Community health assessment via data collection and analysis is an essential constituent of community health indoctrination. One benefit of using GIS application is that it is effective in gathering community-based information about given community to understand health issues at the proletarian level (Graham, Carlton, Gaede, & Jamison, 2011). One limitation of using GIS application is the limiting capacity in […]
One benefit of using asset mapping is that it is an efficient instrument for the conception and understanding of the richness of faculty and resources that exists in a community. Asset mapping is important even in small communities with few members or of a community suffering from poverty and economic anguish (Beaulieu & Southern Rural […]
A study by Ku & Kegels (2014) was aimed at investigating variances in diabetes knowledge, attitudes and perceptions (KAP), self-care practices as related to assessment of chronic illness care among people with diabetes consulting, in a family physician-led tertiary hospital-based out-patient clinic versus local government health unit-based health centers in the Philippines. Interviewers were performed using questionnaires revised from […]
As a public health professional, it is likely that you will conduct focus groups as part of community health assessments. Focus groups are useful when exploring community issues and developing good survey questions. As with all research, planning the focus group is important so that the data you seek can be easily and reliably collected […]
Public health research has traditionally focused on problems, deficiencies, disease, and contributing factors to public health problems. In recent years, community health assessments have also included community assets or resources. The process of identifying these contributions to the public health of a community is called asset mapping. One strategy for identifying assets is geographic information system […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]