Health Program Proposal

This health program proposal focuses on designing an innovative program to address illicit drug use in rural Australia. The program aims to raise awareness, reduce psychological stress, and promote healthy living in rural communities. It targets the Indigenous Australian community and aims to improve their health situation by providing awareness and support. The program will involve various stakeholders, including government agencies and local communities. Key activities of the program include awareness campaigns, counseling, educational sessions, and creating suitable spaces for activities. The program will be evaluated using key performance indicators such as quality assurance and cost. The funding allocation for the program is estimated to be $25,000 for a 6-month program and $60,000 for a 12-month program.

Health program proposal
Related Learning outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Value 40%
Word Count: 1500 words (10% leniency either way)
Why is this assessment relevant?
As health professionals you will have opportunity to apply for grants as part of an organisation or an individual to
run health promotion projects, research strategies and healthy living programs. Each grant application will require
different levels of information, however they all want to know: who you are, what you want to do and why you
want to do it, what you hope to achieve, how much will it cost and how long will it take. This assessment presents
you with the opportunity to apply for a mock grant to run a health program in a rural and remote area. It will
introduce you to the information often required when submitting a grant application.
Criteria:
Choose one of the following topic areas to design an innovative health program to run in a rural or remote part
of Australia. Present your program by completing a grant application using the template.
You will need to identify an actual rural/remote Australian community to run your program in. Your program can
be addressed at any target group, for example, children, health workers, farmers etc.
Topics:
● Addressing illicit drug use in rural Australia
● Oral and dental health in very remote Australian communities
● Increasing physical activity in rural Australia
● Encouraging healthy eating in rural and remote areas
Make sure your program goals are clear and reachable: SMART:
Specific (simple, sensible, significant).
Measurable (meaningful, motivating).
Achievable (agreed, attainable).
Relevant (reasonable, realistic and resourced, results-based).
Time bound (time-based, time limited, time/cost limited, timely, time-sensitive).
Preparation:

P resentation:
Template:
Grant Finance Required:
6 month program grant ($25,000) 12 month program grant ($60,000)
Executive Summary (300 words -An executive summary is a short outline
produced for business purposes, that summarizes a longer proposal in such a
way that readers can rapidly become acquainted with a large body of material
without having to read it all.)
Executive summary
The innovative health program is mainly focused on the Indigenous Australian community
that mainly attracting towards illicit drug. Through program, it is addressing illicit drug use in rural
Indigenous community in Australia. Improving health situation condition among different rural
populations ( de Deuge & et.al., 2020). There are lot of families suffering from the poverty and
lower income in Australian. The health program will support for providing the awareness among
different people where they can self-examine the current situation or condition.
The aim of program at promoting health in rural area, raising the community awareness, reducing
the psychological stress through attending the needs of better health care service. Afterwards, it is
also promoting the rules and regulation related use of illicit drugs, majorly focused on the
consequences of illegal drugs. In this way, it will be improving the quality of living and
socioeconomic status of rural people ( de Deuge & et.al., 2020). Innovative health program will
support for building the strong relationship with Indigenous community people in Australia.
● A template has been provided and this is mandatory to look
● Adhere to standard academic writing and paragraphs, if you are not sure what we mean by this look at
the resources provided
● Use 11 or 12pt font either calibri or arial preferred.
● Reference list at end of document using APA style, with at least 9-10 references used including research
articles (reference does not contribute to word count).
● Use third person (no I or me) in academic writing and write as if this is something you intend to do (i.e.:
The health promotion aims to….)
● Timely completion of study materials, you should have covered Modules 1-4 before commencing this
assessment as information pertaining to the above criteria can be found in the learning materials
● Visit the AIHW web site and set text
● A guide on writing a grant application can be found here:
h ttps://www.fundingcentre.com.au/help/writing-grant
● Conduct further research using library resources, there is a Health Science libguide, see the link in the unit
and review other websites and journal articles.

In this report, it will focus on the innovation health program which mainly providing the
better support for targeted Indigenous community in Australia, who will use illicit drugs, alcohol
on regular basis. The health program will help for affected aboriginal population through illicit
drugs. Many other local communities always supporting for reducing the significant impacts on
health body. That’s why, Government initiative to promote alternative solution through health
promotional program. In order to utilizing consequences of drugs among different Aboriginal
peoples will become closely involved with drugs (Puslednik & Brennan, 2020). These population
are closely attracted towards illicit drugs. Appropriate structure will be established at rural
community level to interact or coordinate the health activities. It will be consisting of
representative from Australian government and other leaders. To ensure the success of innovative
health program.
Key Outcome (50 words what does the program aim to achieve)
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The ultimate aim of innovative health program is improving efficiency, effectiveness, quality,
sustainability and affordability health care. Health innovation is to improve the ability to interact
with (Aboriginal community) and meet the personal need or requirements. The outcome of
program is to be reducing down use of drugs, raising awareness towards its ill effects.
Name of Australian rural community (20 words-where the health program is
being run)
The Name of Australian rural community such as Indigenous community. The place of
aboriginal population at Torres Strait Islands (Farquhar, Moran & Schmidt, 2020).

Target group (100 words -who is the project targeted )
The project targeted at indigenous Australians aged 15 and above children, higher level of
illicit drugs consumption (Puslednik & Brennan, 2020) By using health program, it is targeting the
large population and adjusting for age.
Just under one quarter 23% of indigenous Australian had used by illicit drugs within 12 months
(Puslednik & Brennan, 2020). 15% children had used cannabis and 7.7 % not concerned about the
medical use (Haun, Tomoyasu & Atkins, 2020). In this way, it has been increased the health issue
or problem while increasing the death rate among indigenous community in Australia (Health
program initiatives. 2018).
Stakeholders (200 words- who or what organisations, community people etc will
need to be involved and why)
The Australian local agency is considered the active involvement of people from
communities preparing for different activities. Within health promotion program, local agency
which include stakeholders such as program manager, staff executive, local community, funding
agencies and government agencies (Puslednik & Brennan, 2020).
Australian local communities are mainly focused on the targeted population, performed the
different actions applicable within health promotion program in Australian (Puslednik & Brennan,
2020). in this way, it is targeting the aboriginal population, who have been used illicit drugs,
establishing the better communication and interaction to give towards health problems. Australian
local community is to interact with aboriginal population and provide right direction.
The government agencies should be involved in planning health promotional activities that
seek to reduce the risk of health (Puslednik & Brennan, 2020). Innovative health program is the
best for rural Aboriginal population to increase its preparedness and reduce the consumption of
illicit drugs. The children whose aged 15 and above, they have not specific idea about the harmful
consequences of illicit drugs. It will be increased the complication in future like mental illness,
heart problem etc. that’ why, different stakeholder participates in the program activities to promote
awareness regarding consumption of illicit drugs.

Program Activity: (300 words-what will the program do and what will hold the
target groups interest)
Program Holds target group interest
In the health program, it can be organised the
program related the Hand out the poster and put up
rural areas, send out the information with
stakeholder (Sapci & Sapci, 2020). In this way, it
help for providing the awareness among targeted
group. It involves Awareness campaign or
resiliency, burnout
Aboriginal population aware of
resiliency and efforts to improve own
awareness regarding harmful effects
for illicit drugs (Puslednik & Brennan,
2020). In this way, it will be
developing interest of targeted
population towards awareness.
It can be developed the program for giving the better
counselling to individual people. Providing the
individual counselling of targeted population among
aboriginal community.
Participation of staff members
satisfied the level of targeted
population (Sapci & Sapci, 2020).
This program will hold the target
group related the improvement in the
resiliency skills and knowledge.
It is also conducting the program for taking
educational sessions on basis of supportive physical
and psychological health practices
The reaction of targeted population is
to improve own management
practices, self-examine the current
health status (Puslednik & Brennan,
2020). In this way, targeted group
hold the interest towards own
management skills in identifying the
alleviation stress due to illicit drugs.
It will be conducting the program for designing
suitable space where performing the different
activities (Sapci & Sapci, 2020). generally, it is
focused on the giving better space Design space
where every targeted population attain innovative
health related session or participate in yoga
Targeted population will be using
space, perform different activities such
as yoga. This will help for distracting
the mind towards illicit drugs and
alcohol (Puslednik & Brennan, 2020).

(Puslednik & Brennan, 2020) The targeted population hold the
interest for improving the physical
environment that help for maintain or
control both physical as well as
psychological level.
Table: 1

Key Performance Indicators (200 words approx.)
The key performance indicators are based on the critical concept for identifying the progress
towards an intended outcome. KPI is basically used to focus on the strategic and operational
improvement within health program (Sapci & Sapci, 2020). In this way, it will be creating
analytical basis for decision making, help focus attention on what are consequences of illicit drugs
among aboriginal populations in Australia. Managing program with use of KPI includes specific
setting targets and improve leading indicators (Shah, Alford & Merom, 2020).
In this health program, it should be carried out the different activities such as targeting the
population, counselling and guidance, using digital way to inspire or motivate towards self-
awareness regarding illicit drugs. These activities are considered KPI such as quality, cost, price
(Shah, Alford & Merom, 2020).
Health promotional program is developing area that help for providing the right direction of
targeted population. In this program, there are different stakeholders perform roles.
The quality assurance is the one of most common indicator that encompasses for describing,
measuring and evaluating the basic need or requirements (Shah, Alford & Merom, 2020). it is an
essential part for maintaining the better quality within health promotion program. That’s why, it
can easily identifying interest of aboriginal population towards illicit drugs. The quality assurance
will be conducted by staff members, defining the specific areas of health program and also
establish set of indictors towards health program activities.
Health program cost/price is also considered important metric to track as they directly impact
on the finance, contribution margin when agencies provide facilities and services for targeted
aboriginal population in Australia. KPI support for staff members to make profit in local business
while achieving goal through quality assurance (Shah, Alford & Merom, 2020). it is also
considered the important performance indictor at the time Innovative health program.

Funding Allocation (300 words- how will the money be used; an appendix can
be added if required)
There is no specific formula for defining sufficient level of health spending in Australia. By using
health program, it provides wide range of accessible as well as affordable health related
information or data (Shah, Alford & Merom, 2020). Especially, when targeting the aboriginal
people whose aged 15 and above. On the basis of evidence, these are attracted towards illicit drugs
so that government agencies, local communities perform the health program in order to give
awareness.
The health program project will require overall $25,000- $60,000 money in the different
promotional activities, counseling’s session, transportation, poster making (Shah, Alford & Merom,
2020). All money required in all essential activities that performed during project execution. In
order to identified that where applicable funding allocations.
The overall health program expenditure level for Australia is only ($25,000), if in case, the
program will be running approximately 6-month. On the other hand, the health program us running
12 months and require ($60,000). The government agencies, local communities and investor will
support for spending money in order to maintain the high quality level (Shah, Alford & Merom,
2020). Afterwards, it will support for interacting with every individual person to give effective
session. In health program project, it should require a lot of money but it is an essential for
allocating the funds on the basis of need or requirement (Shah, Alford & Merom, 2020). Initially,
government agencies are concerned about strategic plan and decided the specific requirement for
money (Sapci & Sapci, 2020). The funding allocation procedure would start with discussion with
other stakeholder and identifying their opinion.
In this way, project manager of health program is concerned about the funding allocation
procedures, identifying all essential resources, equipment’s need to measure quality of services
(Shah, Alford & Merom, 2020). Afterwards, it will be deciding to spend money into different
resources in proper manner.

Evaluation criteria (200 words- how will the program be evaluated to gauge
impact/ how will we know the expected outcomes have been achieved)
The entire innovative health program will be evaluating through consider health promotion
approach. It helps for providing the brief idea about each activities that mainly performed by
different stakeholders. The program will be evaluating the rural areas with the help of different
stakeholder. It will be performing the different operation and then identifying their impact,
expected outcome. The expected result will be identified through program evaluation.
Program evaluation Impact Expected Output
Stakeholder engaged with
targeted aboriginal population
Identifying the impact when
different children concern
about the effects of drugs.
Self-examine the current
health status by considering
the different parameters
Describe the importance of
innovative health program by
different staff members
The impact on the targeted
peoples, where they cane
develop own knowledge about
effects of illicit drugs (Shah,
Alford & Merom, 2020)
Reduced the rate of
consumption within rural
areas, targeted Aboriginal
people focus on the create
healthy environment or
culture for their children.
Ensure use and shared
awareness regarding illicit drugs
The impact on the aboriginal
people that can participate in
the different session of health
program, inspire or motivate
towards standards life style
It would support for
eliminating the issue or
problem regarding illicit
drugs among aboriginal
population.
Table: 2

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