INTRODUCTION
A community health assessment is a developmental process that is added to and amended over time. It is not an end in itself, but a way of using information to plan healthcare and public health programs. In the “Service Line Development Case Study,” there is a community health needs assessment that describes the state of local individuals’ health. This assessment allows the major risk factors, the causes of ill health, and the actions required to address these health risks to be identified.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Analyze the community health needs assessment in the case study by doing the following:
- Discuss major risk factors identified in the assessment.
- Discuss whether the healthcare facility in the case study is addressing the needs identified in the assessment.
B. Develop a health planning summary outlining recommendations of how to resolve any outstanding community health needs.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.