Reducing College Professor’s Sedentarism

This is an ongoing assignment regarding a potential health promotion program at my local university (Kentucky Wesleyan College) to improve the professor’s
daily activity. Components will include gym memberships to all employees, activity trackers and incentives given when certain activity levels are reached,
partnership with current insurance provider (Anthem Health), and/or fitness classes offered on-campus during lunch hours by current Exercise Science
students.The textbook used for this class is McKenzie J., F., Neiger, B.L., and Thackeray, R. (2017). Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Health Promotion
Programs: A Primer 7 edition. Pearson Ed. For this particular assignment, create a needs assessment that describes and documents the health status issue
that your project will address and the target population it will serve. The purpose of the needs assessment is to help reviewers understand the community
and/or organization (i.e., the population) that will be served by your proposed project.
The needs assessment document should describe the need for the project in the proposed locale and include baseline data on the prevalence and
demographic characteristics of the targeted population as well as supporting racial/ethnic data. The document should provide a description of the
prevalence of health indicators (e.g., overweight, obesity) in the proposed geographic area. It should describe the current availability of preventive health
services that address the health issue in the targeted group. In addition, discuss any relevant barriers in the service area that your project hopes to overcome.
You should also describe gaps in the current provision of services as well as gaps in knowledge and the capacity of health care providers and key
public/private community agencies to adequately screen, routinely assess, effectively intervene, and/or coordinate their efforts within a comprehensive
network of preventive health services.
Here is a suggested structure for your needs assessment outline. It should be between 2 and 3 pages in length, APA formatting.
I. Health Status
a. Introduce the health issue (some materials taken from introduction)
b. How does the health issue affect the target population?
II. Community Description
a. Describe the setting, which might include national, state, local, or campus
information depending on the program scope
III. Needs Assessment (use what you have access to and please describe appropriate data points you would gather)
a. Qualitative assessment
b. Quantitative assessment
IV. Community Link
a. What is currently being offered to the specific population?
b. Will the proposed program be complementary, competing, or new to the area?