prepare: • Review the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). • Select one of the identified chronic diseases (Diabetes) of national significance that impacts a population of interest to you. • Consider a health outcome you would like to improve in this population related to the selected chronic disease. • Develop a program proposal to improve this health outcome for this population using the assignment guidelines below. Select one of the program models in Curley, Chapter 7, to guide your planning. • Review the SMART objective resources for a review of how to write objectives for your program. • Use the APA paper template, including appropriate APA 7 headings, to develop this Assignment. The Assignment In a 8 pages proposal, address the following: • Briefly identify your selected chronic health issue (Diabetes) and population (African American, Hispanics or any). • Describe the geographic region and important characteristics of this population. • Describe the patterns of the disease in your selected population using the epidemiologic characteristics of perso​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​n, place, and time. • Identify one health outcome you would like to improve for the population. • Briefly summarize current evidence that supports the importance of improving this health outcome. • Explain what data you would need to collect, and how you would obtain and analyze it. You may choose to collect primary data or use secondary data. Justify your choice. • Using the “SMART” method, write short- and long-term objectives for the program. • Identify the stakeholders who should be involved in program planning. • Identify which program planning model (see Curley, Chapter 7) Will attach you selected for your program. Justify your selection of model. Based on the model, explain how you would plan, implement, and evaluate the program. • Explain any relevant cultural or ethical considerations related to your program design. • Explain how you would fund the program. • Describe strategies that would be appropriate for marketing the program. https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/phcommunities/resourcekit/evaluate/smart_objectives.html https://www.thecommunityguide.org/content/program-planning-resource https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/practice/resources/phqitoolbox/object​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ives.html https://ctb.ku.edu/en/toolkits