PPN 302: WEEK 7- COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS
What is health? - Answers - "The extent to which an individual or group is able, on the
one hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and on the other hand, to change or
cope with the environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday living,
not an object of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal
resources, as well as physical capabilities".
-A balance between physical, social, and spiritual dimensions
What are the 3 P's in regards to health? - Answers - Protect, promote, prevent
What's involved in defining need and capacity? - Answers - Problem/need/issue
identification
- Influenced by DOH/resources, issues of inequity & social injustice
Capacity identification
- What resources, real & potential strengths are present?
What is a community? - Answers - - A collective of people who live in a defined
geopolitical boundary/work, play and pray in a space
- A collective of people who share common values and concerns
- The way people think about and organize their social relationships
- The formation of community identity is based on the contexts of the relationships and
the interests of the members
True/False: community is a fixed entity - Answers - False. Community is not a'coherent'
and 'fixed' entity - collective actions and conflicts exist side-by-side
What's involved in a healthy community? - Answers - - Clean, safe physical environment
- Peace, equity, social justice
- Adequate access to basic and fundamental resources
- Adequate access to health and healthcare resources
- Opportunities for learning & skill development
- Strong mutually supportive relationships and networks
- Committed local government
- Healthy public policies
- Respect for diverse voices and perspectives
- Wide public participation in decision making
- Strong local cultural and spiritual heritage
- Diverse and vital economy
SATA: What should be considered before doing a community assessment?
A. Purpose of the assessment
B. Target Population
, C. Degree of political support
D. Characteristics of the community - Answers - All of them!
ABCD
List of things to consider before a community assessment. - Answers - - The purpose of
the assessment
- The target population - How has it been defined?
- The social and/or geopolitical boundaries of the community
- The community composition
- What are the community demographics?
- Have they changed or remained constant?
- The Characteristics of the community
- Who are the gatekeepers and stakeholders of the community?
- The approaches or techniques that will be used
- Degree of political support
- The time frame for assessment
- Available resources to carry out the assessment
- The costs and benefits of the assessment
Is self reflection necessary before a community assessment? - Answers - Yes.
What should you self-reflect on before a community assessment? - Answers - - Your
current knowledge of the community
- Your current credibility with the community
- Your own role in the assessment process
- The limits of what you can realistically accomplish
- Your biases, assumptions, expectations
- Your existing community connections and how these might affect the assessment
- The pre-assessment information you need before you begin
What is a community assessment? - Answers - - A process of gathering, analyzing and
reporting information about the needs and the capacities or strengths that are also
currently available in your community meet those needs.
- Part of a complex process of identifying & responding to problems, needs, & issues
affecting populations.
What are the 5 steps of the community health promotion model? - Answers -
Assessment: assess determinants of health
Analysis: identify strengths
Planning: address health promotion challenges
Intervention: implement primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
Evaluation: monitor results
What are the 3 basic steps of community health assessment? - Answers - •Gather
•Data gathering (existing data)
•Data generation (creating data)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS
What is health? - Answers - "The extent to which an individual or group is able, on the
one hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and on the other hand, to change or
cope with the environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday living,
not an object of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal
resources, as well as physical capabilities".
-A balance between physical, social, and spiritual dimensions
What are the 3 P's in regards to health? - Answers - Protect, promote, prevent
What's involved in defining need and capacity? - Answers - Problem/need/issue
identification
- Influenced by DOH/resources, issues of inequity & social injustice
Capacity identification
- What resources, real & potential strengths are present?
What is a community? - Answers - - A collective of people who live in a defined
geopolitical boundary/work, play and pray in a space
- A collective of people who share common values and concerns
- The way people think about and organize their social relationships
- The formation of community identity is based on the contexts of the relationships and
the interests of the members
True/False: community is a fixed entity - Answers - False. Community is not a'coherent'
and 'fixed' entity - collective actions and conflicts exist side-by-side
What's involved in a healthy community? - Answers - - Clean, safe physical environment
- Peace, equity, social justice
- Adequate access to basic and fundamental resources
- Adequate access to health and healthcare resources
- Opportunities for learning & skill development
- Strong mutually supportive relationships and networks
- Committed local government
- Healthy public policies
- Respect for diverse voices and perspectives
- Wide public participation in decision making
- Strong local cultural and spiritual heritage
- Diverse and vital economy
SATA: What should be considered before doing a community assessment?
A. Purpose of the assessment
B. Target Population
, C. Degree of political support
D. Characteristics of the community - Answers - All of them!
ABCD
List of things to consider before a community assessment. - Answers - - The purpose of
the assessment
- The target population - How has it been defined?
- The social and/or geopolitical boundaries of the community
- The community composition
- What are the community demographics?
- Have they changed or remained constant?
- The Characteristics of the community
- Who are the gatekeepers and stakeholders of the community?
- The approaches or techniques that will be used
- Degree of political support
- The time frame for assessment
- Available resources to carry out the assessment
- The costs and benefits of the assessment
Is self reflection necessary before a community assessment? - Answers - Yes.
What should you self-reflect on before a community assessment? - Answers - - Your
current knowledge of the community
- Your current credibility with the community
- Your own role in the assessment process
- The limits of what you can realistically accomplish
- Your biases, assumptions, expectations
- Your existing community connections and how these might affect the assessment
- The pre-assessment information you need before you begin
What is a community assessment? - Answers - - A process of gathering, analyzing and
reporting information about the needs and the capacities or strengths that are also
currently available in your community meet those needs.
- Part of a complex process of identifying & responding to problems, needs, & issues
affecting populations.
What are the 5 steps of the community health promotion model? - Answers -
Assessment: assess determinants of health
Analysis: identify strengths
Planning: address health promotion challenges
Intervention: implement primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
Evaluation: monitor results
What are the 3 basic steps of community health assessment? - Answers - •Gather
•Data gathering (existing data)
•Data generation (creating data)
