Assessment and Planning Flashcards
community
group of ind who share something in common
- or linked by social ties
community is a
system consisting of people, place, function
types of community
- face to face
- virtual
- political jurisdictions
- physical boundaries
- identifiable need
- special interests
what does community as a client mean
collective or common good of a population
utilitarianism
greatest good for the greatest number of ppl
distributive justice
fairly and distributing resources and burden equitably
social justice
ensuring vulnerable groups are included in the equitable distribution of resources
partnering
key to successful community health programs and interventions
coalitions
formal and active participants
- members serve in defined capacities
- share leadership and decision making to some degree
community assessment
core function that
- identifies health needs
- sets priorities
- might be apart of accreditation
purpose of assessment
- to know the community and initiate partnerships
- provides basis for identifying risk and protective factors, needs and strengths, resources
assessment steps
- identify client
- gain entry into community
why do we need to gain entry into community
- we need to meet with community leaders which sets the foundation for ongoing meetings and for collaborative approaches
data collection
- sociodemographic
- heath status indicators
- resources and services
sources of data
primary and secondary
primary data
information you collected as an investigator
secondary data
information from another source like census data
key informant interviews purpose
to collect information from a wide range of people
- qualitative in depth interview who know whats going on in the cimmunity
community experts have
- first hand knowledge and understanding
- provide insight into nature of problems and give recommendations for solutions
general population data
- vital statistics
- US census bureau
- american community service
what happens during identifying health problems and needs
prioritizing identified problems and needs
- considers: preference, number of individuals, severity, availability, practicality
diagnosing consists of
- analyzing primary and secondary data
- prioritizing health needs
- identify focus population
- identify factors
writing a community diagnosis
- risk of
- among (who)
- related to
- as evidence by
planning consists of
- potential approaches
- develop goals
- develop objectives for overall goal
