SUB: Transcultural, Primary and Community Health
Course code: NURS1140
Assignment name: Community Profile and needs health needs assessment report
1. Course Learning Outcomes Assessed
This assessment supports the following learning outcomes:
CLO1 Identify and describe models of primary and community nursing practice
CLO3 Develop resources and skill to understand multicultural health care needs in assessment and intervention
CLO6 Analyse the concepts of health promotion and education that guide nurses in primary care practice and activity
2. Overview of Assessment
You are primary health nurses working in a Community Health Centre in a suburb/region of Melbourne or Victoria.
You wish to know more about the health needs of your community to provide more holistic care with a focus on health promotion and education.
You are concerned that with the focus on COVID other things may have been overlooked.
You will need to write a report on your findings from your community profile and health needs assessment.
It will need an introduction as well as headings for the different sections.
2. Research your chosen community profile, and health needs assessments using websites such as:
ABS, – Census information
AIHW https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/indicators/healthy-community-indicators (Links to an external site.)
my community profile – https://profile.id.com.au/ (Links to an external site.)
Department of Health https://www.health.vic.gov.au/community-health/community-health-services (Links to an external site.)
Primary health networks https://nwmphn.org.au/about/our-community/community-and-population-health-profiles/
3. Write a report, which include the following elements
An introduction to the topic
Describe some of the characteristics of this community, such as geographical area, traditional owners, population size, age, ethnicity, education, employment, housing and transport (please use statistics too)Describe ONE significant public health concern of that community in the last five years (do not chose COVID) such as homelessness, suicide, substance misuse, family violence. Please chose one that is significant for that community based on your findings and statistics
Describe ONE significant public health concern of that community in the last five years (do not chose COVID) such as homelessness, suicide, substance misuse, family violence. Please chose one that is significant for that community based on your findings and statistics
Criteria
1. Introduction ( 250 words)
Introduces the topic and the community.
2.
Describe the characteristics of their chosen community (400 words)
This will include aspects such as geographical area, population size, traditional owners, income, education, households, ethnicity, language, transport, work etc
3. Describe the specific public health concern within the local community, from last five years (400 words)
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