Community assessment
Instructions: Use this tool to document your assessment findings. Include a succinct synopsis in paragraph form for each of the assessment categories below. Remember to provide adequate depth and breadth for each category of the assessment. Be sure to cite the sources to support your findings and include your reference list.
| Assessment Category | Findings |
| Historical overview of the community
Must Include: · When the community was settled · By whom · First Business · Important information about the community |
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| Demographic description of the community population
Must Include: · Birth rates · Death rates · Pertinent morbidity rates · Distribution of Age · Sex · Race · Ancestry (i.e., German, Asian, Indian, etc.) · Marital status · Education status · Household types & size |
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| Values, beliefs, and perceptions within the community
Must Include: · Community’s values, beliefs, and perceptions of importance of religion · Degree of religious diversity in the community reflected in the faith groups · Cultural influences reflected in any significant ethnic or religious traditions |
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| Physical Environment
· Information will come from the windshield survey. You should state this in your own words. · Provide dates of your survey. |
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| Economic
· Financial status of people · Individuals · Households · Occupational categories in the community · Businesses/Industries |
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| Transportation and Safety Types of transportation available
· personal · public · Police protection · Crime statistics · Fire protection · Sanitation services |
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| Key Informant Interview
Key points from the interview with a key informant. · |
