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| an assessment that focuses on the strengths and capacities of the community rather than on the problems alone |
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| an alliance of individuals or groups working together to influence outcomes of a specific problem |
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| the concept of a community-wide group of people as the focus of nursing service |
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| the process of collaborating with community members to assess their collective needs and desires for a positive change and to address those needs through problem-solving, use of community experts, and resource development |
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| nursing diagnoses about the community's ineffective coping ability and potential for enhanced coping |
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| community needs assessment |
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| the process of determining the real or perceived needs of a defined community of people |
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| community subsystem assessment |
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| an assessment that focuses on a single dimension of community life, such as churches or schools |
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| an assessment that seeks to discover all relevant community health information |
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| descriptive epidemiologic study |
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| a study that examines the amount and distribution of a disease or health condition i a population by person, place, and time |
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| the process by which a practice is analyzed, judged, and improved according to established goals and standards |
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| familiarization assessment |
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| studying data already available on a community, and gathering a certain amount of firsthand data, in order to gain a working knowledge of the community; sometimes called a "windshield" survey |
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| broad statements of desired end results |
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| putting a plan into action and carrying out the activities delineated in the plan |
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| reciprocal exchange and influence between people |
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| persons who know much about their community and are willing to share their information with the community health nurse |
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| a profile of the community that includes community boundaries, location of health services, geographic features, climate, flora and fauna, and the human-made environment |
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| specific statements of desired outcomes stated in behavioral terms that can be measured and that include target dates |
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| measurable criteria toward which the community will work and by which they will measure their success as they attempt to improve the health of their community |
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| agreements between people and agencies to benefit a joint purpose |
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| a logical, decision-making process of designing an orderly, detailed program of action to accomplish specific goals and objectives |
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| the size, density, composition, rate of growth or decline, cultural characteristics, social class, and mobility of people with a designated community |
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| problem-oriented assessment |
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| an assessment that begins with a single problem and then assesses the community in terms of that problem |
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| the ranking of groups within society by income, education, occupation, prestige, or a combination of these factors |
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| the various parts of a community's social system that interact and influence the system |
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| an assessment method in which a series of questions is used to collect data for analysis of a specific group or area |
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