PPN 302 Final Exam!! | Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest Update 2026
Question: What is health? - Extent to which individual/community is able to realize aspirations and
satisfy needs - Change or cope with the environment - Resource for everyday living -
Positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical
capabilities - balance between physical, social, and spiritual dimensions What is
community? - A collective ppl who live in defined geopolitical boundary, work, play,
and pray in a space - A collective ppl who share common values and concerns - The way
ppl think about and organize their social relationships?
Answer:
NOT a coherent or fixed entity Before doing a community assessment, consider: 1. Purpose of
assessment 2. Target population 3. Social and/or geopolitical boundaries of the community 4.
Community composition 5. Characteristics of community 6. Approaches or techniques that will be
used 7. Degree of political support 8. Time frame for assessment 9. Available resources to carry out
the assessment 10. The cost and benefits of the assessment What is a community assessment?
,Question: - 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 population. What are 3 basic steps of Community Health Assessment? 1.
Gather (data gathering and generation) 2. Analyze (data interpretation and needs
identification) 3. Prioritize (setting priorities and resource evaluation) Stakeholders
Anyone & everyone who has an interest in/stake in the community and community
process Gatekeepers The person, people, or institutions that hold the power to let you in
or keep you out. Environmental scan is - Broad overview of a community to see "what's
what" - "Look, listen, and watch" at different times, days For environmental scan,
consider: - The appropriateness of an environmental scan for the purpose of assessment. -
How your own assumptions and expectations might affect the assessment process -
Ethical issues, factors related to SDOH, equity, social justice in the assessment of process
and analysis For Problem investigation, consider: - Who has identified problems and how
is framed - Power dynamics in the community overall and in the identification of the
problem - Solutions that are being suggested and by whom - How your own assumptions
and expectation may affect the process
Answer:
Ethical issues, SDOH, equity, social justice
, Question: Resource evaluation is: - Evaluating existing resources and services - Examining if
resources meet identified needs; if they are appropriate to the demographics - Often done
when service use has changed For resource evaluation, consider: - Whether the issue is
about services/resources, shifting demographics, or something else -Implications of the
social, political, and economic realities on the potential for change - Who is advocating
for change and issues of power - Influence your own assumptions and expectations on
the process - Ethical issues, SDOH, equity, social justice For needs assessment, consider:
- Whose needs are being expressed - Whether they are needs or wants - Where to being -
small or big issues? - The power dynamics - How your assumptions and expectations
might affect the process - The ethical issue and factors related to SDOH, equity, social
justice 4 types of needs 1. normative needs: determined by experts through professional
analysis 2. felt need: what ppl say they need 3. Expressed need: felt need turned into
action 4. Comparative need: comparing services or resources of one area to another
similar area What are some of the factors to consider when obtaining data? - history of
the community - Perception of community by both CHN and community - Population
demographics - Physical, socioeconomic environment
Answer:
Education and healthy child development
Solutions | Latest Update 2026
Question: What is health? - Extent to which individual/community is able to realize aspirations and
satisfy needs - Change or cope with the environment - Resource for everyday living -
Positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical
capabilities - balance between physical, social, and spiritual dimensions What is
community? - A collective ppl who live in defined geopolitical boundary, work, play,
and pray in a space - A collective ppl who share common values and concerns - The way
ppl think about and organize their social relationships?
Answer:
NOT a coherent or fixed entity Before doing a community assessment, consider: 1. Purpose of
assessment 2. Target population 3. Social and/or geopolitical boundaries of the community 4.
Community composition 5. Characteristics of community 6. Approaches or techniques that will be
used 7. Degree of political support 8. Time frame for assessment 9. Available resources to carry out
the assessment 10. The cost and benefits of the assessment What is a community assessment?
,Question: - 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 population. What are 3 basic steps of Community Health Assessment? 1.
Gather (data gathering and generation) 2. Analyze (data interpretation and needs
identification) 3. Prioritize (setting priorities and resource evaluation) Stakeholders
Anyone & everyone who has an interest in/stake in the community and community
process Gatekeepers The person, people, or institutions that hold the power to let you in
or keep you out. Environmental scan is - Broad overview of a community to see "what's
what" - "Look, listen, and watch" at different times, days For environmental scan,
consider: - The appropriateness of an environmental scan for the purpose of assessment. -
How your own assumptions and expectations might affect the assessment process -
Ethical issues, factors related to SDOH, equity, social justice in the assessment of process
and analysis For Problem investigation, consider: - Who has identified problems and how
is framed - Power dynamics in the community overall and in the identification of the
problem - Solutions that are being suggested and by whom - How your own assumptions
and expectation may affect the process
Answer:
Ethical issues, SDOH, equity, social justice
, Question: Resource evaluation is: - Evaluating existing resources and services - Examining if
resources meet identified needs; if they are appropriate to the demographics - Often done
when service use has changed For resource evaluation, consider: - Whether the issue is
about services/resources, shifting demographics, or something else -Implications of the
social, political, and economic realities on the potential for change - Who is advocating
for change and issues of power - Influence your own assumptions and expectations on
the process - Ethical issues, SDOH, equity, social justice For needs assessment, consider:
- Whose needs are being expressed - Whether they are needs or wants - Where to being -
small or big issues? - The power dynamics - How your assumptions and expectations
might affect the process - The ethical issue and factors related to SDOH, equity, social
justice 4 types of needs 1. normative needs: determined by experts through professional
analysis 2. felt need: what ppl say they need 3. Expressed need: felt need turned into
action 4. Comparative need: comparing services or resources of one area to another
similar area What are some of the factors to consider when obtaining data? - history of
the community - Perception of community by both CHN and community - Population
demographics - Physical, socioeconomic environment
Answer:
Education and healthy child development
