Community Needs Research Articles

Service Learning: Meeting Student and Community Needs

Service Learning: Meeting Student and Community Needs

Health Practices of Korean Elderly People: National Health Promotion Priorities and Minority Community Needs

The official health promotion goals for the year 2000 in the United States include an emphasis on behavioral and contextual changes to increase the healthy lifespan of Americans. The goals also encompass reducing disparities in health status among different groups, and many of the specific goals address issues pertinent to older people. Limited data on the health status and health behaviors of older Asians and Pacific Islanders contributed to the absence of any goals for this group of elderly people. This article uses 1993 to 1994 data on 213 Korean and 201 non-Hispanic white people age 65 and over who lived in Los Angeles County to compare, by ethnicity and gender, health behaviors that may influence the health of older people. The older Koreans practiced a somewhat higher number of healthy behaviors overall, but smoking cessation for older Korean men and increased exercise for older Korean women were specific areas needing attention. Limited English-speaking ability and educational levels of the older Koreans make it imperative that health promotion activities for older Koreans use community-based organizations that can reach the older Koreans in an effective manner.

Effective Programming to Meet Community Needs: A Practitioner's Perspective

(1996). Effective Programming to Meet Community Needs: A Practitioner's Perspective. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 43-45.

Collaboration between communities and universities: completion of a community needs assessment.

Health care reform can provide opportunities for collaboration between universities and the public at large. An advanced community nursing class within a post-RN program at a university combined resources with a nearby rural community to complete a community health and social needs assessment. The partners in the project included the local hospital, health unit, and the university; funding was secured from the Regional Center for Health Promotion and Community Studies and the two health agency partners also made a financial donation. Community liaisons who were both registered nurses and residents of the community, we instrumental in completing tasks and activities related to the project. The students were taught the various data collection methods and participated in class assignments refining the necessary skills required for the actual assessment. This project benefited the community by providing baseline health status and social needs data in an era of dramatic health care reform while simultaneously affording undergraduate nursing students the opportunity to apply theory to practice.

Investigating Urban Community Needs

Investigating Urban Community Needs

Environmental Scanning Through a Community Needs Assessment

Environmental Scanning Through a Community Needs Assessment

Serving Community Needs for Home-Accessibility Modifications

Serving Community Needs for Home-Accessibility Modifications

Student Involvement in Community Needs Assessment

Although leadership is recognized as a developmental process, few communities plan to build the foundation for their young people to develop into involved citizens and leaders. Young adults need to increase their understanding of and commitment to their community, and to become empowered to work, toward solving local problems. Our approach was to link community service learning in the schools with community development. Specifically, high school students and teachers were recruited to assist with conducting a community needs assessment survey. We found that the students were able to help conduct a sophisticated needs assessment and able to do it right. The evidence also supports the view that students benefited from their involvement in the project. Most students learned more about their community and about the needs assessment process. Some students also indicated that they were interested in continuing their involvement in community affairs, but the increase in feelings of empowerment among the students...

A Consortium Approach to Community Needs Assessment: A Case Study and Principles for Practice and Education

A Consortium Approach to Community Needs Assessment: A Case Study and Principles for Practice and Education

Promoting Voluntary Efforts in Meeting Community Needs in Singapore: Some Challenges

The article discusses some issues confronting the participation of volunteers in the voluntary social and welfare service sector. It also identifies some of the changing social and demographic factors and how these factors are likely to influence the future developments in voluntary services. Some recommendations in ways to enhance volunteers' participation are considered.

Perception of Alcohol Use and Misuse in Three Ethnic Communities: Implications for Prevention Programming

This article compares data about perceptions of alcohol use and misuse, including perceived patterns of use, extent of the problem, reasons for use, and causes and effects of alcohol misuse in the Chinese, Indo-Pakistani, and Latin American communities in British Columbia. The methodology employed is an adaptation of Neuber's Community Needs Assessment model, using data from three sources: (1) relevant literature, (2) interviews with designated key informants, and (3) interviews with selected potential program consumers within the community. This article focuses on data gathered from potential program consumers. Results indicate that alcohol-related problems are considered least serious and widespread in the Chinese community and considerably more serious in the Latin American and Indo-Pakistani communities. Family difficulties present themselves in all communities as both possible causes and major consequences of alcohol misuse. Finally, implications for developing culturally responsive prevention programs are drawn.

"Git Real": On Art Education and Community Needs

"Git Real": On Art Education and Community Needs

The Community Needs H.U.G.G.S. Too!

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsElaine M. AndrusElaine Andrus is the H. U. G. S. S. Program Coordinator and Don Joiner is the Principal of Challenger Middle School in Colorado Springs.Don JoinerElaine Andrus is the H. U. G. S. S. Program Coordinator and Don Joiner is the Principal of Challenger Middle School in Colorado Springs.

An Alberta Community Needs Assessment Survey

Abstract: The major purpose of this research study was to conduct a social service needs assessment in the small city of Airdrie, Alberta. A questionnaire was developed, and was mailed to a random sample of 530 residents. Respondents were asked to respond to questions that focused on their attitudes toward Airdrie, their perceptions of social problems, their satisfaction with the current social service delivery system, and their experiences in using the services available. Results showed that residents generally enjoyed living in Airdrie and that they shared a sense of community spirit and pride. There was, however, concern among residents over social issues such as unemployment, substance abuse, and family conflict.

Public Sector Jobs and Services for Community Needs

Public Sector Jobs and Services for Community Needs

Chapter 1: Selecting a Topic That Derives from Underlying Community Needs

Chapter 1: Selecting a Topic That Derives from Underlying Community Needs

Designing a Family Psychoeducation Program to Meet Community Needs: The NYU-Bellevue Project

For better or worse, family members frequently become the primary caretakers of schizophrenic patients after discharge. Usually this occurs without the family's receiving accurate information about the illness, specialized training, or professional support. Four model psychoeducation programs, which provide families with information, skills training, and support, have demonstrated significant effectiveness in reducing relapse in schizophrenia beyond that attainable by drug treatment alone [1-4]. Psychoeducation programs thus make maximal use of the patient's family as an important resource in the management of schizophrenic patients in the community. Particularly in the current era of brief hospitalizations, in which patients are discharged before they have fully recovered, psychoeducation can initiate a collaborative relationship between professionals and families to ensure continuity of care and to provide for the patient's long-term recovery. Despite the efficacy of psychoeducation, documented by well-controlled treatment-outcome studies, local institutions have been very slow to implement such programs. Three constraints that can impede the adoption of any of the standard psychoeducation programs are: (a) institutional factors, ( b ) demographic characteristics of the local

Community Needs Assessment: A Strategy and Case Example

Community Needs Assessment: A Strategy and Case Example

国際医学教育会議 ―地域社会のニーズの変化と将来の医学教育―（1986, 京都）

国際医学教育会議 ―地域社会のニーズの変化と将来の医学教育―（1986, 京都）

Adult Education and Community Needs: towards a distinctive university extra-mural contribution

Adult Education and Community Needs: towards a distinctive university extra-mural contribution