Fix It At the End of Each Month a Local Reproductive Health

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At the end of each month a local reproductive health clinic runs statistics about the number of individuals treated for sexually transmitted diseases. For the past three months they have noticed a huge increase in STD treatment and are worried there is an epidemic in their county. They decide to conduct a program evaluation and begin with focus groups to determine what is contributing to the STD outbreak. During the focus group they find that there is also an increase in drug use among young adults in the community. Knowing that drug use impairs decision making, the health clinic concludes that the increase in drug use is causing the STD outbreak. The health clinic applies for a grant to fund an antidrug program and is surprised when they do not get the money. After hiring a research consultant and reviewing the feedback from the grant reviewers they revise their application and resubmit the grant the next time it is offered.
What do you think the feedback from the grant reviewers said? What changes to the grant proposal do you think the health clinic made? Fix it!

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