Community Assessment & Planning
Questions & Answers
health planning model - ANSWER- aims to improve aggregate health
- applies the nursing process to the larger aggregate
4 steps of the health planning model - ANSWER1. assessment
2. planning
3. intervention
4. evaluation
nursing/care management process in a community - ANSWER1. assessment (data
collection)
2. diagnosis (identifying strengths & problems)
3. planning (program development)
4. implementation
5. evaluation (program outcomes)
community/needs assessment - ANSWER- process of data collection about a
community
- addresses interactions between people, health, and environment
- guides nursing diagnoses
- basis for program planning and development
7 community assessment principles - ANSWER1. identify purpose of assessment
2. conducted in partnership with the community
3. utilize multiple sources of information
4. address the needs of subgroups within the population
5. consider all stakeholders in the population
6. identify assets as well as needs
7. conducted by persons with experience
12 step community/needs assessment process - ANSWER1. who will do the
assessment?
2. define community to assess
3. identify what info. is needed
4. identify organizing framework for assessment
5. use existing data
6. gather new data
7. analyze data
8. develop a community profile
9. identify strengths and areas of need
10. outline a plan for intervention
Questions & Answers
health planning model - ANSWER- aims to improve aggregate health
- applies the nursing process to the larger aggregate
4 steps of the health planning model - ANSWER1. assessment
2. planning
3. intervention
4. evaluation
nursing/care management process in a community - ANSWER1. assessment (data
collection)
2. diagnosis (identifying strengths & problems)
3. planning (program development)
4. implementation
5. evaluation (program outcomes)
community/needs assessment - ANSWER- process of data collection about a
community
- addresses interactions between people, health, and environment
- guides nursing diagnoses
- basis for program planning and development
7 community assessment principles - ANSWER1. identify purpose of assessment
2. conducted in partnership with the community
3. utilize multiple sources of information
4. address the needs of subgroups within the population
5. consider all stakeholders in the population
6. identify assets as well as needs
7. conducted by persons with experience
12 step community/needs assessment process - ANSWER1. who will do the
assessment?
2. define community to assess
3. identify what info. is needed
4. identify organizing framework for assessment
5. use existing data
6. gather new data
7. analyze data
8. develop a community profile
9. identify strengths and areas of need
10. outline a plan for intervention
