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Chapter 11: Community Assessment

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Chapter Highlights• Components of a community

assessment• Defining a community• Frameworks of community assessment• Different approaches to community

assessment

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QuestionIs the following statement true or false?Community assessment includes examination of biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences of the environment that surrounds a specific group of people.

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AnswerTrueRationale: Community assessment includes examination of biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences of the environment that surrounds a specific group of people.

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Community• Geopolitical, sharing geographic

boundaries and governing structures• Phenomenological, sharing common

interests or beliefs• Communities of solution, formed by a

group of people to address common interests, beliefs, or needs

• A society, nation, or international or global communities

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Defining the Community and Its Boundaries

• Geopolitical communities• Phenomenological communities• Societal, national, or international

communities

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Community AssessmentCommunity assessment includes examination of biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences of the environment that surrounds a specific group of people.

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Windshield SurveyObservation of a community while driving a car or riding public transit to collect data for a community assessment

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QuestionIs the following statement true or false?The functional health status approach uses a retrospective historical approach to understand cultural changes over time to provide information for future initiatives.

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AnswerFalseRationale: The functional health status approach evaluates health patterns in the community. The developmental approaches use a retrospective historical approach to understand cultural changes over time to provide information for future initiatives.

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Frameworks for Community Assessment

• Epidemiologic approach to community assessment– Describing the health of a population– Determining relationships that can predict health

and illness– Developing and testing interventions to empower

communities and effect change

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Community as Partner FrameworkThe community as partner framework uses a systems approach with a focus on partnerships to effect change.

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Functional Health Status Approach

The functional health status approach evaluates health patterns in the community.

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Developmental Models and Approaches

The developmental approaches use a retrospective historical approach to understand cultural changes over time to provide information for future initiatives.

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Community Assessment Asset-based Approach

• The asset-based approach identifies community resources and strengths along with community needs.

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Collaborative Model• The collaborative model involves

assessment by an interdisciplinary team and members of the community.

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Type of Community

The approach used depends on the type of community that is to be assessed. Combinations of frameworks can often be used.

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Community Health Nurse Role• Within the context of a greater

healthcare team, and with the community members as partners, a community assessment assists community health nurses to maintain wellness and prevent illness in a population.

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