components of community assessment

Question 1

helps the nurse and other
professionals to identify cultural differences in relation to consumer interests, strengths, concerns, and motivations

Answer 1

Community health assessment

Question 2

Can be used for interviews, surveys, key informant interviews (focus group discussion activity), Used to obtain a comprehensive community profile

Answer 2

ASSESSMENT TOOL

Question 3

Make use of different rates and ratios, demographic data, and reveal facts about a community including clues about why community members are involved or not in health projects. It will also provide complete information about the characteristics of a population being served.

Answer 3

ANALYZE AVAILABLE STATISTICS

Question 4

systematic study designed to collect
data about a community’s functioning

Answer 4

community survey

Question 5

qualitative approach to learning about population subgroups with respect to conscious, semi-conscious, unconscious psychological and cultural characteristics and processes. IN DEPTH ASSESSMENT

Answer 5

focus group discussion or interview

Question 6

document the effectiveness of nursing services and to identify cause-and-effect relationships, more valid way of interpreting data and analyzing situation in the community

Answer 6

research

Question 7

help community nurse understand why there is resistance to certain health programs, how to reduce resistance to change, and with whom nurses might work to enhance their productivity

Answer 7

CONTACT KEY INFORMANTS

Question 8

the process can assist healthcare practitioners in learning about people’s behavior and practices, and their differences and similarities through observation.

Answer 8

OBSERVE, LISTEN, ANALYZE

Question 9

need to assess what will be the mode of communication

Answer 9

COMMUNICATION

Question 10

amount of space required when interacting with people to establish a comfortable environment and to ensure respect of personal space.

Answer 10

PERSONAL SPACE

Question 11

culture, the norms, or values shared in the community.

Answer 11

REACTIONS TO AUTHORITY

Question 12

pattern, strength, or flexibility of relationship between people

Answer 12

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

Question 13

how the culture affects their perception on punctuality of time and efficiency.

Answer 13

PERCEPTION

Question 14

derived from the different data that were collected according to methods that were utilized, basis for developing and implementing community health nursing interventions and strategies.

Answer 14

COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS

Question 15

collects data about the community’s characteristics, assets, and resorts

Answer 15

community health nurse

Question 16

derived and become the bases for developing and implementing community health nursing interventions and strategies

Answer 16

community health nursing diagnoses

Question 17

obtain a general information about the community and deals with problems that are readily seen and should be acted upon immediately.

Answer 17

COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS

Question 18

Type of assessment that responds to a particular need

Answer 18

PROBLEM- BASED COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS

Question 19

nurse decides on the depth and scope of data she needs to gather

Answer 19

Determining the Objectives

Question 20

nurse identifies the population group to be included in the study

Answer 20

Defining the Study Population

Question 21

nurse is guided by the objectives in identifying the specific data she will collect

Answer 21

Determining the data to be collected