COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT POWER POINT PRESENTATION
PURPOSE: This assignment is to orient the students to the community used for the community health nursing clinical.
The assessment is to be completed in groups and may require time other than the assigned clinical day for completion. Be prepared to present your findings, orally, in seminar. Date and time of presentation will be scheduled. The following guideline is to focus your assessment.
On your way to the designated community:
Did you go through different small communities? How did they differ?
Could you identify boundaries for different communities? (i.e., were there obvious separations between communities?)
What sights, smells, sounds, etc., were identified with the different communities?
After arrival in the designated community:
What evidences of a minority culture do you see? How does this affect the environment? (Are there advertising billboards, graffiti, etc., that reflect ethnic characteristics of community?)
Who do you see on the streets: elderly, young males, children, and women? (Indications of unemployment, constituencies, etc.)
What industries are represented in the community?
What would it be like to live in the community?
Is public transportation available?
How far to supermarkets and shopping centers?
What type of housing?
Where are “For Sale” signs?
Do you think people rent or own the housing?
What is the social-economic status of this community?
What recreational facilities are there in the area?
What kind of churches do you see in this area?
What potential environmental hazards did you identify?
What are the medical care facilities in this area? Doctors’ offices? Any evidence that physicians reflect the ethnic background of the population? How accessible are the medical facilities?
Visit a community center, Senior Citizens Center, Chamber of Commerce. Find out what they do. Can they give you further information about this community? What other community resources are available in the area?
Discuss potential need for community education.
Identify potential target groups to teach.
