Community Assessment & Global Health Application Exercise
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| Instructions and worksheet template:
THE PURPOSE of this exercise is to begin your initial use of community assessment principles to collect data, determine needs/assets, and consider the health needs of local communities. READ relevant textbook chapters about community assessment and community development. VIEW 3 short videos about community assessment. REVIEW listed CDC document about global health strategies. SELECT a stakeholder in the community to gain information and support in the area identified as a need for the community. You will work directly with this stakeholder to develop, propose implementation and effective evaluation of your action plan. COMPLETE parts 1-3 of this exercise. Type your responses within this table. Each section will expand as you type in your responses. SUBMIT your completed worksheet and action plan. Be sure to accurately follow the directions for this exercise. You will use this assignment during your NUR 433 Global Health Care Practicum course. |
| COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT: A community assessment is a broad look across agencies, systems, and community members to learn more about the essential components of their daily lives. It gathers information from varied sources within the community. Examples of community parameters are:
· physical environment · education · safety & transportation · policies & government · health & social services · communications · economics · recreation Community assessments focus on local assets, resources, and activities as well as gaps, barriers, or existing/emerging needs. The process of identifying and appraising this information will help you identify key components in the community and formulate methods of intervention.
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| Community assessment videos.
(1) Community & Aggregate Assessment : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWdM9tM1LDU (2) Community Health Nursing: A Practical View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfdgv91ALLw&feature=related (3) Community Development in Community Health Nursing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdY-D0Lo9c0&feature=related |
| Part One: Community Name/Location & Assessment Photos
1. Type in name of your community and zip code Community name: Zip code:
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| 2. Use your “bird’s-eye view” Wind shield survey of your community to provide information on each of the community assessment parameters below. In addition, you might include pictures to support the information you provided (Limit pictures to 3). |
| physical environment |
| education |
| safety & transportation |
| policies & government |
| health & social services |
| communications |
| economics |
| recreation
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| Part Two: Community Need or Asset
3. Observe and gather “initial” data about your community. Identify and describe one community need and asset. Identify a member (stakeholder) of the community you will collaborate with to develop your action plan. The stakeholder should be an individual that will be able to provide information and support for the identified need. Stakeholders might be but limited to: a community health nurse, a nurse working in a community health clinic, a city council member if the need is associated with the city, a school board member if the need is associated with the school, school crossing guard if it involves children walking to school, Police officer if related to crime, a Civic Association member if need is related to the neighborhood, Church representative or a shelter if associated with families in need.
Identify and describe the need: Identify and describe the asset:
Stakeholder: Name, credentials and position held in the community: _________________________________________________________________, email address___________________________, Direct contact phone number____________________ EXT___________
Why is this person valuable to the support of the community need? Provide specific details and a description of the collaborative work that took place to develop, propose, implementation and evaluation of the community action plan
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| 4. Consider your identified community need.
Identify two (2) community health organizations (CHOs) with whom your community might work to address the need. Identify level and list purpose and services of each CHO. Provide detail as to why the CHO would serve, meet the needs of the community.
a. Name of CHO:
Purpose of this CHO:
Services of this CHO:
Provide details as to why the community should work with this CHO:
b. Name of CHO:
Purpose of this CHO:
Services of this CHO:
Provide details as to why the community should work with this CHO:
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| Part Three: Global Perspectives
Review the “CDC’s Global Health Strategy: 2012-2015” @ http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/strategy/pdf/CDC-GlobalHealthStrategy.pdf 5. Relate/connect your identified community need or asset to one area of the “CDC’s Global Health Strategy: 2012-2015” vision, mission, and/or strategy’s goals and objectives.
How does it relate/connect?
Relate/connect to one area of the CDC document: Provide a link to the CDC Health Strategy selected-
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| Part Four: Complete the Action Plan table to develop your action plan to address the identified need. Once you have completed the action plan share your completed plan with the identified stakeholder. In the narrative, provide a summary of the collaborative work that took place with the stakeholder with the proposal, development, implementation and evaluation of the community action plan, include stakeholder feedback.
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423 Community Assessment Application Exercise (1211, 1212, 1213, 0414, 0615, 1216, 0117, 0717, 10.17, 5/19, 8/19, 10/19, 11/7/19)
