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Project Heroin Discussion Paper

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Anticipated effects of a community heroin aftercare program
Patti Maisner
Kaplan University

Introduction Project Heroin, an aftercare program in a small community setting with a high school outreach prevention aspect, will be the first of its kind. There are several factors to be considered besides the usual cost analysis and budget impact. Issues of positive and negative health effects on the clients, employees, and surround community need to be considered and will be, purposefully, with members of the community from businesses to key stakeholders, even residents of the community. They will commence with an assessment that considers the health risks and environmental impacts before the program in implemented. Using …show more content…

One way that HIA will assess Project Heroin is by using a logical procedure to methodically analyze data from the City of Burbank. Since this would be an open setting, key stakeholders, and other members in the community, like residents, consumers, and partnerships (existing and potential) will be called to be part of the process. Upon reaching an outcome, HIA will provide solutions to any effects for continuing evaluation of the program and managing the effects of Project Heroin on the community. HIA has key components, like: screening, scoping, and reporting and will be used to identify other associated health effects of Heroin like addictions and mental health diagnoses, as well as identifying which people might be affected and how, including the clients and their families. And finally reporting the results of the outcome and its effects, and suggestions for promoting the program. Like the Joint Commission (JCAHO), HIA is voluntary but is accepted by many local organizations where the impact on health is a paramount consideration. One example would be the Trinity Housing Project that was going to be torn down and replaced with high rent living units. HIA was called in to assess the impact of the project which would’ve displaced all 360 tenants. It was found that there serious health events that would’ve occurred, like mental health issues, food and nutrition problems the increase in the risk of homelessness, and communicable diseases like tuberculosis. HIA decided that at the best interest of the residents of Trinity that the project be shelved and the tenants remain in their apartments (Guzman & Bhatia,

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