The Strategic Prevention Framework or “SPF” is a guiding process one should follow when creating and delivering prevention programs and activities. This process is broken down into 5 steps and follows the principals of sustainability and cultural competence. This ensures the needs of the community are being identified and addressed, which results in effective prevention programs with favorable results. These 5 steps are: Assess Needs, Build Capacity, Plan, Implement, and Evaluation. Each step has an important component that supports the planning and delivering of these programs. How did the Strategic Prevention Framework come about? The Center for Substance Abuse and Prevention was involved with local substance abuse problems happening …show more content…
Planning of a prevention program is important as it increases the chances of achieving the desired results. It ensures that all involved are on the same page and driven for the same outcome. When everyone involved is working towards the same goal and the outline is laid out, changes can be made if necessary. When planning a program it is important to identify the risk and protective factors within the community. This will help you come up with approaches or strategies that can assist in resolving issues. Creating a data-driven plan will ensure all avenues are explored, resource and readiness gaps are identified and the cultures within the community are acknowledged. Decisions and actions taken regarding the planning of the program must include all the ideas and thoughts of all involved in the project. Implementation is when your plan is put into action. Sometimes, when implementing a prevention program, adaptation needs to occur to adjust to budget, time and staffing restraints. It is important to remember the fidelity, or integrity of the initial program you sought to create. The more the original program is adhered to, it is more likely to be a successful venture. An action plan should be drawn up which will describe how you plan to implement the program. It will explain the desired outcome of the plan, ways in which you wish to achieve those results, and who is responsible for what task. This will help keep the project on track and remind everyone of their role in making the project
The center combines a safe housing environment with structured educational programs that incorporate the philosophies of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous is the original self help group founded on principles that provide support and encouragement for recovering alcoholics. New members are encouraged to work with a spon...
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Health and social care professionals encounter a diverse amount of individuals who have different needs and preferences regarding their health. As professionals they must ensure that all services users, whether it is older people with dementia, an infant with physical disabilities or an adult with an eating disorder (National Minimum Data Set for Social Care, [no date]), are treated in a way that will successfully meet such needs. In fact, health and social care professionals have a ‘duty of care’ towards services users, as well as other workers, in which they must legally promote the wellbeing of individuals and protect them against harm, abuse and injury. (The Care Certificate Workbook Standard 3, [no date]) Duty of care is a legal requirement
Department of health (2007) say that there are 3 types of risk assessment:the unstructured clinical approach, the actuarial approach and the structured clinical approach (DOH 2007). Many Mental health Professionals over the past years have used the unstructured clinical approach to risk assess. This is based on your experience and judgement to assess the risk. However this way has been criticized for not being structured and this then leads to inconsistency and to be unreliable (Turner and Tummy 2008). This approach would not be useful for the case with Julie as she is not known to services and every person is different as you may not have seen her symptoms before if you base the risk assessment on experience.
Policies and procedures are guidelines instructing service providers to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and have a responsibility for safe guarding. A set of policies are guidelines formulated by an organization to reach its long-term goals, which according to the multi-risk agency team is to protect and prevent adult’s from abuse and neglect. Establishing multi-agency safeguarding, sharing information amongst the allocated healthcare professionals suited to a case, in a multi-disciplinary meeting, to identify signs of abuse and provide justice to victims who confide in the multi-risk agency team. This meeting consists of a range of professional opinions, and the patient’s intel on the situation and their conclusion, the patient
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What criteria will be used to show whether or not objectives have been met? What methods will be used to measure the effects of the planned intervention? Describe the process and any measurement instruments.
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In the crisis of over rising health care costs in the USA, we are more urgent than ever to search for affordable methods to reduce health risks. To bring down the costs under control, the solution is simple; we should spend more on prevention because it can avoid the expensive treatments later in life. More importantly, we consistently hear about the deaths of cancer victims due to late diagnosis. This fact brings us to realize that just like cancer, many diseases might not be treatable but preventable. Early diagnosis with an appropriate treatment before it becomes complicated can stop or slow the rate of further decline. Preventive medicine contains the capabilities to escape the high risk of later diagnose or treatment, and reduce the health care cost. It is necessary and beneficial not only to the individual but to the society. However, to learn about how preventive medicine can offer a good return on investment, we need to understand how the preventive medicine can reduce health risks. To make this clear, I will address the following topics before I conclude with my discovery and point of view on this matter: What is Preventive Medicine, Levels of Prevention, and The Prevention of Specific Diseases.
There are numerous public health problems that can be addressed in my Southside of Chicago community. Among the several public health problems facing my Southside of Chicago community there are two that are more urgent. Health education or one might say lack thereof is a problem that needs to be addressed. My community is plagued with many of the residents suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes, and the killer virus known as HIV. In most cases these conditions can be prevented with healthier lifestyles and access to nutritious organic foods. In addition, environmental health is another urgent problem my community is facing. Access to clean, safe water and air is supposed to be a fundamental human right aimed at a healthy environment. Yet, my community consists a waste contaminated beach, numerous deteriorated building that are still occupied, and a countless number of restaurant and stores supplying our residents with services that are endangering their health.