Benchmark - Research Proposal Final Paper

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Running Head: NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN THE SOCIETY

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NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN THE SOCIETY

Needs assessment in the society

Jeanete Freesene

SOC-480

Needs assessment in the society

Due to the rise in cases of drug abuse in the GCU community, there is need for assessment and identification of the respective factors that cause the eruption of the alcoholic behavior. The assessment and the study of the community is an activity that helps in the identification of each individual factor regarding to the activities contribution to the high levels of alcoholism in the community. This implies that various cases of substance abuse in the community need to be derived and identified. In the GCU community, there are various norms and behavers practiced from time to time. The culture in the particular community is an important aspect that dictates various activities and implementations as realized ion the GCU community. Foremost, the population of the community is at above average per meter square. This implies that the population, together with the eroded culture realized form different students and people from different backgrounds have a great relationship with the issue of alcoholism in the GCU community.

The culture and other various operations in the GCU environment have a major relationship and cause for the realization of the particular activities. Foremost, the dense population and high number of students in the respective environment makes a perfect market for the sale and the consumption of alcoholic substances. Besides, the influence that is realized between the students and other residents in the GCU community is another cause of the consumption of alcoholic substances. Moreover, the presence of financial support, together with the diversity of the population in the particular environment acts as a brooding place for the improvement and the increase of substance abuse which includes alcoholic substances. The regular festivals held at the GCU environment and community also have a blame in the skyrocketing of cases of alcoholism. Such circumstance related to the culture of the GCU community lead to the alcoholism realized.

The consumption of alcoholic material and substance in the GCU community and the surrounding society comes with various cases and issues that affect the respective population in different aspects. Foremost, substance abuse is illegal and undesired in most areas. the GCU community is among the areas that have restrictions regarding to the consumption of some substances ("How Alcoholism Affects Society", 2021). However, these activities still find way to infiltrate to the community, and thus the issues realized from the respective activities. Foremost, the consumption of alcoholic substance leads to the degrade of ethics in the community. From such circumstances, issues relating to the welfare and the general behavior of the residents in the community are realized. The ethics and the intended behavior is slowly eroded and unintended and arrogant behavior takes charge. Such results and impacts usually cost the culture and the general behavior of the community. When the population and the residents of the community engage in alcoholism, they tend to forget their functions and mandates in their respective homes and other areas. such conditions deal a great blow on the ethics of the community.

Apart for the erosion of ethics and behavior in the community, there is the financial cost that is realized due to the abuse and the consumption of alcoholic substances in a particular community. When the population of a particular community engage in the consumption and the abuse of alcoholic substances, there is a tendency of high financial costs ("How Alcoholism Affects Society", 2021). The costs are witnessed in various processes and circumstances. Some conditions include the recurrent purchase of the particular alcoholic substances, which has a great impact on the financial status of the respective individuals. There are various cases and issues of individuals getting bankrupt due to their alcoholic consumption habits. Such circumstances clearly illustrate the issues that the community faces due to the consumption of alcoholic substances. these impacts felt on the community are witnessed and realized in individual cases and in general circumstance sin the society.

Healthcare expense is another issue that the community faces due to the involvement of alcoholism and substance abuse ("How Alcoholism Affects Society", 2021). The intake of alcoholic substance to the human body alters the function and the operation of the body organs, in such a situation them individuals who engage in the consumption and the intake of alcoholic substance find various complications and health issues. This affects their productivity in the community. Form such a circumstance, the impacts of the problem of alcoholism in the community is realized.

The cultural competence step, which includes the assessment, capacity, planning and evacuation is an effective way to use in overcoming the respective circumstances and conditions. this implies that the particular assessment will be used to acquire the required information and data that would help to contain the particular condition and issues realized in the particular environment (Coulthard et. Al 2020). Capacity is used to examine all the available resources and the comparative readiness and the stealthiest in the community. These factors will help to deal with the respective issue. Planning helps to arrange and present the implementation of strategies and methods to deal with the issues affecting the community. Evacuation helps to ensure the representation of the community in the process of evaluation. This will help to achieve the desired result.

The characteristics of the selected resources related to the particular situation include the schools, healthcare centers and non-government organizations that provide the required human service and help to the particular circumstance. various uses of the resources such as the improvement of the health status of every individual or person having issues with the activities of alcoholism are realized. Besides, physical and emotional assistance to the particular individuals having battles and issues regarding the abuse and the use and the consumption of alcoholic substance. This implies that the application and the implementation of the resources appropriately will help to reduce cases and issues realized from alcoholism in the community.

Stakeholders involved in this issue include police officers in the GCU community, the population and the university itself. These stakeholders have various mandates and tasks to implement in the process of overcoming the effects and the impacts of alcoholism in the community and the society. As a social worker, there are various operations and activities that I can implement to involve the stakeholders in the process and the quest to overcome the particular issues realized form the abuse of alcoholic substance. provision of relevant data and information about the factors and activities in the community that help to improve the particular exercise is among the measures. This will help the police and other stakeholders to device ways to curb the particular issues faced due to substance abuse.

From the cultural competence of the community, the ethical nature required in all the aspects and circumstance is among the best strategy and method that ca be involved and included in the fight against the respective behavior and activities related to alcoholism in the community (Coulthard et. Al 2020). This implies that the behavior of the whole community will be affected, thus creating a positive impact on the fight against alcoholism. When residents and the population in the community perform ethical behaviors and implementations, the abuse of alcoholic substance will be subsided, and likewise to the particular effects and impacts. Besides, the customs and the traditions of the particular residents in the community are enforced, where the ban on alcoholic drinks and other related substances is raised. This will help to reduce the particular activity of alcoholism and its impacts.

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