BSN 325 Community Health Assessment Worksheet
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Community Information: Include: · Location · Type of community · Describe Geography & weather · Major industries · Primary employers, etc. · Number of schools · Universities · Number and type of parks · Type of grocery stores · restaurants (and type) · Produce markets · Hospitals · Clinics · Public transportation. |
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Community Demographics: Include: · Population · Gender distribution · Data for married/single · Elderly · Unemployment rate · Mean income · Number of households · Types of housing |
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Health Data 1: Chronic Diseases Collect as much health data as possible. Should include at least 5 chronic diseases. Incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases · Information needs to be supported by data · You will determine the most prevalent (3) and copy (with data) to the Top 3 below |
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Health Data 2: Infectious Diseases Collect as much health data as possible. Should include at least 5 infectious diseases. Incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases · Information needs to be supported by data · You will determine the most prevalent (3) and copy (with data) to the Top 3 below |
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Health Data 3: Risk Factors Collect as much health data as possible Incidence and prevalence of major risk factors (smoking, alcohol consumption, drug use, teen pregnancy, etc.) · Information needs to be supported by data · You will determine the most prevalent (3) and copy (with data) to the Top 3 below |
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Social Data: · Community sports · Recreation · religious organizations · spiritual practices · volunteer organizations · support networks · community partnerships. |
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Helpful sources of data:
Center for Disease Control (CDC) (n.d.).
United States Census Bureau (n.d.). American factfinder.
Also, see
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https://www.citydata.org.
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Top Three Chronic Diseases
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Healthy People 2030 Goal |
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Top Three Infectious Diseases (include data to support decision to identify as most prevalent) |
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Top Three Health Concerns (include data to support decision to identify as most prevalent) |
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Priority Community Concern: _______________________________________________________________________________
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This must be supported by data and will be the topic of the prevention teaching plan for Worksheet #2.
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The teaching proposal will be a one stop – one hour class for a target population in the community.
