When determining the focus and intended audience of your health promotion initiative, you must

A. Determine how education affects the intended audience's attitudes, beliefs, values, and practices: While understanding how education impacts behavior is important, this step occurs after identifying the audience and their needs. It is part of planning the intervention, not determining focus or audience. B. Obtain input from the community to determine if the health issue is relevant to those affected by it: Engaging the community ensures that the initiative addresses a genuine need, increases relevance, and promotes buy-in. This step is critical to accurately defining both the focus of the program and its intended audience. C. Make a decision regarding the most effective way of delivering the health message: This is part of the implementation strategy, not the initial determination of focus or audience. Delivery methods are selected after the target population and issue are identified. D. Determine which cultural attitudes, beliefs, and values are negatively influencing behavior so the initiative can address them: Assessing cultural influences is part of tailoring the intervention and educational content, but the first priority is establishing whether the community considers the health issue important and identifying the target audience.