ASSESSING THE COMMUNITY

Question 1

What does community mean?

Answer 1

A community is a social group whose members have something in common, such as a shared government, geographic location, culture, or heritage.

Question 2

what is a healthy community

Answer 2

A healthy community is one in which local groups from all parts of the community work together to prevent disease and make healthy living options accessible.

Question 3

what are the types of needs

Answer 3

Those needs are physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs.

Question 4

what is the goal of community assessment

Answer 4

A community health assessment identifies and describes factors that affect the health of a community, and the factors that determine available resources to address those factors

Question 5

what is the theory of reasoned action

Answer 5

suggests that a person’s behavior is determined by their intention to perform the behavior and that this intention is, in turn, a function of their attitude toward the behavior and subjective norm