Module 3 discussion-sustainability and program planning
Required Reading
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Sustainability planning guide. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/healthycommunitiesprogram/pdf/sustainability_guide.pdf. Read pages 13–-31.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Workplans: A program management tool. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/state_programs/pdf/workplans.pdf
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). (2010). Chapter 4: Develop an action plan. In Planning primer: Developing a theory of change, logic models and strategic and action plans (pp. 26–30). Retrieved from http://www.cadca.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/planningprimer.pdf
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). (2010). Sustainability primer: Fostering long-term change to create drug-free communities. Retrieved from http://alaskaspfsig.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CADCA-Sustainability-Primer-Fostering-Long-Term-Change-to-Create-Drug-Free-Communities.pdf
Rural Health Information Hub. (2018). Module 5: Sustainability of rural health promotion and disease prevention programs. Retrieved from https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/community-health/health-promotion/5/sustainability
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Sustainability, while often thought of as a separate process of program planning, is a part of the planning process.
- Please describe the relationship between sustainability and program planning.
- When is the best time in the MAP-IT process to begin thinking about the program sustainability? Support your perspectives.