Community stakeholders are those community members that have a stake in the health interests of such community. They play significant role in the community’s health and performance. Without community stakeholders, health assessment will not provide desired results. It is a remainder to note that community stakeholders can be internal or external in nature. A […]
Community participation is essential to the planning process—whether it entails a planning to engage community participants or delivering community health assessment outcomes. The two listening strategies observed in the Laureate Education (2012) media format was the idea that organizational leaders listen and understand the concerns and problems of the community members. The community health workers […]
In addition to listening strategy, accurate reading and data interpretation are equally substantial. I encountered a situation where being mindful of potential biases was the accountability of not only those who design, participate and analyze research in public health, but also those who read the research assessment and make policy and other decisions–based on the […]
Awareness of possible partialities is important for both public health assessors and policymakers, in a community health assessment: for assessors when crafting and steering studies, and for policymakers when reading study reports and making verdicts. It is highly important to access risk of bias in all studies review irrespective of preventive unpredictability, in […]
There is an integrated approach that both uses quantitative and qualitative research to come up with pragmatic strategy. A research by Goldman, Parker, Brown, Walker, Eaton, et al. (2015) used a comprehensive research report; mixed qualitative-quantitative evaluation to assess the likelihood of whether patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model produces desired results. This public health evaluation offers […]
One benefit of using qualitative date when conducting a community health assessment is that the assessor can broaden evidence from understanding behavior pattern and activities of information, not necessarily numerical and quantity in formation. By the same token, the approach could be one in which the assessor makes use of knowledge claim, based mainly on […]
The United States (US) has the most expensive health care system in the world. In spite of that, health care is of somewhat inconsistent in quality, and leads to poorer health outcomes relative to other, similar nations. For example, the United States has much higher infant mortality rates regardless of geographical focus. The result is […]
Community profiling is used to classify the fortes, weaknesses, needs and problems of a community like, African American church community on the Chicago south side. By identifying these classifications of profiling, we are basically making decisions about health services, while extenuating the allocation of resources. A lot of people may not understand the concept of […]
Community health assessment is the collecting, analyzing and using data to educate and mobilize communities, develop priorities, gather resources, and plan actions to advance the public’s health (Minnesota Department of Health, n.d.). A community health assessment delivers the groundwork for cultivating and promoting the health of the community. Evaluating environmental health risks in communities requires models characterizing geographic […]
Healthcare marketing ethics, just like any other types or forms of ethics are important; not only can it grow profit margin; it can also protect organizations from lawsuits, as well as attract patients who appreciate and can afford quality care services. Ethics are a collection of principles of right conduct that shape the decisions people […]
