Community Assessment

Question 1

• Community

Answer 1

• Community: a unified body of individuals: as a: the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly: the area itself

Question 2

• community assessment

Answer 2

• community assessment: An evaluative study that uses objective data to assess the current social conditions of a specified community or targeted area.

Question 3

• qualitative methods

Answer 3

• qualitative methods: methods that do not involve measurement or statistics – why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when. Hence, smaller but focused samples are more often used than large samples.

Question 4

• focus groups

Answer 4

• focus groups: a demographically diverse group of people assembled to participate in a guided discussion provide ongoing feedback, etc.

Question 5

• assets

Answer 5

• assets: useful or valuable thing, person, or quality.