Week 3 - Assessing the community

Question 1

The community assessment tool “Data” uses what tools?

Answer 1

Observation, measurements or facts

Question 2

“Knowledge of specific and timely events or situations, including data” is what community assessment tool?

Answer 2

Information

Question 3

“Generates the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis on the basis of the SDH with full participation from community members” is what assessment tool?

Answer 3

Primary Health Care Approach

Question 4

• Map community strengths, resources, risks and goals.
• Find out from community members what they identify as their strengths (assets) and needs.
• Create a snapshot of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
• Work with the community to help them develop strategies for improvement or measures that sustain positive community life on the basis of what is acceptable, preferable, feasible.

Is the goal of what?

Answer 4

Community Assessments

Question 5

• Engaging community members in early assessment
• Community based participatory research
• Biophsychosocial and political information
• Realistic assessment of services and service potentials
• Assessing cultural assets and needs of the community interactions

are ___ principles of assessment?

Answer 5

Overarching Principles of Assessment

Question 6

Think of some sources of assessment Data:

Answer 6

• Yellow Pages
• Government Reports, updates
• Websites - google & pubmed
• Discussions with community leaders, networks, groups and individuals

Question 7

Epidemiological Assessments look at what 3 factors?

Answer 7

• Host (biology - you, your genetics, age etc)
• Agent (Causative factor i.e. HIV Virus)
• Environment (Factors that moderate the effects of the agent and host i.e. social networks, physical environment etc).

Question 8

1. Knowledge of satisfaction with services
2. Choices on basis of need, demand
3. Health services, accessibility, adequacy
4. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary prevention
5. Distribution of economic resources
6. Employment type, satisfaction
7. Education
8. Health at development stage
9. Health, attitudes, beliefs, values
10. Culture
11. Family-type structure

Are 11 Reciprocal relationships with external environment of __ __ of Health?

Answer 8

Social Epidemiology of Health

Question 9

The Asset Model as prescribed by Morgan & Ziglio, 2007 identify assessment tools as 3 actions being A, B, C. What are these?

Answer 9

A. Collect evidence
B. Plan the action
C. Evaluate Outcomes