The causal loop is a commonly used systems thinking tool. For this proposal, you will create a draft of a casual loop diagram that applies to your program development. You can use PowerPoint (go to “Insert” then “SmartArt”)
To prepare:
Review the resources from Weeks 2 and 3 that relate to systems thinking and think about how you will apply systems thinking to your identified community health issue. The causal loop is a commonly used systems thinking tool. For this proposal, you will create a draft of a casual loop diagram that applies to your program development. You can use PowerPoint (go to “Insert” then “SmartArt”) to create your casual loop diagram and then copy and paste the graphic from PowerPoint into your paper. Please note that this draft casual loop will need to be revised and updated when you incorporate it into your final community plan, so be sure to think about this as you progress through the course.
BY DAY 7
Submit a proposal in the form of a 2- to 3-page paper explaining the community health problem you have chosen for your Final Project from the list provided in the Final Project Guidelines Document. This document is available in each week's Learning Resources. The proposal must include the following:
· Describe the public health leadership problem and support why it is a problem including identifying how the problem relates to the Healthy People 2020 priority areas.
· Explain the importance of applying systems thinking to public health problems and briefly discuss one alternative systems thinking tool that you think could be applied to your proposal other than the causal loop.
· Create your causal loop and paste it into your paper.
· Describe how this causal loop applies to the program you are developing for your Final Project.
Learning Resources
· hi, L., & Johnson, J. A. (2021). Novick and Morrow’s public health administration: Principles for population-based management (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
o Chapter 6, “Professionalism and Ethics in Public Health Practice and Management” (pp. 103-118)
· Jennings, B., Kahn, J., Mastroianni, A., & Parker, L. S. (Eds.). (2003). Ethics and public health: Model curriculumLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from https://s3.amazonaws.com/aspph-wp-production/app/uploads/2014/02/EthicsCurriculum.pdf
o Module 4, “Community-Based Practice and Research: Collaboration and Sharing Power”
o Module 5, “Ethics and Infectious Disease Control: STDs, HIV, TB”
o Module 6, “Ethics of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention”
o Module 7, “Ethical Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health”
o Module 8, “Public Health Genetics: Screening Programs and Individual Testing/Counseling”
o Module 9, “Public Health and Health System Reform: Access, Priority Setting, and Allocation of Resources”
· Peters, D. H. (2014). The application of systems thinking in health: Why use systems thinking?Links to an external site. Health Research Policy and Systems, 12, 51. doi:10.1186/1478-4505-12-51
· Public Health Leadership Society. (2002). Principles of the ethical practice of public healthLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from https://nnphi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PHLSposter-95321.pdf
· Thomas, J. (2004).Skills for the ethical practice of public healthLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from the National Network of Public Health Institutes: https://nnphi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ph-code-of-ethics-skills-and-competencies-booklet.original.pdf
· Williams, B., & Hummelbrunner, R. (2011). Systems concepts in action: A practitioner's toolkitLinks to an external site.. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books.
· Document: Final Project Guidelines (PDF)
Rubric
PUBH6031_Week_3_Assignment_Rubric
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Criteria |
Ratings |
Pts |
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This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeDescription of the public health
leadership problem and why it is a problem including identifying how the
problem relates to the Healthy People 2020 priority areas.(15 points) |
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15 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeExplanation of the importance of
applying systems thinking to public health problems including one alternative
systems thinking tool that you think could be applied to your proposal other
than the causal loop.(20 points) |
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20 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeCausal loop and description of how
this causal loop applies to the program you are developing for your final
project.(20 points) |
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20 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeWritten Communication: Extent to
which writing is professional, appropriate, clear, properly formatted,
grammatically and structurally correct, synthesized, supported, and
scholarly.(10 points) |
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10 pts |
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Total Points: 65 |
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