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Assignment: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
Your submission should be a minimum of 2000 words (maximum 2500 words) in length and should completely answer the proposed questions/items as listed below. You should have a minimum of three (3) references. APA formatting is required, and all responses should be combined into a single document for submission.
Your community can be any geographically defined county, city, or town. Clearly delineate the following dimensions before starting the process of community assessment:
Describe the population that is being assessed?
What is/are the race(s) of this population within the community?
Are there boundaries of this group? If so, what are they?
Does this community exist within a certain city or county?
Are there general characteristics that separate this group from others?
Education levels, birth/death rates, age of deaths, insured/uninsured?
Where is this group located geographically…? Urban/rural?
Why is a community assessment being performed? What purpose will it serve?
How will information for the community assessment be collected?
NOTE THAT A COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT IS ON a city, town, county, or state. You will go online, review your group information, and answer the questions as follows: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT and then will “define the community” using ALL OF the information THAT PERTAINS TO YOUR COMMUNITY there.
Demographics of the Community
When demographic data are collected, it is useful to collect data from a variety of levels so comparisons can be made.
If the population that is being assessed is located within a specific setting, it may be best to contact that agency to retrieve specific information about that population.
The following resources provide a broad overview of the demographics of a city, county, or state:
State and County Quick Facts—Easy access to facts about population, housing, economics, geographic data, business, based on U.S. Census data
Obtain information about a specific city or county on these useful websites: www.epodunk.com and www.city-data.com
Information from Government Agencies
Healthy People 2020—this resource is published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (author of the Healthy people information), It identifies health improvement goals and objectives for the country to be reached by the year 2020
National Center for Health Statistics—this agency is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; this website provides statistical information about the health of Americans
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—The CDC website contains a large amount of information related to the health of the American population. The search engine within this website can be used to find relevant information
Federal agencies with statistical programs
Every state in the United States has its own specific health improvement plan and goals that are based on the Healthy People 2020 document. This information may be available on the state health department website.
State and local health departments provide information related to vital statistics for the community.
Other Data Sources
America’s Health Rankings—this website provides information about various health indicators for each state: https://www.americashealthrankings.org/
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