NUTR 430 Community Needs Assessment Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
Describe the concept of community needs assessment - Answers Evaluates health and nutrition status of
community- collect data
Identify community resources and community's capacity to promote public's health
Consider community's wants
Purpose of conducting community needs assessment. - Answers Identify problem so can come up with
relevant solutions
Identify circumstances that would prompt/trigger a community needs assessment. - Answers
Community understanding
Generate new data
Validate research
Obtain funding
Describe the process (steps) involved in conducting a community needs assessment. - Answers Define
the purpose of the assessment as it relates to a nutrition problem - is the purpose to identify a nutrition
problem? Confirm nutrition problem? Identify reasons for the problem? Determine existing resources in
community that can meet nutrition needs? Characterize problem in subgroup?
What are the parameters of the assessment- define the community and the target population
Collect data about the community - depends on goals and objectives
Differentiate between a goal and an objective for community assessment. - Answers Goal- broad
statements of what you want the community needs assessment to accomplish
Objective- Steps/ activities needed to achieve the goal
Write a goal and/or objective for community assessment for given scenario. - Answers Goals of
assessment- determine how much water TAMU students are consuming
Objective- plan a survey to determine how much water is consumed by random volunteers
Describe sources of data commonly used for community needs assessment.
, ◦ - Answers Name specific types of data (Tables 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5). Existing data uses existing statistical
data
Screening
Health risk appraisals/ assessment
Direct nutrition assessment
Surveys- qualitative or quantitative
Interview key informants
Focus groups
Texas Health Facts
Data from local or state health agencies
Identify advantages and disadvantages of using existing data for needs assessment. - Answers
Advantages: saves time
More info, often very detailed
May be more representative of a larger population
Saves money
We can monitor trends- if it has been collected in an ongoing matter
Disadvantages: could maybe not be representative of our community
Credibility, bias
Often data is OLD, takes a while to collect and publish
Describe types of data that may identify risk factors for nutrition problems in your community/target
population.
◦including the strengths and weaknesses of each.
◦ - Answers Life style factors
factors that affect food selection ( individual, environmental, cultural)
Direct nutrition assessment tool
A- antrhopometrics
Describe the concept of community needs assessment - Answers Evaluates health and nutrition status of
community- collect data
Identify community resources and community's capacity to promote public's health
Consider community's wants
Purpose of conducting community needs assessment. - Answers Identify problem so can come up with
relevant solutions
Identify circumstances that would prompt/trigger a community needs assessment. - Answers
Community understanding
Generate new data
Validate research
Obtain funding
Describe the process (steps) involved in conducting a community needs assessment. - Answers Define
the purpose of the assessment as it relates to a nutrition problem - is the purpose to identify a nutrition
problem? Confirm nutrition problem? Identify reasons for the problem? Determine existing resources in
community that can meet nutrition needs? Characterize problem in subgroup?
What are the parameters of the assessment- define the community and the target population
Collect data about the community - depends on goals and objectives
Differentiate between a goal and an objective for community assessment. - Answers Goal- broad
statements of what you want the community needs assessment to accomplish
Objective- Steps/ activities needed to achieve the goal
Write a goal and/or objective for community assessment for given scenario. - Answers Goals of
assessment- determine how much water TAMU students are consuming
Objective- plan a survey to determine how much water is consumed by random volunteers
Describe sources of data commonly used for community needs assessment.
, ◦ - Answers Name specific types of data (Tables 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5). Existing data uses existing statistical
data
Screening
Health risk appraisals/ assessment
Direct nutrition assessment
Surveys- qualitative or quantitative
Interview key informants
Focus groups
Texas Health Facts
Data from local or state health agencies
Identify advantages and disadvantages of using existing data for needs assessment. - Answers
Advantages: saves time
More info, often very detailed
May be more representative of a larger population
Saves money
We can monitor trends- if it has been collected in an ongoing matter
Disadvantages: could maybe not be representative of our community
Credibility, bias
Often data is OLD, takes a while to collect and publish
Describe types of data that may identify risk factors for nutrition problems in your community/target
population.
◦including the strengths and weaknesses of each.
◦ - Answers Life style factors
factors that affect food selection ( individual, environmental, cultural)
Direct nutrition assessment tool
A- antrhopometrics
