Hey Robert, I am attaching the scoring guide at the bottome. I need to score at least in “basic”. I cannot have anything scored in “non-performance” please.
Write a 2–4-page report on the concepts, processes, and tools needed to conduct a community health assessment, how to find the data, and how to validate the data. Explain the factors that can affect the health of a community, along with how to obtain that information.Understanding community and state health care issues and concerns, the local resources available, and accessibility of those resources can inform health care practices and improve quality patient outcomes. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.
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Imagine you work for an organization that has decided to open a satellite facility in an underserved community. Your organization asks you to move to the new location and assist with some of the preliminary work. Part of this work is to determine the health care needs of the community. How will you do this? What information will you need to know? Where will you find the information?
Search the Capella library and the Internet for peer-reviewed journal articles on how to conduct a community health assessment. You will need at least 3 resources to use in this assessment.
Develop a plan for a community health assessment in which you complete the following:
CRITERIA | NON-PERFORMANCE | BASIC | PROFICIENT | DISTINGUISHED |
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Describe the data necessary to make an informed community health assessment. | Does not describe the data necessary to make an informed community health assessment. | Lists the data necessary to make an informed community health assessment. | Describes the data necessary to make an informed community health assessment. | Describes the data necessary to make an informed community health assessment and identifies where the data can be found. |
Explain a strategy for obtaining data and how data helps determine the health needs of a community. | Does not explain how to obtain data and how data helps determine the health care needs of a community. | Explains how to obtain data and how data helps determine the health care needs of a community, but the explanation is incomplete or missing important elements. | Explains a strategy for obtaining data and how data helps determine the health needs of a community. | Explains how to obtain data and how data helps determine the health care needs of a community, as well as gaps in the health care services available. |
Explain how to obtain information on and what the factors are that affect the health and wellness of a community. | Does not explain how to obtain and what the factors are that affect the health and wellness of a community. | Identifies how to obtain and what the factors are that affect the health and wellness of a community. | Explains how to obtain information on, and what the factors are, that affect the health and wellness of a community. | Explains how to obtain information on as well as a broad range of factors that affect the health and wellness of a community, showing a clear relationship between the factors and the health of the community. |
Explain how to establish the validity and reliability of data used in a community health assessment. | Does not explain how to establish the validity and reliability of data used in a community health assessment. | Explains how to establish the validity and reliability of data used in a community health assessment, but the explanation is inaccurate or missing key elements. | Explains how to establish the validity and reliability of data used in a community health assessment. | Explains how to establish the validity and reliability of data used in a community health assessment and identifies options if the data are not found to be valid and reliable. |
Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, APA formatting, and mechanics. | Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, APA formatting, and mechanics. | Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, APA formatting, or mechanics. | Writes content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, APA formatting, and mechanics. | Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, APA formatting, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea. |