“Community assessment is a process; it is the act of becoming acquainted with a community. The people in the community are partners and contribute through the process. Our nursing purpose in assessing a community is to identify factors that impinge on the health of the people to develop strategies for health promotion.” Anderson, E. T., & McFarlane, J. (2019). Community as Partner: Theory and Practice in Nursing, 8th Ed. Wolters Kluwer.
I. Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to address one of the issues listed in the Champaign-Urbana Community Health Plan, Healthy People 2020, or an issue you see an area for improvement in our community, and to apply the nursing process to the larger aggregate within a systems framework.
Resources:
https://www.c-uphd.org/documents/admin/Community-Health-Improvement-Plan-Community-Friendly-Piece-2018-2020.pdf
https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/illinois/2019/rankings/champaign/county/factors/overall/snapshot
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives
Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan and Implementation
- The program I am proposing is? (Be specific including population.)
- How do you plan to implement this program? (Provide the specific details of implementation.)
- I feel this will benefit the community by?
- The reason I have chosen this area for improvement is?
- What behaviors, knowledge, skill, change in health status indicators or outcome will result from the program?
- How will the outcome be measured and how will one know if the objective is achieved? (See below for example.) Are the data available? If not, how will you collect the data?
- When will the objective be achieved?
Evaluation
II. Questions to consider to ensure your goal/objective are reasonable and are related to your program idea. - Is it realistic to reach the desired outcome with the resources and time available to the program?
- Is the objective related to the program’s goals and activities?
III. Additional things to consider
- Is this program culturally competent?