Community Health Program Goals & Objectives
Goal 1: Students will demonstrate competence in assessing individual and community needs for health education. The student will be able to:
1. Access existing health–related data;
2. Collect health–related data;
3. Distinguish between behaviors that foster and hinder
well–being;
4. Identify factors that foster or hinder the process of health
education;
5. Infer needs for health education from obtained data.
Goal 2: Students will demonstrate competence in planning effective health education strategies, interventions, and programs. The student will be able to:
1. Involve people and organizations in program planning;
2. Incorporate data analysis and principles of community
organization;
3. Formulate appropriate and measurable program objectives;
4. Develop a logical scope and sequence plan for health
education practice;
5. Design strategies, interventions, and programs consistent
with specified objectives;
6. Select appropriate strategies to meet objectives;
7. Assess factors that affect implementation.
Goal 3: Students will demonstrate competence in implementing health education strategies, interventions, and programs. The student will be able to:
1. Initiate a plan of action;
2. Demonstrate a variety of skills in delivering strategies,
interventions, and programs;
3. Use a variety of methods to implement strategies,
interventions, and programs.
Goal 4: Students will demonstrate competence in conducting evaluation and research related to health education. The student will be able to:
1. Develop plans for evaluation and research;
2. Review research and evaluation procedures;
3. Design data collection instruments;
4. Carry out evaluation and research plans;
5. Interpret results from evaluation and research.
Goal 5: Students will demonstrate competence in administering health education strategies, interventions, and programs. The student will be able to:
1. Exercise organizational leadership;
2. Manage human resources.
Goal 6: Students will demonstrate competence in acting as a health education resource person. The student will be able to:
1. Use health–related information resources;
2. Respond to requests for health information;
3. Select resource materials for dissemination;
4. Establish consultative relationships.
Goal 7: Students will demonstrate competence in communicating and advocating for health and health education. The student will be able to:
1. Analyze and respond to current and future needs in health
education;
2. Apply a variety of communication methods and techniques;
3. Promote the health education profession individually and
collectively;
4. Influence health policy to promote health.
Contact Information
Dr. Barbara Funke, CHES
118 Parks Memorial Building
Campus Box 112
Milledgeville, GA 31061
Phone 478-445-4072
Fax 478-445-1790
barbara.funke@gcsu.edu
