Who is involved in a community assessment?
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- done in collaboration with community, in order to develop strategies to
improve the health and quality of life of the community
involves community members and health professionals- often differing but
complementary perspectives (people from the community)
SWOT analysis- Weaknesses
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, - Resources- plan to launch a program not enough resource and funding it
is a weakness
Capacity
priority setting: SWOT analysis
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- Strengths
-Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
used for launching programs
resources for objectives are
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budgeting
staffing
important considerations for evaluation
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, - Evaluation is not an "afterthought"
- Must be integrated in all stages of the planning process
- Cost of evaluation must be factored into planning process
- Evaluation must be realistic in terms of resources and timelines
- Evaluation must reflect goals, objectives & program strategies and
activities
- Evaluation requires meaningful engagement of participants and
stakeholders
- Results must be conveyed to all participants & stakeholders in meaningful,
timely, & appropriate ways
choosing the best strategies
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Identify the various ways of addressing the issue.
Assess:
Which option will have buy-in from the priority groups and other
stakeholders?
Which option is most effective and efficient?
What resources are needed, and where can they be obtained?
What are the roles of different stakeholders?
sequence for evaluation
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, - Choosing the questions to be answered
- Creating an evaluation plan or design
- Deciding the kinds of data needed to answer the questions & ways of
obtaining the data
- Collecting & analyzing the data
- Interpreting the results
examples of using existing data
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-statistics canada
-Canadian institute for health information
- municipal planning
-environmental canada
- public health reports
- scientific journals
- provincial and federal agencies
- social planning councils
- united way of greater toronto
Key Assumptions Community Development
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Participation in one’s community is a basic tenet of democracy
Responsibility to participate is integral to the notion of ‘citizenship’
Communities can best identify their own issues, needs and capacities and
must be central to the process of change
Notion of working ‘with’ rather than ‘for’ communities
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- done in collaboration with community, in order to develop strategies to
improve the health and quality of life of the community
involves community members and health professionals- often differing but
complementary perspectives (people from the community)
SWOT analysis- Weaknesses
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, - Resources- plan to launch a program not enough resource and funding it
is a weakness
Capacity
priority setting: SWOT analysis
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- Strengths
-Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
used for launching programs
resources for objectives are
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budgeting
staffing
important considerations for evaluation
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, - Evaluation is not an "afterthought"
- Must be integrated in all stages of the planning process
- Cost of evaluation must be factored into planning process
- Evaluation must be realistic in terms of resources and timelines
- Evaluation must reflect goals, objectives & program strategies and
activities
- Evaluation requires meaningful engagement of participants and
stakeholders
- Results must be conveyed to all participants & stakeholders in meaningful,
timely, & appropriate ways
choosing the best strategies
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Identify the various ways of addressing the issue.
Assess:
Which option will have buy-in from the priority groups and other
stakeholders?
Which option is most effective and efficient?
What resources are needed, and where can they be obtained?
What are the roles of different stakeholders?
sequence for evaluation
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, - Choosing the questions to be answered
- Creating an evaluation plan or design
- Deciding the kinds of data needed to answer the questions & ways of
obtaining the data
- Collecting & analyzing the data
- Interpreting the results
examples of using existing data
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-statistics canada
-Canadian institute for health information
- municipal planning
-environmental canada
- public health reports
- scientific journals
- provincial and federal agencies
- social planning councils
- united way of greater toronto
Key Assumptions Community Development
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Participation in one’s community is a basic tenet of democracy
Responsibility to participate is integral to the notion of ‘citizenship’
Communities can best identify their own issues, needs and capacities and
must be central to the process of change
Notion of working ‘with’ rather than ‘for’ communities
