CPHM 1

• Community Assessment


  An exercise by which a collaborative partnership gathers information on the current strengths, concerns, and conditions of children, families, and the community
• Community Assessment Process


  1. Scanning the community to locate existing information (observe community)

  2. Developing a family focus

  3. Identifying community assets and the degree to which they are accessible to the people who can benefit from them

  4. Analyzing the information obtained through the first three steps
• Program


  A series of coordinated related multiple projects that over extended time intended to achieve a goal
• Project


  Has an established and specific objective, has a defined life span with a beginning and an end, usually involves several departments and professionals, has specific time, cost and performance requirements
• Major steps in Planning, Sustaining and Evaluating a Health Promotion Project


  • Identify the issues or health problems in the community
  • Prioritize the issues or health problems to identify the one that the project will address
  • Identify risk factors and set the goal for the project
  • Determine contributing factors and state objectives for the project
  • Determine what strategies will be
  • Develop the action plan for the project
  • Sustain the project or keep the project (or some parts of it) going
  • Evaluate the project
• Needs Assessment


  A process of collecting information that will give a good indication of the priority needs of a community
• Types of Needs


  • Normative needs
  • Felt needs
  • Expressed needs
  • Comparative needs
• Sharing the results of the needs assessment with the community is a key part of the planning process
• Baseline data describe the situation or condition at the time the project or intervention starts
• Data Collection Methods


  • Public Health Records
  • Interview
  • Survey
  • Observation
• Methods of Health Problem Analysis

  • Qualitative Method (Participant's Analysis)
  • Quantitative Method (Construct a problem tree, Provide estimates on the nature and extent of each cause)
• Methods to Analyze Causes

  • Ishikawa Diagram (Fishbone Diagram)
  • Vector Diagram (Cause and Effect Tree)
• Prioritize the issues or health problems

  Work out criteria to sort out which issue the project will address, considering factors like size, seriousness, effectiveness of intervention, priority score, contributing factors, risk factors
• Setting the Goal


  Ensure all people (stakeholders) are included in the action plan, find alternative plans so the activity can continue, monitor and evaluate to know if the project is effective in the community