Goals and objectives are a vital part of health promotion. During my placement, I have had many ideas in regards to health promotion goals, however I have found it difficult to maintain clear direction on that I need to do to succeed in these goals. Victoria Health (2010) defines a goal as a long term benefit such as a health gain, it also defines objectives as short or medium health impacts such as a behaviour change (Victoria Health 2010). It is important to understand how goals require measurable objectives in order to be met.
One goal for my monthly health campaign project is to promote awareness and improve health outcomes for the target population of the specific campaign. For example, I am working on the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign currently so my main goal for that project is to increase the awareness of breast cancer in order for early detection to be made. Three objectives for this campaign are; Awareness of the risk factors, prevention strategies, and screening.
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References
Victoria Health 2009, Tip sheet: municipal public health and wellbeing planning, viewed 24 June 2019, http://www.health.vic.gov.au/regions/southern/downloads/Tip-sheet-writing-measurable-objectives.pdf
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