 1: Research

Part 2: Paper
Prepare a “mobilizing for action” paper and address the following:

Write a 4-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
Grading Criteria
1. Give a brief description of the community that you have chosen to focus on and identify the objective you selected from Healthy People 2020: 4
2. Explain why you think the objective (or goal) that you chose was included as an objective on the HealthyPeople.gov Web site: 8
3. Explain the rationale (need and pressures) for a national focus on the objective you chose: 12
4. Detail the size of your community and identify the number of people that would be affected by the issue you chose: 4
5. Conceptualize an approach, program, or strategy that could help your community contribute to the objective or goal: 12
6. List the groups and/or individuals who might be interested in seeing a change in this health issue. Explain how you might recruit them as stakeholders in an effort to implement change: 8
7. List the benefits and barriers for each stakeholder participant: 12
8. Include strategic steps (milestones and decision points) to implement your strategy: 12
9. Explain how your plan creates an alliance, collaboration, or partnership for the community, and describe how it will increase organizational capacity for various contributors: 8
Academic Writing
10. Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e. APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation: 20
Total:100