NUR115 Community Understanding Proof Reading Services

NUR115 Community Understanding Proof Reading Services

Introduction

Inthis report, it is mentioned about the community assessment and what are the steps which are included in the evaluation of the community. (Mitzlaff,et.al., 2011) A community assessment is mainly an explanation of a community and its individuals. The main purpose is to recognize the requirements of a community in order to deliver facilities which are suitable to those necessities. They are useful for so many reasons as they focus on the welfare of the individual. In this report it has been discussed about the steps involved in undertaking a community assessment. The main aim of this report is to describe the tools thatare opted by different communities for the society and for the assessment of the community. As the stated organization is for the welfare and the growth of the society and the individual.

Steps involved in undertaking a community assessment

Step 1: Define the range

According toPark & Kwon (2014),the main target of community assessment is to understand and get full information about the needs of the community and what they can do to fulfil their need to provide all the facilities to the individuals. The group must follow one issue at one time. A group of people can deal with so many various issues and they can also focus on only single issue (Clarke, 2010).To appropriately define the scope of the community, the individuals who are in the community should tell the need which is to be measured, the queries that the community wants to ask and what tools must be included. In this step, it is described that what are issues the community is facing in today’s scenario. Opting a focused aim will help in developing the clear path to a successful estimation or evaluation. There are so many social issues which are related to each other, thus the team members need to take the right decision whether they should focus on one issue or several issues (Park & Kwon, 2014). There are so many questions in mind when assessing the scenario; some of the questions are as follows:

1.What is the essential demographics of the community?

2.Who are the faith-based and community organizations serving people in my community?

3.What services are they providing and to whom?

4.What facilities are native civic agencies provide, and to whom?

5.Are society members prepared for a transform in the matter the community is trying to deal with?

Step 2: Make a decision to Go solo or work together

This is depending on the members of the community that what type or style the members prefer while conducting the community evaluation. It is basically for the welfare of the individuals whether they want to go solo to carry all the responsibilities for the completion of the task or the evaluation can be done as a team or it must be done solo.(Clarke, 2010). Possible society associates comprise businesses, NGO’s, native association, colleges, government bodies’ etc.But there are so many benefits in collaborating some of them are mentioned below:

1.Appointing more group of people in the evaluation preparation and execution

2.Increases right to use to more information sources to reply the main questions.

3.Several resources are easy to get to do the appraisal and cover everydayexpenditure(Park & Kwon, 2014).

 Step 3: Gather Data

 It is essential for the community to first set limits on how much amount of data should be collected and analysed in the procedure of data collection. The resources available and the time which have to be devoted must be kept in mind while deciding or choosing the particular method. Make a priority to the needs of collecting data and what are the requirements to finish the community evaluation with tactics such as the making a Data gathering Plan spread sheet. There are so many methods of collecting data, can be done Quantitative data on health discussions, infections present in the community etc., qualitative data can be collected from interviews and effort groups to get awareness from the persons who is living in the community, And the data can be collected in two ways i.e. secondary data and primary data.  The data compilation must start with less important sources: information that has previously been collected by others (Mitzlaff, et. al., 2011). Primary source information gathering process should be required to deal with questions that are not answered by secondary sources or to increase an improved appreciative of an exacting matter. There are numerous techniques for gathering primary sources of facts for the community valuation, comprising of surveys, statement, focus groups, conferences, and situation studies.

Step 4: Establish Key Findings

For the summarizations of data the main results or the outcomes which come after collecting so many data’s and information can be summarized or organize with the help of key findings, it is  more useful in finding the effectiveness of the response while separating all the results.Clark (2010),common solution answers classifications needed in community assessments comprise of:

1.Strengths

2.Weaknesses

3.Opportunities

4.Challenges or threats

Step 5: Set Priorities and make an Action table

Setting the priority can be tricky as it requires increasing harmony between community members with dissimilar opinions and point of views on the topic that how society or the community issues should be addressed or resolved.The human being complexity of getting the public to spotlight on main matters and the structure problem which the individuals are facing and which is to be resolved by the community ,so these are the things which should be prioritized and then create an action plan to direct all these situations.The plan must be specific and must comprise of all the actions, it is the best tool to organize the agendas for further meetings (Tariq, et. al., 2014). 

Step 6: Split Your Findings

According toBrownson, et.al., (2010) the last but not the least footstep of the community appraisal is to divide what the members have learned with different persons and then to put it into the plans. To enlarge attentiveness of the result, community meetings must be held to share the report with community associates etc.

Conclusion

From this report it can be concluded that the functioning of communities can obtain a lot of forms, interventions are more efficient and effective if the community has been concerned about their development, growth, and accomplishment.Information and tools require performing a victorious community appraisal. Using the above steps the correct pathway to helping the community and its wants will be fulfilled.

References

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2.Mitzlaff, F., Atzmueller, M., Benz, D., Hotho, A. & Stumme, G. (2011). Community assessment using evidence networks. In Analysis of Social Media and Ubiquitous Data (pp. 79-98). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

3.Park, J. S. & Kwon, S. M. (2014). A study on current situation of self-help group program in community-based home visiting health service. Journal of Digital Convergence, 12(8), 449-458.

4.Tariq, A., Douglas, H. E., Smith, C., Georgiou, A., Osmond, T., Armour, P. & Westbrook, J. I. (2014). A descriptive analysis of incidents reported by community aged care workers. Western journal of nursing research, 0193945914562615.

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