Promoting community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources
REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
COMMUNITY TOOL BOX RESOURCES:
1. Have we described the people and conditions in the community?
Toolkit: Assessing Community Needs and Resources
Chapter 3: Assessing Community Needs and Resources
Chapter 3, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Identifying Local Needs and Resources
Chapter 3, Section 2: Understanding and Describing the Community
Chapter 31, Section 2: Conducting Studies of the Issue
2. Have we described the history of the community (in general and regarding the issues of concern)?
Chapter 3, Section 4: Collecting Information about the Problem
Chapter 3, Section 19: Using Public Records and Archival Data
Chapter 27, Section 1: Understanding Culture and Diversity in Building Communities
3. Have we described what matters to people in the community?
Chapter 3, Section 3: Conducting Public Forums and Listening Sessions
Chapter 3, Section 6: Conducting Focus Groups
Chapter 3, Section 10: Conducting Concerns Surveys
Chapter 3, Section 12: Conducting Interviews
Chapter 3, Section 13: Conducting Surveys
Chapter 3, Section 17. Leading a Community Dialogue on Building a Healthy Community
Chapter 14, Section 4: Understanding People’s Needs
Chapter 31, Section 3: Gathering Data on Public Opinion
4. Have we described what matters to others (stakeholders) who care about the community?
Chapter 3, Section 7: Conducting Needs Assessment Surveys
Chapter 3: Section 11: Determining Service Utilization
Chapter 14, Section 3: Discovering and Creating Possibilities
Chapter 31, Section 4: Studying the Opposition
5. Have we gathered and reviewed evidence about potentially important problems or goals?
Chapter 3, Section 4: Collecting Information About the Problem
Chapter 3, Section 5: Analyzing Community Problems
Chapter 3, Section 9: Developing Baseline Measures of Behavior
Chapter 3, Section 15. Quantitative Methods to Assess Community Issues
Chapter 3, Section 17: Leading a Community Dialogue on Building a Healthy Community
Chapter 3, Section 19. Using Public Records and Archival Data
Chapter 4, Section 4: Talking About Risk and Protective Factors Related to Community Issues
Chapter 31, Section 1: How to Conduct Research: An Overview
6. Have we identified the needs related to important problems and goals?
Chapter 3, Section 14: SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
7. Have we identified resources and assets that can be used in addressing important problems or goals?
Chapter 3, Section 8: Identifying Community Assets and Resources
Chapter 14, Section 8: Learning from and Contributing to Constituents
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