a community health assessment.

a community health assessment.

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Prioritizing data from a community health assessment analysis can be challenging. There are sources that can assist individuals prioritize collected data from a community health assessment. When a community assessment is completed, there is often a lot of data to evaluate and it is important to have guidelines to help organize the information better.

The Tool Kit that was provided to us in this module was essential for prioritizing my collected data. I looked at the webpage and noticed that there was a lot of helpful information available. I reviewed the material and really thought about the information I gathered from my community assessment project. It is important to think about the magnitude and severity of the problem because this can help someone realize how specific diseases can negatively impact the community. The community’s willingness to fix the stated problem can affect which problems are priorities. If people in a community are willing to make changes to decrease obesity, this may be more of a priority than another issue they are not willing to make changes too, such as smoking. I also thought about the resources that are available to people in the community because this will help me prioritize my data more. Addressing barriers to attempting to fix an issue in the community is necessary because it may be helpful to create additional resources or guidance so people can overcome these barriers. I feel that this is especially important because many issues such as obesity, smoking, and heart disease have barriers that need to be overcome. I also think that selecting a committee can help with prioritization because this will likely help create more success with attempting to implement change in the community. The nominal group technique seems like it would be very helpful for helping me prioritize my data. This involves rating issues on a one to ten scale in a group discussion setting (Association for Community Health Improvement, n.d.). This technique is my favorite out of the others listed because I can select my top issue in my community with the assistance of others that live in the same community. There are also different templates available to help with prioritizing data and teamwork seems to be important for helping determine the priority (West Virginia Center for Local Health, n.d.).

Prioritizing data can be challenging. I plan on using multiple techniques to decide what my priority is. I think that I plan on thinking about the data I collected and using the nominal group technique to help me finalize my decision. It will be important for me to think about the needs of the individuals in my community as well as what resources are available to help my community.

References

Association for Community Health Improvement. (n.d.). Community health assessment toolkit. Retrieved from https://www.healthycommunities.org/resources/toolkit/files/step5-select-priority

West Virginia Center for Local Health. (n.d.). Methods for prioritizing health Issues. Retrieved from https://dhhr.wv.gov/localhealth/data_qi/CHA/Pages/Prioritizing-Health-Issues.aspx

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