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BSN 325 Community Health Assessment Worksheet

(Need specific data and citations for sources)

Data

Citations

Community Information:

Include location, type of community, major industries, primary employers, etc. Describe geography, weather, number of schools, universities, parks, grocery stores, restaurants (and type), produce markets, hospitals, clinics, public transportation.

Community Demographics:

Include population, gender distribution, data for married/single, elderly, employment, number of households, housing, mean income, etc.

Health Data:

Collect as much health data as possible. Include incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and major risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, teen pregnancy, etc.

Social Data:

Community sports, recreation, religious organizations, spiritual practices, volunteer organizations, support networks community partnerships.

Additional Data:

Helpful sources of data:

Center for Disease Control (CDC) (n.d.). Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/cha/data.html

Healthy People 2020 (n.d.). Retrieved from: https://www.healthypeople.gov/

United States Census Bureau (n.d.). American factfinder. Retrieved from: https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

Also, see https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ and https://www.citydata.org.

Top Three Chronic Diseases

Healthy People 2020 Goal

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Top Three Infectious Diseases

Healthy People 2020 Goal

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Top Three Health Concerns

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Priority Community Concern: _________________________________________________________________________________________

(This must be supported by data and will be the topic of the teaching plan for Worksheet #3).