PHM 345 - Community Health Grant Writing

(W)
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

This course prepares students to develop grant proposals to secure funding for health promotion initiatives in a community health setting. Students develop skills to assess the health of target populations, identify pressing health needs, select appropriate evidence-based programs that address these needs, and prepare information in a grant proposal format.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

Identify contemporary public health issues and explain the diverse approaches used to address them in a community health setting
Develop community health assessment skills and identify data collection strategies
Develop program planning and evaluation skills for specific community health needs
Identify funding resources for community-based health promotion programs
Develop grant writing skills

Prerequisites: SOC 225 and WRI 227