Program Proposal to Reduce Prevalence of Tuberculosis
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In this assignment, you will select a program, quality improvement initiative, or other project from your place of employment. Assume you are presenting this program to the board for approval of funding. Write an executive summary (850-1,000 words) to present to the board, from which they will make their decision to fund your program or project. The summary should include:
1.The purpose of the program or project.
2.The target population or audience.
3.The benefits of the program or project
4.The cost or budget justification.
5.The basis upon which the program or project will be evaluated.
Share your written proposal with your manager, supervisor or other colleague in a formal leadership position within a health care organization. Request their feedback using the following questions as prompts:
1.Do you believe the proposal would be approved if formally proposed?
2.What are some strengths and weaknesses of the proposal?
Submit the written proposal along with the "Executive Summary Feedback Form."
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
Rubric
Executive summary addresses the purpose of the program or project
The purpose of the program or project is not provided.
The purpose of the program or project is incomplete, missing relevant information.
The purpose of the program or project is provided and meets the basic criteria for the assignment as indicated in the assignment instructions.
The purpose of the program or project meets all criteria for the assignment, as indicated in the assignment instructions, and is provided in detail.
The purpose of the program or project meets all criteria for the assignment, as indicated in the assignment instructions, is provided in detail, and demonstrates higher level thinking by incorporating prior learning or reflective thought.
16.0 % Executive summary addresses the target population or audience
The target population or audience is not addressed.
The target population or audience is incomplete, missing relevant information.
The target population or audience is provided and meet the basic criteria for the assignment as indicated in the assignment instructions.
The target population or audience meets all criteria for the assignment, as indicated in the assignment instructions, and is provided in detail.
The target population or audience meets all criteria for the assignment, as indicated in the assignment instructions, and is provided in detail, while demonstrating higher level thinking by incorporating prior learning or reflective thought.
16.0 % Executive summary addresses the benefits of the program or project
The benefits of the program or project are not provided.
The benefits of the program or project are incomplete, missing relevant information.
The benefits of the program or project are provided and meet the basic criteria for the assignment as indicated in the assignment instructions
The benefit of the program or project meets all criteria for the assignment, as indicated in the assignment instructions, and is provided in detail.
The benefit of the program or project meet all criteria for the assignment, as indicated in the assignment instructions, and is provided in detail, while demonstrating higher level thinking by incorporating prior learning or reflective thought.
16.0 % Executive summary addresses the cost or budget justification
The cost or budget justification is not provided.
The cost or budget justification is incomplete, missing relevant information.
The cost or budget justification is provided and meets the basic criteria for the assignment as indicated in the assignment instructions.
The cost or budget justification issue meets all criteria for the assignment, as indicated in the assignment instructions, and is provided in detail.
The cost or budget justification issue meets all criteria for the assignment, as indicated by the assignment instructions, and is provided in detail, while demonstrating higher level thinking by incorporating prior learning or reflective thought.
16.0 % Executive summary addresses the basis upon which the program or project will be evaluated
The basis upon which the program or project will be evaluated is not provided.
The basis upon which the program or project will be evaluated is incomplete, missing relevant information.
The basis upon which the program or project will be evaluated meets the basic criteria for the assignment as indicated in the assignment instructions
The basis upon which the program or project will be evaluated is provided in detail.
The basis, upon which the program or project will be evaluated as indicated by the assignment instructions, is provided in detail, while demonstrating higher level thinking by incorporating prior learning or reflective thought.
15.0 %Organization and Effectiveness
5.0 % Thesis Development and Purpose
Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim.
Thesis and/or main claim are insufficiently developed and/or vague; purpose is not clear.
Thesis and/or main claim are apparent and appropriate to purpose.
Thesis and/or main claim are clear and forecast the development of the paper. It is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose.
Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive; contained within the thesis is the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.
15.0 %Organization and Effectiveness
5.0 % Paragraph Development and Transitions
Paragraphs and transitions consistently lack unity and coherence. No apparent connections between paragraphs are established. Transitions are inappropriate to purpose and scope. Organization is disjointed.
Some paragraphs and transitions may lack logical progression of ideas, unity, coherence, and/or cohesiveness. Some degree of organization is evident.
Paragraphs are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to each other.
A logical progression of ideas between paragraphs is apparent. Paragraphs exhibit a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Topic sentences and concluding remarks are appropriate to purpose.
There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas progress and relate to each other. Paragraph and transition construction guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless.
15.0 %Organization and Effectiveness
5.0 % Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)
Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction are used.
Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present.
Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are used.
Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used.
Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.
5.0 %Format
2.0 % Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment)
Template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly.
Template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken; lack of control with formatting is apparent.
Template is used, and formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present.
Template is fully used; There are virtually no errors in formatting style.
All format elements are correct.
5.0 %Format
3.0 % Research Citations (In-text citations for paraphrasing and direct quotes, and reference page listing and formatting, as appropriate to assignment)
No reference page is included. No citations are used.
Reference page is present. Citations are inconsistently used.
Reference page is included and lists sources used in the paper. Sources are appropriately documented, although some errors may be present.
Reference page is present and fully inclusive of all cited sources. Documentation is appropriate and GCU style is usually correct.
In-text citations and a reference page are complete. The documentation of cited sources is free of error.
100 % Total Weightage
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1. The purpose of the program or project
Approximately 1.3 million persons of the 8.6 million infected with Tuberculosis in the world died in the year 2012 according to World health organization. In the spate of such deaths, WHO has asked the responsible disease control commission to prepare an executive report articulating the requisite measures adopted to counter and check the prevalence and mortality of TB in the country. Following these demands and as a member of the commission, I would like to propose a program that is prospectively effective in abating the spread of TB in the country. In agreement with the Millennium Development Goals of the World Health Organization (WHO), we seek to reduce prevalence of the disease. This is attainable by utilizing the novel knowledge of TB’s epidemiology with regards to its resistance to current TB drugs and reduce the prevalence rate from the current 20% to less than 10% by 2015 (Southwick, 2007).
2. The target population or audience
The program seeks to promote good health to all people around the world, through implementing the best strategies to fight diseases. However, it is worth noting that the program chiefly targets all persons infected with HIV/AIDS. These are persons who are highly predisposed to the infection due to a repressed immune system, and who have lost their hopes due to the illness. TB is mainly attributed to immune deficiency which could also result from a conglomerate of causes such as diabetes, malnutrition, advanced age, end-stage kidney disease and immunosuppressive drugs. It is a common knowledge that TB is a curable disease especially when detected in its early stages. Despite the fact that tuberculosis is a preventable disease, it is evident that its control and spread in the population in persons with HIV has been excruciatingly slow. The control and spread of the disease has witnessed slow progress coupled with the emergence of drug resistant strains that are now jeopardizing the Millennium Development Goals. It is evident through research that the reason for this slow progress is as a result of TB patients under medication, especially those with HIV, failing to complete their dosage prescribed to them (Southwick, 2007).
3. The benefits
Several benefits will be noticed, especially to the targeted population, that is, those infected with HIV/AIDS. For instance, the proposed program will ensure that TB patients are followed up on their medication even from their homes. This will be achievable through the use of modern technology and the internet utilized by the newly developed software program. This will see to it that these patients are regularly monitored on their dosage intake throughout their medication to ensure 100% compliance. This will eliminate the issue of drug resistant strains due to incomplete medication. The new generation drug that has been developed that incorporated antiretroviral and TB drugs into one tablet, will remove the exhaustion by patients of taking excessive tablets that is languorous (Chaisson & Martinson, 2008). The incessant doctor appointments that require TB patients visiting medical premises regularly for inspection is resolved in this program. This is true since different patients w...