Community assesment

COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT SURVEY PAPER
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH & HEALTH DISPARITIES
DIRECTIONS:
1. Each virtual clinical group will choose a “community”.
2. This is an obstetrics and pediatric focus paper. The project must speak to how social determinants of
health and health disparities affect the health and well-being of the maternal-child population.
3. As a group, do a survey of the “community” using the objectives of this experience and rubric as your
guide.
4. The student will search the data bases of NYS DOH, NYC DOH And CDC websites for factors that
contribute to health disparities and accessibility to healthcare, determine a cause and compile a report
for submission during the final week of this course (see Rubric)
5. As a group, your report will be a written report of the survey to your instructor. Use the Learning
Outcomes as your guide to structure your report (See rubric)
6. Discuss your experiences in searching specific neighborhoods and your findings.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Describe the “community” your group has chosen to survey in terms of its geographical parameters,
demographics, socio-cultural composition.
2. Identify three major health problems that effect this community and impact the health and well-being
of maternal child health and or the family.
3. Identify three factors found in the specific community that may contribute to illness during the
childbearing/childrearing period. Give specific strategies that may help combat the negative factors
identified.
4. Identify three health and human services agencies that are available within the chosen community to
combat health and environmental problems.
5. Outline the steps you as a nurse would have to take to refer a patient/family to one of the identified
agencies.
6. Explain the importance of a healthy community as it relates to successful childbearing/childrearing.
GRADING CRITERIA:
1. See grading rubric
2. Use APA format
3. A grade of 10% is assigned for the completed project which must be submitted on time (see grading rubric
on Canvas).
4. 8-10 pages not including references
5. The report should be typed-written using Times New Roman size 12 font, double-spaced
6. All objectives must be satisfied.

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