Community Health Review

Describe characteristics of healthy communities.

Understand the multiple perspectives on defining “community,” health, and quality of life.

Compare and contrast levels of the social ecological model.

Differentiate between individual and population health.

Describe community typologies.

Explain differences in the three types of community structures.

Compare and contrast neighborhood characteristics that may impact health.

Define needs assessment.

Compare and contrast actual versus perceived needs.

Identify the critical components of a health status assessment.

Identify community assets.

Describe basic epidemiological concepts.

Analyze data from secondary sources.

Investigate secondary data sources to locate health data.

Explain the importance of data triangulation.

Describe different types of data sources that can be used to describe communities.

Summarize differences between primary and secondary data sources.

Describe the benefits and barriers to individual vs. group strategies for data collection.