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2Community Assessment & Organizations In The Community Flashcards

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Community

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Group of people who have common characteristics

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Community health

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The study & improvement of health related characteristics & relationships between people and their physical-social environment

Focus on geographical areas

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Health is not simply a state free from disease but

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Is the capacity of people to be resilient and manage lifes challenges and changes

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Community health focuses on what factors that impact health

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Environment

Social structure

Resource distribution (access to healthy food)

Social capital (social cohesion)

Socio-economic status

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Community health assessment

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Systemic examination of the health status of

Used to identify key problems and assets in a community

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The goal of a community health assessment

Essential ingredients to conduct a CHA

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Goal is to develop strategies to address the community’s health needs and identify issues

Essential ingredients:
-Community engagement
-Collaborative participation

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Community health improvement process is a effort to: 8

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Idenify health issues
Assess data
Develop health objectives/indicators
Inventory community assets/resources
Identify community perceptions
Develop coordination strategies
Identify accountable entities
Cultivate community ownership of process

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Why complete an assessment and improvement plan
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Improve organizational/community coordination & collaboration

Increased knowledge and interconnectedness off activities

Strengthened partnerships (state/local public health systems)

Identify strengths and weaknesses

Baselines on performance to prepare for accreditation

Benchmarks for public health practice

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Assessment components 6

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  1. Describe makeup/history of community to provide a context within which to collect data on concerns
  2. Describe what matters to people in community
  3. Describe what matters to key stakeholders
  4. For each problem/goal describe evidence indicating whther problem/goal should be priority issue
  5. Describe barriers and resources for addressing identified issues
  6. Based on assessment, select prioity issues to be address by the group
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  1. Describe makeup/history of community to provide a context within which to collect data on concerns
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Comment type of info that best describes community (demographic, key leaders)

Describe sources of info (public record, local people)

Comment whether there are sufficient resources (time, personnel)

Assess quality of info

Describe strengths/problems you heard about

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  1. Describe what matters to people in the community
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How to listen to community:

Listening sessions
Public forums
Interviews
Concerns surveys
Focus groups

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  1. Describe what matters to key stakeholders
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Who else cares about this issue (stakeholders(

Surveys
Interviews

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  1. For each problem/goal describe evidence indicating whther problem/goal should be priority issue
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How frequent it occurs

How many people affected

Impact it has

Community-level indicators related to issue (rate of infant deaths or vehicle crashes)

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  1. Describe the barriers and resources for addressing the identified issues
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What resources/assets are available

Barriers/resistance to solving the problem

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Secondary data

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Not from the source

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Census data vs vital statistics

(If we use it then were a secondary source?)

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Census:
SES, age distribution, gender, race, ethnicity

Vital:
Birth, death, marriages, divorces, adoption

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Primary data (windshield survey)

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Visual exam

Senses, sights, sounds, smells

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4 components to diagnosing community health problems

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Problem (disease, disability, risk)

Population/community

Etiology (cause)

Evidence (health indicator)

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SWOT analysis

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Guides you to identify the positives/negatives
inside/outside your community
in the external environment (opportunity/threat)

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SWOT general areas to consider 5

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Human resources (staff, volunteers)

Physical resources (location, equipment)

Financial (grants, funding agencies)

Activities and processes (programs you run)

Past experiences (reputation in communty)

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SWOT forces and facts the group doesnt control

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The economy
Funding sources
Demographics
Physical environment
Legislation

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  1. Based on the assessment, select the priority issues to be addessed by the group
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Prioritize using prioritization matrix

Four boxes measuring:

Cost/effort
Vs
Benefit/value

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What is a government health agency?

-how is it funded?
-how does it work

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Agency funded by tax dollars

Top-down funding:
-money comes from federal or state level to the local level

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What is the WHO (world health organization) and what does it do

How to get a membership

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International health organization

Any nation that has endorsed the WHO consitution get a memberhship

Purpose: achieve highest possible level of health globally

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Federal department that the principle agency for protecting health?

Who appoints the secretary of health?

How many agencies are there under this department

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Department of health & human services (USDHHS)
-11 agencies ex: FDA, NIH, CDC

President appoints the secretary of health

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State health agencies

All states have what

Purpose

Usually headed by who (who appoints them)

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All states have their own health departments

Purpose:
To promote, protect and maintain the health and welfare of their citizens

Usually headed by:
Medical director appointed by governer

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What do state health agencies do? 3

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Establish health regulation (restaurant scores)

Serve as conduits for federal funds aimed at local health departments

Have laboratory services available for local health departments

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Local health deparments

Responsibility?
Example of services

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Responsible for city/county

Ex:
Restaurants
public buildings
public transport inspections
Detection/reporting diseases
Collecting vital statistics

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Quasi-governmental health organizations

Operate how
Funding
Example

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Operate:
-more like voluntary health organizations
-independently of government supervision

Funding:
Some from government

Ex: american red cross

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Non-governmental health agencies

Funding
Why they are made
Operate how
Meet specific what
Types 6

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Funding: by private donations or membership dues

Made due to unmet health needs if gov aint fixing it

Operate free from government interference

Meet specific IRS guidelines with tax state

Types:
Voluntary, professional, religious, philanthropic, corporate, service

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Voluntary health agencies

Four basic objectives

Primary activity

Ex 2

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  1. Raise money
  2. Provide education to public & professionals
  3. Provide services to those afflicted
  4. Advocacy

Primary activity: fundraising

Ex:
AHA
March of dimes

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Service, social & religious organizations

Primary mission may not be what

Religious groups

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Primary mission may not be health but make significant contributions
-shriners, Elks, FOP, Kiwanis

Contribution of religious groups to community health is substantial
-food banks, shelters, donate space

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Corporate involvement in the community

Biggest role?

What they can do
Ex 3

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Biggest role:
Provide health care benefits

Worksite health promotion programs aimed at -lowering health care cost
-decrease absenteeism

Ex:
Fitness centers
Counseling
Education courses

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