Windshield Survey Community Assessment
What Is a Windshield Survey?
A windshield survey is an informal survey where the health professional drives around the community/area they are researching, and records his/her observations.
For Nurses to be able to knowledgeably plan services for a community, it is essential to know a specific community, identify health-related resources that may be helpful to members, and learn about gaps in services. A windshield survey is conducted from a car and provides a visual overview of a community. Conditions and trends in the community that could affect the health of the population are noted.
What Is a Community Health Assessment?
A community health assessment (sometimes called a CHA), also known as community health needs assessment (sometimes called a CHNA), refers to a state, tribal, local, or territorial health assessment that identifies key health needs and issues through systematic, comprehensive data collection and analysis. Community health assessments use such principles as
· Multisector collaborations that support shared ownership of all phases of community health improvement, including assessment, planning, investment, implementation, and evaluation
· Proactive, broad, and diverse community engagement to improve results
· A definition of community that encompasses both a significant enough area to allow for population-wide interventions and measurable results, and includes a targeted focus to address disparities among subpopulations
· Maximum transparency to improve community engagement and accountability
· Use of evidence-based interventions and encouragement of innovative practices with thorough evaluation
· Evaluation to inform a continuous improvement process
· Use of the highest quality data pooled from, and shared among, diverse public and private sources
From Principles to Consider for the Implementation of a Community Health Needs Assessment Process Cdc-pdf[PDF – 457KB]External (June 2013), Sara Rosenbaum, JD, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy.
The Public Health Accreditation board defines community health assessment as a systematic examination of the health status indicators for a given population that is used to identify key problems and assets in a community. The ultimate goal of a community health assessment is to develop strategies to address the community’s health needs and identified issues. A variety of tools and processes may be used to conduct a community health assessment; the essential ingredients are community engagement and collaborative participation. —Turnock B. Public Health: What It Is and How It Works. Jones and Bartlett, 2009, as adapted in Public Health Accreditation Board Acronyms and Glossary of Terms Version 1.0 Cdc-pdf[PDF – 536KB]External , July 2011.
The Catholic Health Association defines a community health needs assessment as a systematic process involving the community to identify and analyze community health needs and assets in order to prioritize these needs, and to plan and act upon unmet community health needs.” —Catholic Health Association, Guide to Assessing and Addressing Community Health Needs Cdc-pdf[PDF-1.5MB]External , June 2013
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Survey?
A windshield survey is an informal survey where the health professional
drives around
the
community/area they are researching, and records his/
her observations
.
For Nurses
to be able to knowledgeably plan services for a community, it is essential to know
a
specific community, identify health
-
related resources that may be helpful to members, and learn
about gaps in services. A windshield survey is conducted from a car and provides a visual
overview of a community. Conditions and trends in the community tha
t could affect the health of
the population are noted.
What Is a Community Health Assessment?
A community health assessment (sometimes called a CHA), also known as community health
needs assessment (sometimes called a CHNA), refers to a state, tribal, local, or territorial health
assessment that identifies key health needs and issues through system
atic, comprehensive data
collection and analysis. Community health assessments use such principles as
·
Multisector collaborations that support shared ownership of all phases of community
health improvement, including assessment, planning, investment, implem
entation, and
evaluation
·
Proactive, broad, and diverse community engagement to improve results
·
A definition of community that encompasses both a significant enough area to allow for
population
-
wide interventions and measurable results, and includes a targe
ted focus to
address disparities among subpopulations
·
Maximum transparency to improve community engagement and accountability
·
Use of evidence
-
based interventions and encouragement of innovative practices with
thorough evaluation
·
Evaluation to inform a cont
inuous improvement process
·
Use of the highest quality data pooled from, and shared among, diverse public and private
sources
From
Principles to Consider for the Implementation of a Community Health Needs Assessment
Process
Cdc
-
–
457KB]
External
(June 2013), Sara Rosenbaum, JD, The George
Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health
Policy.
The Public Health Accreditation board defines
community health assessment
as a systematic
examination of the health status indicators for a given population that is used to identify key
problems and assets in a community. The ultimate goal of a com
munity health assessment is to
develop strategies to address the community’s health needs and identified issues. A variety of
tools and processes may be used to conduct a community health assessment; the essential
ingredients are community engagement and c
ollaborative participation.
—
Turnock B.
Public Health: What It Is and How It Works. Jones and Bartlett, 2009,
as adapted
What Is a Windshield Survey?
A windshield survey is an informal survey where the health professional drives around
the community/area they are researching, and records his/her observations.
For Nurses to be able to knowledgeably plan services for a community, it is essential to know a
specific community, identify health-related resources that may be helpful to members, and learn
about gaps in services. A windshield survey is conducted from a car and provides a visual
overview of a community. Conditions and trends in the community that could affect the health of
the population are noted.
What Is a Community Health Assessment?
A community health assessment (sometimes called a CHA), also known as community health
needs assessment (sometimes called a CHNA), refers to a state, tribal, local, or territorial health
assessment that identifies key health needs and issues through systematic, comprehensive data
collection and analysis. Community health assessments use such principles as
Multisector collaborations that support shared ownership of all phases of community
health improvement, including assessment, planning, investment, implementation, and
evaluation
Proactive, broad, and diverse community engagement to improve results
A definition of community that encompasses both a significant enough area to allow for
population-wide interventions and measurable results, and includes a targeted focus to
address disparities among subpopulations
Maximum transparency to improve community engagement and accountability
Use of evidence-based interventions and encouragement of innovative practices with
thorough evaluation
Evaluation to inform a continuous improvement process
Use of the highest quality data pooled from, and shared among, diverse public and private
sources
From Principles to Consider for the Implementation of a Community Health Needs Assessment
Process Cdc-pdf[PDF – 457KB]External (June 2013), Sara Rosenbaum, JD, The George
Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health
Policy.
The Public Health Accreditation board defines community health assessment as a systematic
examination of the health status indicators for a given population that is used to identify key
problems and assets in a community. The ultimate goal of a community health assessment is to
develop strategies to address the community’s health needs and identified issues. A variety of
tools and processes may be used to conduct a community health assessment; the essential
ingredients are community engagement and collaborative participation.
—Turnock B. Public Health: What It Is and How It Works. Jones and Bartlett, 2009, as adapted