Description
Assessment Instructions
Imagine you work for an organization that has decided to open a satellite facility in an underserved community. Your organization asks you to move to the new location and assist with some of the preliminary work. Part of this work is to determine the health care needs of the community. How will you do this? What information will you need to know? Where will you find the information?
Preparation
Search the Capella library and the Internet for peer-reviewed journal articles on how to conduct a community health assessment. You will need at least 3 resources to use in this assessment.
Directions
Develop a plan for a community health assessment in which you complete the following:
- Describe the type of data needed to make an informed community health assessment.
- Explain how the data will help determine the health care needs of the community.
- Describe your strategy for obtaining the necessary data.
- Explain the factors that impact the health and wellness of a community. (Hint: This is a very broad list. Think outside the box on this one!)
- Explain how you will obtain information on these factors for your specific community.
- Explain how you will determine if the data and information you obtain is valid and reliable.
- Format this assessment as a report that you would submit to a director or other organizational leader. You are still required to follow APA guidelines for in-text citations and references.
Additional Requirements
- Include a title page and reference page.
- Ensure your assessment is 2–4 pages in length.
- Use double-spaced, 12-pt., Times New Roman font. (Recommended)
Suggsted Library Resources
The following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:
- Hart, P. L., & Mareno, N. (2014). Cultural challenges and barriers through the voices of nurses. Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 23(15/16), 2223–2233.
- Estrada, D. M. (2011). A community risk assessment of the city of Santa Ana, California (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest database. (UMI Number: 1499248).
- Johnson, C. V., Bartgis, J., Worley, J. A., Hellman, C. M., & Burkhart, R. (2010). Urban Indian voices: A community-based participatory research health and needs assessment. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 17(1), 49–70.
- Nieto, F. J., Peppard, P. E., Engelman, C. D., McElroy, J. A., Galvao, L. W., Friedman, E. M., & . . . Malecki, K. C. (2010). The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research: rationale and methods. BMC Public Health, 10, 785–796.
Course Library Guide
A Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the BSN-FP4002 – Assessment, Communication, and Collaboration Library Guide to help direct your research.
Internet Resources
Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have either been granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.
- Healthy People 2020. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/
- Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI 2015). (2015). Retrieved from http://wwwn.cdc.gov/communityhealth
- National Center for Health Statistics. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Bookstore Resources
The resources listed below are relevant to the topics and assessments in this course and are not required. Unless noted otherwise, these materials are available for purchase from the Capella University Bookstore. When searching the bookstore, be sure to look for the Course ID with the specific –FP (FlexPath) course designation.
- Clark, C. C., & Paraska, K. K. (2014). Health promotion for nurses: A practical guide. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
- Chapters 6, 7, and 8
- Maurer, F. A., & Smith, C. M. (2013). Community/public health nursing practice: Health for families and populations (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.
- Chapter 19
Community Health Assessment Scoring Guide
Community Health Assessment Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Describe the data
necessary to make
an informed
community health
assessment.
Does not
describe the
data necessary
to make an
informed
community
health
assessment.
Lists the data necessary
to make an informed
community health
assessment.
Describes the
data necessary
to make an
informed
community
health
assessment.
Describes the data necessary
to make an informed
community health assessment
and identifies where the data
can be found.
Explain a strategy
for obtaining data
and how data helps
determine the health
needs of a
community.
Does not explain
how to obtain
data and how
data helps
determine the
health care
needs of a
community.
Explains how to obtain
data and how data
helps determine the
health care needs of a
community, but the
explanation is
incomplete or missing
important elements.
Explains a
strategy for
obtaining data
and how data
helps determine
the health needs
of a community.
Explains how to obtain data
and how data helps determine
the health care needs of a
community, as well as gaps in
the health care services
available.
Explain how to
obtain information
on and what the
factors are that
affect the health and
wellness of a
community.
Does not explain
how to obtain
and what the
factors are that
affect the health
and wellness of
a community.
Identifies how to obtain
and what the factors are
that affect the health
and wellness of a
community.
Explains how to
obtain
information on,
and what the
factors are, that
affect the health
and wellness of
a community.
Explains how to obtain
information on as well as a
broad range of factors that
affect the health and wellness
of a community, showing a
clear relationship between the
factors and the health of the
community.
Explain how to
establish the validity
and reliability of
data used in a
community health
assessment.
Does not explain
how to establish
the validity and
reliability of data
used in a
community
health
assessment.
Explains how to
establish the validity
and reliability of data
used in a community
health assessment, but
the explanation is
inaccurate or missing
key elements.
Explains how to
establish the
validity and
reliability of data
used in a
community
health
assessment.
Explains how to establish the
validity and reliability of data
used in a community health
assessment and identifies
options if the data are not
found to be valid and reliable.
Write content clearly
and logically with
correct use of
grammar,
punctuation, APA
formatting, and
mechanics.
Does not write
content clearly,
logically, or with
correct use of
grammar,
punctuation,
APA formatting,
and mechanics.
Writes with errors in
clarity, logic, grammar,
punctuation, APA
formatting, or
mechanics.
Writes content
clearly and
logically with
correct use of
grammar,
punctuation,
APA formatting,
and mechanics.
Writes clearly and logically, with
correct use of spelling,
grammar, punctuation, APA
formatting, and mechanics;
uses relevant evidence to
support a central idea.
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