Week 8 - Community Assessment

Question 1

is an exercise by which a collaborative partnership gathers information on the current strengths, concerns, and conditions of children, families, and the community; focus on local assets, resources, and activities as well as gaps, barriers, or emerging needs.

Answer 1

COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT

Question 2

requires a critical analysis of the problem to be addressed;

Answer 2

Planning

Question 3

is important for developing a goal and objectives for the project that are realistic and achievable;

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Problem analysis

Question 4

also includes deciding how the project will be managed, sustained and evaluated.

Answer 4

planning process

Question 5

• Planning requires a critical analysis of the problem to be addressed.
• Problem analysis is important for developing a goal and objectives for the project that are realistic and achievable.
• Once the goal and objectives are set, strategies for achieving them can be determined.
• Resources needed in the project, and ways to obtain them, are then identified.
• The planning process also includes deciding how the project will be managed, sustained and evaluated.

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HEALTH PROJECT PLANNING

Question 6

• is an essential part of deciding what issue or problem the project will address.
• is used to describe a process of collecting information that will give a good indication of the priority needs of a community.
• It provides an opportunity for the community to become involved in the planning from the beginning
• It helps with allocating resources and making decisions about where to start with health promotion work.

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Needs assessment

Question 7

When undertaking a needs assessment, it is important to consider that needs will be thought of differently, depending on whom you consult.

Answer 7

Classifying needs

Question 8

A discrepancy between an individual/s or group/s present state and a given norm or standard

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NORMATIVE NEEDS

Question 9

• is an individual desire or want that an individual has to improve either his or her performance.
• designers must be aware of needs that are motivated by a desire other than performance improvement.

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FELT NEED

Question 10

• A felt need becomes an ______ when people put what they want into action.
• are often identified in suggestion boxes and in-house publications with a question-and-answer or suggestion column.

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EXPRESSED NEED OR DEMAND

Question 11

• A discrepancy between what one group has and what another group, with similar characteristics, has.
• is present when two groups with similar characteristics do not receive a similar service.

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COMPARATIVE NEED

Question 12

• are any aspect of behavior, society or the environment that are directly linked to the health problem.
• lead to or directly cause the problem.

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Risk factors

Question 13

• are any aspects of behavior, society or the environment that leads to the risk factors developing.
• enable or reinforce the risk factors.

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Contributing factors

Question 14

• Make plan clear and focus that energies of the project team
• Let people know what they can expect to happen as a result of the project
• Are the basis for planning the evaluation of the project

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Goal and Objectives

Question 15

• is about making changes to the risk factors addressed by project
• indicates what the planned, longer term outcome of the project is
• It is also intended to inspire, motivate and focus people and encourage team cooperation

Answer 15

Goal

Question 16

• state what changes the project will make to the contributing factors.
• indicate what the impact will be on the contributing factors during the time frame of the project.
• are about what has to change in the short term to get closer to achieving the project goal.

Answer 16

Objectives

Question 17

• Once the strategies of the project are determined, the project team can write the ______.
• includes all the specific activities, large and small, that will need to be done to implement each of these activities, when they will be completed and how they will be evaluated.

Answer 17

action plan