Community Assessment - II
Presenters: Yetta Stancil
Objectives: (part I in Epid 600 was a general approach, this segment is devoted to state & local operations)
After this set of lectures the student should be able to describe
- The elements of an assessment
- Selection of assessment target
- Identification of financial resources
- Identification of assessment partners
- Use of surveys
- Use of medical/hospital resources
- Use of citizens
- The report
Key Words:
Community Assessment, objective evaluation, community definition, stakeholders, surveys, data sets, measurements, partnering, networking
Readings:
Scan Buttery - Essay 3. Governing by Network, Chapter 4 plus Pages 99-110.
Essentials of Public Health Management Chapter 4, Scan Schneider Edn 2, Chap 11
"Trying Hard" Chapter 3
Resources:
Students with Laptops containing wireless access cards are encouraged to bring them to classs for the exercises.
APEX-PH MAPPVirginia Healthy Communities
Virginia Atlas
Healthy People in Healthy Communities, A Community Planning Guide Using Healthy People 2010. The Healthy Cities Movement
Community Based Information Systems(June 2006)
Atlas Training Slides Handouts
VCEHP (Virginia Community Health Entrepreneurs Program
Hour 1 A focus on state and local assessment,
Hour 2 The Virginia Atlas Data available to local health department staff
Hour 3 The Healthy Communities Process - Development of partners in assessment, how to develop a statement of the assessment and the community's expected response.
Discussion Board Questions.
How could you use the Data sets at the Virginia Healthy Communities web site to develop policy at the local and state level?