The project will consist of three elements:
Part 1: Economic Analysis of the Initiative of Choice [Brown Primary Care Dental clinics Oral Health Initiative 5 pages) .
The economic analysis should include:
Principles of economics for evaluating and assessing the need for the public health initiative
A brief description of whether the initiative is a micro or macroeconomic program
A determination of whether the result of the initiative is a public or private good
A description of the initiative’s financing source
An explanation of how the initiative may affect supply and demand of public health services
- Part 2: Financial Accounting Analysis (5 pages)
A 5-year proposed budget including major line items (see blank form for proposed budget on NIH grants pagelocated in the course syllabus or here: Online Article: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2009, June). Public health service: PHS 398. Detailed Budget for Initial Budget Period Form Page 4 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html Grant Application PHS 398. U.S. Department of Health And Human Services Public Health Service.
-An analysis of budget line items, costs, sources of revenue, and deficits
-An analysis of the fiscal soundness and long-term viability of the public -health initiative
- Part 3: Alternative Funding Sources (5pages)
Part 3: Alternative Funding Sources[ 5 pages
For this part of your Scholar-Practitioner Project you will evaluate funding sources for the public health initiative you selected in Week 2. Then, you will submit a mock grant proposal for an appropriate grant to supplement or allow expansion of your selected public health initiative.
The proposal should include:
- The public health initiative’s purpose, background, goals, and objectives
- A description of the funding sources you selected and explanation of why you selected it over others
- Eligibility and selection criteria for the funding source
- An explanation of the funds needed and how the funds may be used
- The adjusted total 5-year budget you completed in week 9 (include all instructor recommendations)
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