Assessment InstructionsConsider a health topic of your choice and investigate wh

Assessment InstructionsConsider a health topic of your choice and investigate what current NGOs are doing on behalf of your chosen topic. (Keep in mind that the country you focus on in this course should not be the United States.) Remember, you need to make contact with your chosen NGO, or population health professional with knowledge of NGOs, and interview them. After your interview, evaluate the NGO, paying special attention to its ability (and potential willingness) to get help with your health topic of choice. For your assessment, make sure you are addressing the following:
Differentiate public health NGOs from governmental public health organizations. Provide a history of the selected organization.
Examine the financial health of the organization including how much money the organization has raised for the selected program. Include current data related to money raised, money distributed, and the effect on the health initiative.
Identify countries where this organization has a presence.
Explain how stakeholders and members are selected or join the organization.
Explain the advantages public health NGOs have over government-sponsored programs. Compare NGOs to government-sponsored programs in terms of the following: How donations are sought and obtained.
How funds are distributed.
How application for assistance is made.
Summarize the challenges public health NGOs have in comparison with government-sponsored programs.
Analyze the sufficiency of data available to meet the criteria that public health NGOs use to choose to get involved in a health issue. Examine the determining criteria for this organization to get involved in a health issue. Data used.
Scope or severity.
Degree of need.
Discuss how you would approach this agency for assistance.
Explain how your research and interviewing experiences challenged or met your assumptions about public health organizations and delivery. What surprised (or aligned with your expectations) about public health delivery?
What surprised (or aligned with your expectations) about NGOs versus government-sponsored programs?
How has this experience affected you?
Be sure to convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
Additional RequirementsRemember to include an introduction to your paper, which is not a heading of its own, and a references page.
In addition, your paper should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free of spelling and grammatical errors that detract from the overall message. Writing is clear, precise, and scholarly. Concepts flow in a logical order. Page margins and page numbering are accurate, according to current APA guidelines for style and format.
Length of paper: 5 double-spaced pages.
References: At least four references from peer-reviewed sources. Additionally, make sure you are appropriately using and citing relevant information from your interview
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Portfolio Prompt: You are required to save this learning activity to your ePortfolio.
Competencies MeasuredBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Evaluate global health issues. Analyze the sufficiency of data available to meet the criteria public health NGOs use to choose to get involved in a health issue.
Competency 3: Evaluate the structure and function of public health nongovernmental funding organizations. Explain the advantages public health NGOs have over government-sponsored programs.
Summarize the challenges public health NGOs have in comparison with government-sponsored programs.
Competency 4: Analyze multiple perspectives, without bias, on policies that affect health care. Differentiate public health NGOs from governmental public health organizations.
Competency 5: Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences. Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
Competency 6: Obtain the minimum expected practicum hours. Explain how practicum research and interviewing experiences challenged or met assumptions about public health organizations and delivery.