sexually transmitted disease

Suppose that the Butler County School District wants to hire you to create and

implement a health promotion program. Specifically, they would like to have a

health education program (like D.A.R.E.) that will teach students about

dangers of illegal drug use, so that students who currently use them would

learn to stop.

a) What are the steps you’re likely to take to create and implement such

program? (HINT: see five steps of the Generalized Model)

b) What would you do (or not do), if your needs assessment data shows that

the school district has very little problem with drug use, but has very big

problem with sexually transmitted disease?

c) For now, let’s assume that drug use is a big concern for the school district,

and you’ve created a health education program about illegal drug use, as

requested. Before full implementation, you’ve conducted a pilot test for 20

students to see if your program is effective. Pilot test showed that your

education program is ineffective at changing students who already use

drugs. Worse, it looks like some students that never used drug before are

now showing signs that they want to try those drugs you mentioned in the

program. What would you do (or not do)?