University of Memphis Public Health Community Assessment Paper

Community Assessment Paper:

1. Choose a target audience you would like to research (for example, Elderly, families living in poverty, migrant workers, disabled, teen parents, homeless, or an ethnic group).

2.  Choose a community locale–primarily where you live.  This is not a national perspective.  You will gather data for that specific locale (city, town, county).

3.  Prepare a 3-5 page assessment of your target audience looking at the following items for your specific community: (worth 200 points):

 *  Health promotion strategies already in place in the community
 *  Overall problems encountered by the group in the community
 *  Accessibility to health care in the community
 *  Resources still needed in the community (ex: educational needs, healthcare needs, transportation needs, etc.)

Grading Rubric: (Total 150 points)

Content: 130 points

Health promotion strategies: 35 points

Problems encountered by the group: 35 points

Access to health care: 30 points

Resources needed: 30 points