PH 4003 Community Assessment: Analyze a population health problem based on a community assessment
PH 4003 Community Assessment: Analyze a population health problem based on a community assessment
Instructions
To complete this Assessment, do the following:
Be sure to adhere to the indicated assignment length.
Access the following to complete this Assessment: Community Assessment Report Template
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the SME will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.
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Community Assessment Report
In PH4002, you identified a public health problem that is occurring in your community, which you will use as the subject of your practicum project. In addition to conferring with public health professionals and synthesizing data surrounding your public health problem, you also need to gain a clearer picture of the community and population involved. To do this, you will analyze the community firsthand by driving or walking around within it, noting the resources that are available in the community, and identifying possible contributing factors present in the community. Before embarking on your community assessment, read through the Community Assessment Report Template and Chapter 17 of the Stanhope and Lancaster textbook to ensure that you understand what is expected. You may also choose to search for examples of windshield surveys and community assessments on the Internet to gather ideas for your assessment.
After completing your community assessment, you will prepare a report that itemizes each of your observations and offers findings and conclusions. The Report Template can aid you in developing this report. However, this template is just a basic tool. You may need to add, delete, or modify the topics included based on your individual public health problem and community.
The Community Assessment Report Template includes the following sections and topics:
Click each of the items below for more information on this Assessment.
Section 1: Introduction
Explain the purpose of a community assessment and why you are performing this one.
Explain how specific social determinants within the community might impact the overall health of the community.
Give a background of the health problem that you identified in PH4002 and describe any information that you have already gathered on the topic.
Define the section of the community that you are assessing:
The section of the community should correspond to the population selected for the practicum problem in PH4002.
Example 1: A lack of vaccination among elderly could focus on senior housing projects in a specific area.
Example 2: A lack of vaccination among low-income children might focus on low-income housing situations in a specific area.
It is preferred that the selected area has specific boundaries if possible.
It is not feasible to perform the windshield survey of large areas such as the City of Chicago or Atlanta or the State of Wisconsin; you must select bounded areas such as from 99th Street North to 108th Street West, since you must either walk or drive around. Selecting a ZIP code is a common way of setting boundaries.
Note: It is not advisable to perform your windshield survey in an area that is unsafe. Also, perform your survey in daylight hours, and take any and all precautions to keep yourself safe.
If a specific target area cannot be identified because the problem is widespread throughout the area, then you may use a section of the community that is new to you or a section that is home to a specific population (e.g. Chinatown, Manhattan, or the Fillmore District of San Francisco).
Give a description of the size and density of the population with which you are concerned. Include any appropriate demographics (e.g., race, ethnic groups, gender, age) both current and historically.
Section 2: Perform a Windshield Survey
The windshield survey should reflect that which is described in the Community Assessment Report Template and as noted in your readings. As each community is different, topics on the Community Assessment Report Template may need to be tailored to fit the needs of the selected population. It is critical for this part of the project that you actually drive or walk around the community that you are investigating.
Be sure to capture pictures of some observations to include in your report.
Section 3: Findings and Conclusions
Based on the information that you have gathered:
Explain your overall impression of the community and population.
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the community and population.
Evaluate the overall healthiness of the community and population.
Analyze the safety of the community.
Make inferences about which elements that you observed may contribute to the health problem with which you are concerned.
Be sure to consider the social determinants of health, the cultural factors that apply, and any other specific observations regarding your population and community.
Support your responses with evidence from health data, literature, and observations.
Include a reference page at the end of your report.
PH 4003: Community Assessment: Analyze a population health problem based on a community assessment.
Assessment Rubric
Rubric Criteria | Does Not Meet Expectations | Meets Expectations | Exceeds Expectations |
Module 1: Community Assessments | |||
Explain the purpose of a community assessment and why you are performing this one | Response does not adequately explain the purpose of a community assessment or why it is being performed. | Response adequately explains the purpose of a community assessment and why it is being performed. | Response clearly and completely explains the purpose of a community assessment and why it is being performed. |
Learning Objective 1.1: Explain the purpose of community assessments | |||
Explain how social determinants within a community impact the overall health of the community. | Response does not adequately explain how social determinants within a community impact the overall health of the
community. |
Response adequately explains how social determinants within a community impact the overall health of the
community. |
Response clearly and completely explains how social determinants within a community impact the overall health of the
community. |
Learning Objective 1.2: Analyze the impact of social determinants on overall community health | |||
Describe the health problem that you are investigating. | Response does not adequately describe the
health problem being investigated. |
Response adequately describes the health
problem being investigated. |
Response clearly and completely describes the
health problem being investigated. |
Learning Objective 1.3: Describe health problems |
Rubric Criteria | Does Not Meet Expectations | Meets Expectations | Exceeds Expectations |
Describe any information that you have already found on the topic.
Learning Objective 1.4: Describe information pertaining to the selected health problem |
Response does not adequately describe any information already found on the topic. | Response adequately describes any information already found on the topic. | Response clearly and completely describes any information already found on the topic. |
Describe the community that you are investigating, including boundaries, environment, size, climate, history, and population.
Learning Objective 1.5: Analyze community characteristics |
Response does not adequately describe the community being investigated or does not include boundaries, environment, size, climate, history, or population. | Response adequately describes the community being investigated, including boundaries, environment, size, climate, history, and population. | Response clearly and completely describes the community being investigated, including boundaries, environment, size, climate, history, and population. |
Describe the population that you are investigating, including the size, density, and demographic structure.
Learning Objective 1.6: Analyze population characteristics |
Response does not adequately describe the population being investigated or does not include the size, density, or demographic structure. | Response adequately describes the population being investigated, including the size, density, and demographic structure. | Response clearly and completely describes the population being investigated, including the size, density, and demographic structure. |
Describe the following observations:
· Boundaries · Housing and Zoning · Open Space · Commons |
Response does not adequately describe at least 12 observations. | Response adequately describes at least 12 observations. | Response clearly and completely describes all 14 observations. |
Rubric Criteria | Does Not Meet Expectations | Meets Expectations | Exceeds Expectations |
· Transportation
· Social Service Centers · Stores · Animals · Condition of the Area · Religion · Health Indicators · Politics · Media · Business and Industry
Learning Objective 1.7: Describe observations within the community |
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Module 2: Making Inferences Based on Community Assessments | |||
Explain your overall impressions of the community and population with regard to health.
Learning Objective 2.1: Analyze the overall state of the health of communities |
Response does not adequately explain overall impressions of the community or population with regard to health. | Response adequately explains overall impressions of the community and population with regard to health. | Response clearly and completely explains overall impressions of the community and population with regard to health. |
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the community and population with regard to health.
Learning Objective 2.2: Analyze strengths and |
Response does not adequately analyze the strengths or weaknesses of the community or population with regard to health. | Response adequately analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the community and population with regard to health. | Response clearly and completely analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the community and population with regard to health. |
Rubric Criteria | Does Not Meet Expectations | Meets Expectations | Exceeds Expectations |
weaknesses of communities and populations with regard to health | |||
Evaluate the well-being of the community and population.
Learning Objective 2.3: Evaluate the well-being of communities and populations |
Response does not adequately evaluate the well-being of the community and population. | Response adequately evaluates the well-being of the community and population. | Response clearly and completely evaluates the well-being of the community and population. |
Analyze the safety of the community.
Learning Objective 2.4: Analyze the safety of communities |
Response does not adequately analyze the safety of the community. | Response adequately analyzes the safety of the community. | Response clearly and completely analyzes the safety of the community. |
Make inferences about which social determinants that you observed may contribute to the health problem that you identified.
Learning Objective 2.5: Infer which social determinants affect health |
Response does not make adequate inferences about the social determinants that may contribute to the identified health problem. | Response makes adequate inferences about the social determinants that may contribute to the identified health problem. | Response makes thoughtful and complete inferences about the social determinants that may contribute to the identified health problem. |
Professional Skills Assessment
Professional Writing: Clarity, Flow, and Organization | Content contains significant spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors.
Writing does not demonstrate adequate sentence and paragraph structure and requires additional editing/proofreading. Key sections of presented content lack clarity, logical flow, and/or organization. |
Content contains few spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors. Writing demonstrates adequate sentence and paragraph structure and may require some editing. Content presented is satisfactorily clear, logical, and/or organized, but could benefit from additional
editing/revision. |
Content is free from spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors.
Writing demonstrates appropriate sentence and paragraph structure. Content presented is clear, logical, and well organized. |
Professional Writing: Context, Audience, Purpose, and Tone | Content minimally or does not demonstrate awareness of context, audience, and/or purpose. Writing is not reflective of professional/scholarly tone and/or is not free from bias. Style is inconsistent with the professional setting/workplace context and reflects the need for
additional editing. |
Content demonstrates satisfactory awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is adequately professional, scholarly, and/or free from bias, and style is mostly consistent with the professional setting/workplace context. | Content clearly demonstrates awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is highly professional, scholarly, and free from bias, and style is appropriate for the professional setting/workplace context. |
Professional Writing: Originality, Source Credibility, and Attribution of Ideas | Content does not adequately reflect original writing and/or paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates inconsistent adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible
evidence to support a claim, |
Content adequately reflects original writing and paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates adequate adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to
support a claim, with |
Content reflects original thought and writing and proper paraphrasing.
Writing demonstrates full adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with |
with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. There are numerous and/or significant errors. | appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. There are one or two minor errors. | appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. |