Students should be able to
- describe why community assessment is important for analyzing community health status
- describe the sources the data available for such analysis
- describe how to, how to gather and present the data to affect community public health policy & funding
- describe how to to use spreadsheet and geographic analysis presentations to strengthen their presentations..
- describe data sets available to measure health status at the national, state and local level
- how to link them health data to economic status
- how to access the health care and medical care data systems and their interfaces between public & private resources.
- describe mental health issues that affect the community's health.
Key Words
Community, jurisdiction, health status, health measurement, planning, goals, geographic analysis, birth rate, infant death rate, fertility measures, community surveys, behavioral risk factors, mental health, Marc Lalonde, Ivan Illich, Kerr White.
Concept
Improving health outcome depends on knowledge of current health status rather than responding to medical crises.
Readings:
Introduction to Public Health: Schneider, 2nd Edn. Chapter 8, Scan Chapters 13 & 19.
References
Essay # 3, & scan essay #6.
Maxcy Rosenau 13th Edn. Chap 40 &66.
14th Edn, Scan Chap. 32 & 43 and 70 Secn. C
Additional Readings:
1. Millman M. ed. Access to Health Care in America. National Academy Press (IOM), Washington DC 1993. pp 31-45 (Chap. 2)
2, Bozzetta SA et al.(1998) The care of HIV infected adults in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine 339(28): 1897-1904
3, Pappas G et Al. (1993). The increasing disparity of mortality between socioeconomic groups in the United States. 1960 and 1986. New England Journal of Medicine 329(2): 103-109
4. MAPP – a strategic approach to community health improvement
5. Principles of Community Engagement (focus on part3).