You need to provide a detailed community profile in the form of a report. This report will include:

• The definition and elements of community, as outlined by (Issel & Wells 2018);
•  Information about people, place and interaction relevant to your chosen community;
• Commentary about the assets available in the community;
• Commentary about the strengths and limitations of the information presented;
• Commentary related to what additional data could contribute to a comprehensive health assessment of your chosen community;
• You should gather the information related to your chosen community from multiple sources, such as census data, local media, published reports, etc.

As the content of this assessment may form the basis of assessment item 2 it is crucial that your research and description of the community is both thorough and accurate.

As part of the report you will need to acknowledge the strengths and limitations of the information you present, discuss how and from where further data may be obtained and in what ways this additional information may contribute to a comprehensive health assessment of the community you have described.

Further information about the assessment can be found on the Moodle site.

This report will be marked using criterion-referenced assessment. Criterion includes the following:

• Report writing skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge and considerable understanding of people, place, interaction and infrastructure within a community.
• Ability to locate and evaluate basic data.
• Ability to identify and discuss limitations of information presented within the community profile.
• Ability to reference using Harvard or APA.

Further information can be found on the Moodle site.

In a group, you will need to produce a comprehensive community health assessment report, that could be used to plan an effective and culturally sensitive health promotion intervention to address a health need which you identify as a priority within the community. This report will include:

• a detailed outline of the health issue that could direct the development of a health promotion intervention
• the effective use of both primary and secondary data
• a critical discussion of the findings of the assets and needs assessment
• a description of the process of identifying a health priority and an outline of relevant recommendations

As such the report you submit must be comprehensive and constitute a significant body of work.

Students will work in small groups for this assessment and groups need to be formed in the tutorial in week 5. Each working group will consist of 4 or 5 members. The ability to work in project teams is an important attribute for any health professional particularly those involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programs. Group work promotes the development of many of CQUniversity’s Graduate Attributes including teamwork, critical evaluation,
feedback and communication skills as well as academic honesty. Furthermore, community needs assessments are usually conducted in multidisciplinary teams and in partnerships with communities. 

In addition students will contribute an  individual reflection on what they have learnt about themselves when working in their group. They will explore how this learning could be translated to working in partnerships with communities.

Peer assessment of group members' contributions will also be undertaken.

The group report will be marked using criterion-referenced assessment. Criterion used include:

• Report writing skills
• Knowledge and understanding of types of data that can be utilised for a community health assessment.
• Data analysis and presentation skills.
• Consideration of ethical and cultural requirements.
• Clear recommendations which are consistent with the health assessment.
• Referencing skills

Individual assessment is worth 15% and will be assessed on :

• Reflection of individual contribution, strengths and areas for improvement and application in group work
• Understanding of key aspects of working in partnerships with communities
  
• Peer review (5% of 15% individual assessment)

Further information can be found on the Moodle site

During the term there are activities that apply the concepts covered each week in activities using the discussion forum. You must contribute to at least one activity per week and demonstrate how you have contributed to the learning of others regarding community assets and needs assessments. You should post these activities in a timely manner by the following week after the activity (e.g. for a week 2 activity you must post by week 3). You should also interact with other students online through posting responses to their discussion board posts. 

Discussion forum posts will be assessed on:

• relevance of content
• Timeliness of submission
• contribution to discussion in a way that promotes learning of self and others

Further information can be found on the Moodle site.