1. You and your team from the local health department have been tasked with starting a public health program to address the rapid increase in sexually transmitted diseases in an area with a large immigrant population. What key strategies would you employ with the communitybefore starting this program? What are some foreseen issues and barriers to implementing this program among this population? What are the cultural implications that might be considered given the target population? 2. You are newly hired as the CEO of a global public health organization. What would your five key priorities and strategies be around leadership and management in your first 100 days? Consider your role as THE leader of the organization and what approaches you might take. 3. You have just been appointed the Director of Public Health of Any State, USA. As the new Director, you have the power to enact only one (or build on a previously existing) policy during your tenure. Select an issue that you think applying a policy solution will make the most significant impact on the health and well-being of people in your state. Using the policy cycle we discussed in class, please provide an example of how you might develop a policy to address your chosen issue. (HINT: Briefly describe your approach at each segment of the policy cycle from start to finish!) 4. You will utilize the information presented by your group (name your state) to develop and implement a strategy for moving forward with your goals and objectives. Please refer to Parts IV and V of the strategic planning exercise below. For this question, you will submit two tables--a version of Table 2 with your rationale and a completed Table 3 for your implementation strategy (budget). Table 1 is for your planning and strategizing purposes only. The first portion (strategy rationale) is worth 10 points. The budget is worth 5 points. Information for Question 4 Part IV—Developing a Strategy Compare the health department’s current programs with the needs of the external environment (the results of your external environmental analyses) within the context of the Department’s vision, mission, and strategic goals. You will develop a strategy for the Health Department by modifying (if necessary) the portfolio of programs so that they best address the needs of your environment as identified in the environmental analysis. You have three options regarding programs and services—reduce or eliminate; maintain the existing portfolio; and add new programs and services; and you have three options regarding the population served—reduce the number of clients; maintain the existing number of clients; and add new clients. The program decisions consist of two elements—the "Program Strategy Matrix" and the "Program Strategy Rationale." The Program Strategy Matrix is used to record your decisions regarding programs and clients. The format of the Program Strategy Matrix is shown in the following table. Please note t ...

1. 1. You and your team from the local health department have
been tasked with starting a public health program to address the
rapid increase in sexually transmitted diseases in an area with a
large immigrant population. What key strategies would you
employ with the communitybefore starting this program? What
are some foreseen issues and barriers to implementing this
program among this population? What are the cultural
implications that might be considered given the target
population?
2. You are newly hired as the CEO of a global public health
organization. What would your five key priorities and
strategies be around leadership and management in your first
100 days? Consider your role as THE leader of the organization
and what approaches you might take.
3. You have just been appointed the Director of Public Health
of Any State, USA. As the new Director, you have the power to
enact only one (or build on a previously existing) policy during
your tenure. Select an issue that you think applying a policy
solution will make the most significant impact on the health and
well-being of people in your state. Using the policy cycle we
discussed in class, please provide an example of how you might
develop a policy to address your chosen issue. (HINT: Briefly
describe your approach at each segment of the policy cycle from
start to finish!)
4. You will utilize the information presented by your group
(name your state) to develop and implement a strategy for
moving forward with your goals and objectives. Please refer to
Parts IV and V of the strategic planning exercise below. For
this question, you will submit two tables--a version of Table 2

2. with your rationale and a completed Table 3 for your
implementation strategy (budget). Table 1 is for your planning
and strategizing purposes only. The first portion (strategy
rationale) is worth 10 points. The budget is worth 5 points.
Information for Question 4
Part IV—Developing a Strategy
Compare the health department’s current programs with the
needs of the external environment (the results of your external
environmental analyses) within the context of the Department’s
vision, mission, and strategic goals. You will develop a
strategy for the Health Department by modifying (if necessary)
the portfolio of programs so that they best address the needs of
your environment as identified in the environmental analysis.
You have three options regarding programs and services—
reduce or eliminate; maintain the existing portfolio; and add
new programs and services; and you have three options
regarding the population served—reduce the number of clients;
maintain the existing number of clients; and add new clients.
The program decisions consist of two elements—the "Program
Strategy Matrix" and the "Program Strategy Rationale." The
Program Strategy Matrix is used to record your decisions
regarding programs and clients. The format of the Program
Strategy Matrix is shown in the following table. Please note
that the cells are numbered, these numbers will be used as
references in the preparation of the Program Strategy Rationale.
Please keep in mind that the Program Strategy Matrix (Table 1)
is just a guide used to create the Program Strategy Rationale
(Table 2).

3. Table 1. Program Strategy Matrix
Actions Affecting Programs and Services
Actions Affecting Populations Served by Programs
Reduce Types or Numbers of Clients
Keep Type or Number of Clients the Same
Add New Clients
Reduce Programs or Services
1
Contract Scope, Eliminate Program
2
Contract Scope, Change Focus
3
Expand Scope, Refocus
Keep Programs or Services the Same
4
Contract Scope, Change Focus
5
Maintain Scope, Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiency, Improve
Quality
6
Expand Scope, New Target Clients
Add New Programs or Services
7
Contract Scope, Refocus

4. 8
New Services
9
Expand Scope, New Services, New Target Client
The format of the Program Strategy Rationale is shown in the
form of an example in the following table. (The format of
Table 2, with your choices based on your decisions, is what we
want to see as your final answer for this part!)
Table 2. Program Strategy Rationale
Program
Program Strategy Matrix Cell
Rationale
Home Health
6 – Expand Scope, New Target Clients
Environmental analysis reveals that there are many areas that
have high rates of poverty, high density of aged population, and
no private or public transportation. Also, there are few health
care institutions in the area. The need is particularly acute in
the area of home health aide services.
Immunization
2 – Contract Scope, Change Focus
Many private providers now provide immunizations. Through
this system, most areas have achieved a very high immunization
rate. The Health Department is moving more toward assurance
and monitoring rather than actually doing immunizations.
Part V—Strategy Implementation

5. The strategy you develop needs to be reflected by the allocation
of funds to programs and projects. To this end, you are to
produce a budget for FY2018 that meets the requirements
(increase or decrease) stated in the case "The Health
Department Moves Toward Strategic Thinking." The budget
summary table (Table 3) shown below should be used to present
your new budget. This table is your final answer for this
part.Please modify the categories to reflect your chosen
priorities.
Table 3. Budget Summary
Category
Budget Expenditure ($000)
Percent of Budget
Community Health
Safety
Preparedness
Administration
Total
100%

6. 1.
You and your team from the local health
department have been tasked with starting a public
health program to address the rapid increase in sexually
transmitted diseases in an area with a
large immigrant population. What key strategies would you
employ with the
community
before
starting this prog
ram? What are some foreseen issues and barriers to
implementing this program
among this population? What are the cultural implications that
might be considered
given the
target population?
2.
You are newly hired as the CEO of a global public heal
th organization. What would your five
key priorities and strategies be around leadership and
management in your first 100 days?
Consider your role as THE leader of the organization and what
approaches you might take.
3.
You have just been appoin

7. ted the Director of Public Health of Any State, USA. As the
new
Director, you have the power to enact only one (or build on a
previously existing) policy during
your tenure. Select an issue that you think applying a policy
solution will make the most
sign
ificant impact on the health and well
-
being of people in your state. Using the policy cycle we
discussed in class, please provide an example of how you might
develop a policy to address your
chosen issue. (HINT: Briefly describe your approach at each
segm
ent of the policy cycle from
start to finish!)
4.
You
will utilize the information presented by your group (name your
state) to develop and
implement a strategy for moving forward with your goals and
objectives. Please refer to Parts IV
and V of the strategic planning exercise below. For this
question, you
will submit two tables
--
a
version of Table 2 with your rationale and a completed Table 3
for your implementation strategy
(budget). Table 1 is for your planning and strategizing purposes
only. The first portion
(strategy

8. rationale) is worth 10
points. Th
e
budget is worth 5 points.
Information for Question 4
Part IV
—
Developing a Strategy
Compare the health department’s current programs with the
needs of the external environment (the results
of your external environmental analyses) within the context of
the Department’s vision, mission, and
strategic goals. You will develop a strategy for
the Health Department by modifying (if necessary) the
portfolio of programs so that they best address the needs of your
environment as identified in the
environmental analysis.
You have three options regarding programs and services
—
reduce or
eliminate; maintain the existing
portfolio; and add new programs and services; and you have
three options regarding the population

9. served
—
reduce the number of clients; maintain the existing number of
clients; and add new clients.
The program decisions con
sist of two elements
—
the "Program Strategy Matrix" and the "Program
Strategy Rationale." The Program Strategy Matrix is used to
record your decisions regarding programs
and clients. The format of the Program Strategy Matrix is
shown in the following tabl
e. Please note that
the cells are numbered, these numbers will be used as references
in the preparation of the Program
Strategy Rationale.
Please keep in mind that
the Program Strategy Matrix (Table 1) is just a guide used to
create the Program Strategy
Rationale (Table 2).
1. You and your team from the local health department have
been tasked with starting a public
health program to address the rapid increase in sexually
transmitted diseases in an area with a
large immigrant population. What key strategies would you
employ with the community before
starting this program? What are some foreseen issues and
barriers to implementing this program
among this population? What are the cultural implications that
might be considered given the

10. target population?
2. You are newly hired as the CEO of a global public health
organization. What would your five
key priorities and strategies be around leadership and
management in your first 100 days?
Consider your role as THE leader of the organization and what
approaches you might take.
3. You have just been appointed the Director of Public Health
of Any State, USA. As the new
Director, you have the power to enact only one (or build on a
previously existing) policy during
your tenure. Select an issue that you think applying a policy
solution will make the most
significant impact on the health and well-being of people in
your state. Using the policy cycle we
discussed in class, please provide an example of how you might
develop a policy to address your
chosen issue. (HINT: Briefly describe your approach at each
segment of the policy cycle from
start to finish!)
4. You will utilize the information presented by your group
(name your state) to develop and
implement a strategy for moving forward with your goals and
objectives. Please refer to Parts IV
and V of the strategic planning exercise below. For this
question, you will submit two tables--a
version of Table 2 with your rationale and a completed Table 3
for your implementation strategy
(budget). Table 1 is for your planning and strategizing purposes
only. The first portion (strategy
rationale) is worth 10 points. The budget is worth 5 points.

11. Information for Question 4
Part IV—Developing a Strategy
Compare the health department’s current programs with the
needs of the external environment (the results
of your external environmental analyses) within the context of
the Department’s vision, mission, and
strategic goals. You will develop a strategy for the Health
Department by modifying (if necessary) the
portfolio of programs so that they best address the needs of your
environment as identified in the
environmental analysis.
You have three options regarding programs and services—
reduce or eliminate; maintain the existing
portfolio; and add new programs and services; and you have
three options regarding the population
served—reduce the number of clients; maintain the existing
number of clients; and add new clients.
The program decisions consist of two elements—the "Program
Strategy Matrix" and the "Program
Strategy Rationale." The Program Strategy Matrix is used to
record your decisions regarding programs
and clients. The format of the Program Strategy Matrix is
shown in the following table. Please note that
the cells are numbered, these numbers will be used as references
in the preparation of the Program
Strategy Rationale. Please keep in mind that the Program
Strategy Matrix (Table 1) is just a guide used to
create the Program Strategy Rationale (Table 2).

12. Annotated Bibliography: Group Work in the Classroom(First
Draft)
Research Question: Why are college students reluctant to
participate in group activities?
King, Paul E., and Ralph R. Behnke. “Problems Associated with
Evaluating Student Performance in Groups.” College Teaching,
vol. 53, no. 2, Spring 2005, pp. 57–61. EBSCOhost,
doi:10.3200/CTCH.53.2.57-61.
After analyzing trends in group work in education, the authors
discuss the challenges of grading group activities and provide
practical suggestions. Both the authors are professors of
Communication Studies at Texas Christian University. College
and University professors would benefit from this article,
published fifteen years ago. Where McGonigal discusses the
benefits of group work, these authors focus on how to evaluate
such work in the classroom. Despite the article being a bit
dated, the information is still relevant in classrooms today. One
suggestion about not including a grade for every activity seems
interesting. I will use this article as a key source of information
to respond to my research topic.
McGonigal, Jane. Reality is Broken: Why Games Make us
Better and How They Can Change the World. Penguin. 2011
In "Stronger Social Connectivity" McGonigal mentions how
video games have helped create a stronger connection with
family, friends, and strangers. She argues that we seek these
connections, not available in our "disconnected" reality.
McGonigal is not only a prolific writer but also a respected
researcher, famous for promoting the benefit of gaming
concepts in society. This chapter is from Reality is Broken
,which is written for the general public, but in it, she has
referred to many rigorous studies. According to Docksai, "her
book should be a fascinating addition to the home libraries of
tech enthusiasts, sociologists, and anyone interested in how
society and technology are shaping each other. Despite not
having an academic audience, her ideas have been received well
by researchers and those who study future trends. I plan to

13. refer to this chapter to create a context of the assumption that
young people enjoy working in groups. I might also refer to
later chapters that discuss the need to use game-related
strategies to benefit society. I will then suggest how group
work needs to be structured to encourage students to
collaborate.
“What Are the Challenges of Group Work and How Can I
Address Them? - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University.”
What Are the Challenges of Group Work and How Can I
Address Them? - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University,
Carnegie Mellon University,
1) A summary of the theme/purpose of the source, 2) an
evaluation of the author’s background or authority, 3) a
comment on the intended audience, 4) a comparison of this
source to a previously cited source, and 5) an explanation of
how the source helps define, complicate, or clarify the topic.
Keeping in mind the themes discussed by McConigal in Reality
is Broken, what topic interests you and what is the research
question you hope to research for your annotated bibliography?
For example, McGonigal argues, "there will be many more
challenges for us to tackle together as crowds" (242).
A research topic to consider could be "crowd sourcing in the
future". And a research question to help focus could be: What
kinds of problems will be solved by crowd sourcing in the
future?
This can be further refined to what kind of educational
problems will be solved by crowd sourcing?
What is your research question and how will you respond to the
following sections in the annotations that you create for
McGonigal? Comment on one or two of your classmates'

14. research topics.
NOTE: I have colored the sentences to guide you. You don't
need to color them. You also don't need to post the five points.
1. A summary of the theme/purpose of the source,
2. an evaluation of the author’s background or authority,
3. a comment on the intended audience,
4. a comparison of this source to a previously cited source, and
5. an explanation of how the source helps define, complicate, or
clarify the topic.
For example:
Research question: Why are students reluctant to participate in
group activities?
In "Stronger Social Connectivity" McGonigal mentions how
video games have helped create a stronger connection with
family, friends, and strangers. She argues that we seek these
connections which are not available in our "disconnected"
reality. McGonigal is not only a prolific writer but also a
respected researcher, famous for promoting the benefit of
gaming concepts in society. This chapter is from Reality is
Broken ,which is written for the general public, but in it, she
has referred to many rigorous studies. According to Docksai ,
"her book should be a fascinating addition to the home libraries
of tech enthusiasts, sociologists, and anyone interested in how
society and technology are shaping each other. (Links to an
external site.)Despite not having an academic audience, her
ideas have been received well by researchers and those who
study future trends. I plan to refer to this chapter to create a
context of the assumption that young people enjoy working in
groups. I might also refer to later chapters that discuss the need
to use game-related strategies to benefit society. I will then
suggest how group work needs to be structured to encourage
students to collaborate.
Write your research question.
Copy and paste the citation and annotation for the peer-
reviewed journal article. Add the URL for the article to provide

15. easy access.
1) A summary of the theme/purpose of the source, 2) an
evaluation of the author’s background or authority, 3) a
comment on the intended audience, 4) a comparison of this
source to a previously cited source, and 5) an explanation of
how the source helps define, complicate, or clarify the topic.
Please see the sample to write draft one. what topic interests
you and what is the research question you hope to research for
your annotated bibliography? Think about one topic that relate
to McConigal in Reality is Broken.