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The Plan

1. Detailed Description of the Intervention

• Priority Health Issues For Our Targeted Population

The main goals we are setting for our targeted population will empower them to make healthier choices in order to promote healthy living.

Specific Health Goals:

• How to make healthier eating habits
• How to make physical activities their daily routine
• Knowing the importance of scheduling annual physical check up with their primary care physicians

Measurable:

• Meal planning to include three square-meals well apportioned sizes and two healthy snacks daily.
• Physical activities should include 4 to 5 days in a week which includes 30 minutes of walking.

Attainable:

• Reduction of salt intake to less than 1,500 mg a day (webmd.com)
• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables every day and avoid eating sugary food
• Exercise at least 30 minutes a day in order to reduce 1 to 2 pounds in a week
• Schedule  annual doctor’s appointments

Relevant:

• Educate the population on the importance of healthy eating
• Guide household members in identifying healthy food choices and the benefits of eating them.
• Encourage family participation in daily physical activities to improve health and well-being.
• Encourage community population to use stairs instead of elevators.

Time Bound:

• Community members will walk for 30 minutes for 5 days in a week by the third day.
• Families will be able to point out the importance of healthy eating by day five.
• Children will be able to choose healthier food menu by week 2.
• By the second day community members will start using stairs instead of elevators.
• Families will eliminate junk food from their food menu and replace with fruits and vegetables by the day 7.

1. Community Partners

• Langley Park Community Center.
• Healthy Montgomery
• Websites and other Electronic Sources to Provide Support for the Proposed Interventions
• The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (2014) for retrieving evidence-based guidelines.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) website for retrieving supporting data, statistics, and evidence-based guidelines.

1. Specific Resources Provided by Community Partners

• Langley Park Community Center offers facilities such as a community center, a gymnasium, a computer lab for educating the public, and a range of senior activities (Healthy Montgomery, 2014).
• Healthy Montgomery will be important for facilitating the success of the proposed in intervention by bringing together Montgomery County’s four hospital systems, minority health initiatives/programs, community service providers and advocacy groups, academic institutions, County government agencies, and the health insurance community (Healthy Montgomery, 2014).

1. Rationale for Choosing the Community Partners

• Langley Park Community Center will offer vital resources that will facilitate the success of this intervention (Healthy Montgomery, 2014).
• Healthy Montgomery is one of the community partners in Montgomery County that aims to prevent obesity in the communities; especially at risk groups. Six priority areas for improvement of the health of communities by this partner include behavioral health, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular health, maternal and infant health, and cancers (Healthy Montgomery, 2014). These priority areas match the aim of the intervention plan.