COMMUNITY FOCUS: BRONZEVILLE, CHICAGO
Content Application: Week 2, Assessment
Submission Place: Use the “Upload” Link within the Submission section of the assignment.
The submission file must include your name as we often download these assignments for grading.
In addition, save this assignment to your Professional Portfolio.
Word Count: Approximately 200 words for the introduction and 150-200 for the conclusion/summary in addition to the data collected and cited. Word counts are not absolute. Stay in the range of 10% over/10% under and focus on meaningful and relevant writing.
Source requirements for the CAG: The CAG, like all papers you write for this course required a minimum of one scholarly peer reviewed journal source and one source from the week’s learning materials, but for this paper, you will have many more because it is data collection and ALL data must be cited and referenced.
1. At least one peer reviewed scholarly resource <10 years old that is integrated/relevant to your assertions and content. In weeks 2/3 this would usually happen in the introduction or the conclusion. Any citation/references referring to data must be < 5 years. See this link on what quantifies as a scholarly source:
https://www.library.illinois.edu/tlas/instruction/i-need-to-
2/scholarly-
source/#:~:text=Scholarly%20sources%20(also%20referre d%20to,research%2C%20findings%2C%20and%20news.
2. Note: you will be collecting the bulk of your data from a nonjournal source. For example, statistics and data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website are not considered “scholarly” however, some of their publications like the CDC MMWR are because they are peer reviewed. Again, see the link above for more specifics on this. Sites like the CDC, the U.S Census bureau, CMAP, City-data, local, county and state health departments, the Federal Reserve, the World Bank and Community Health Assessments are the places that you will find the data you need, and many of these resource links are included below. All are acceptable. Ensure that any data that is collected is < 5 years old.
3. One resource from this week’s learning material.
Point Allotment for this assignment: 100 Points
Preparation
You will spend the bulk of the time in Weeks 1- 2 collecting the appropriate data for the 3 categories, using a variety of resources. You should start data collection as soon as possible, so read the learning material on Community Nursing Process: Assessment, early in the process.
• Ensure you review the the Assessment Sample paper attached
and a the bottom directions prior to beginning your assessment so that you can see how it is supposed to look. It is a previous student’s paper. It is not perfect, but did receive an A grade. Especially pay attention to the formatting, citations and references. *You will have a sample available to you for each week’s element of the process paper as well as the final presentation.
• Review the assignment rubric also attached at the bottom of the directions
• Community assessment requires the collection of a large amount of both qualitative and quantitative data. You will be on-line gathering data, on the phone talking to people, and doing an extensive drive around PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND
UTILIZE THE MATERIALS PROVIDED! Students often waste time doing work they don’t have to do; or asking questions that are already answered, simply because they haven’t read this document.
Materials Needed for the Assignment:
For the Community Assessment Guide (CAG):
• This is a critical document. You cannot do the assignment without using this template. Follow it closely. It will also be used by your instructor in grading whether you have included all necessary information for the people, physical environment, and health and social services category in your assessment write up. Be sure to read the instructions at the top of the template and then delete them (and anything in red) prior to submission.
• This is the companion document to the CAG and is also critical.
You need this document for guidance on how to fill out the table. Please take the time to read it carefully!
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Be sure to read this. It answers some frequently asked questions about how to use comparative data.
• APA Template: This was provided in your program orientation and demonstrates how to format a title page and references.
Overview
• You have identified your community of focus. During the progression of this course, you will assess and analyze data and develop a nursing diagnosis for that community, identify goals, objectives, and strategies to create a plan, describe the implementation process and the factors to consider in implementation and provide examples of how the plan outcomes will be evaluated. You will then create a cohesive final document representing the Nursing Process. Finally, you will create a visual presentation to share with your classmates.
• You will be utilizing the Community Nursing Process Model to assess the community you have selected. WARNING: ALL OF THIS TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF TIME; DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. Do not wait to get started on this!
To do this assessment, you will be collecting data about the following categories:
1.Community People Demographics and Health (you will use the health section to identify your problem in week 4)
2. Physical Environment
3. Health and Social Service
These categories are only 3 elements of the Community Nursing Process. There are many more, however, doing a full community assessment is beyond the scope and timeframe of this course.
Steps
1. Use the Assessment Template which includes the Community Assessment Guide (CAG) provided above under materials needed.
It will tell you exactly what specific information you must gather for each of the 3 categories and provides a guide for the required elements of this assignment.
a. Be sure you include all the information/data required for each of the categories you are assessing, Community People (demographics and health), Physical Environment, and Health & Social Services, as indicated on the Community Assessment Guide. If you note additional information that you find significant, you can included it in the Further Information of Interest Section at the bottom of the table.
b. Data should be cited appropriately with both in-text citations and references at the end of the paper.
c. Most of this data should be fairly easy to locate. If you have used the available references and tried to locate the data with search engines, and not had any luck, you may use city (if in Chicago) or County data, but make sure that you note that you are not using local community data. Also remember that hospital systems conduct community health needs assessments (CHNAs) within their primary service areas. Primary service areas are more relevant than county data, so you should attempt to locate the CHNA for your area and use that first. There are links for many of those documents in the resources below.
d. Use of County and greater data in the place of local data should be limited. If you are really struggling, please contact the instructor for assistance.
e. *****Please note: If you are assessing a neighborhood in Chicago, Do Not use Cook County data for primary or comparison data. Chicago has its own health department and Cook County does not normally aggregate Chicago data. If you are really struggling locating community specific data, please contact the instructor for assistance.
f. For many of the pieces of data you gather for your categories, you also must gather comparative data about the county, or state levels.
g. Areas within the CAG which are blackened do not need to be assessed or require comparative data
h. Comparative data is an important part of community assessment; you will need to read “Tips on Comparative Data” (available under Materials Needed below) for valuable information on why and how to collect comparative data.
i. On the Community Assessment Guide is a section called Further Information of Interest (prn). In collecting the data required in the categories above, it often happens that students discover important information about their community that they wish to report, but which is not specifically listed as a data item on the Community Assessment Guide. If you have such data, this is the place to put that information.
j. All data must be cited with a reliable source. Do not use personal communications to cite data.
2. As in all formal written paper assignments, your paper should be in APA format.
a. Title page: this should be formatted appropriately. Your title should be “Health Promotion: Name of
Community.”
b. Brief introduction: a one paragraph introduction to the community—the heading for this section should be:
“Community Assessment.”
c. Body of the paper: For this assignment, the body of the paper should include your data in the embedded CAG
i. The CAG will include your data for the Community People, followed by your Physical Environment and then the Health & Human Services category, and if needed create a next section entitled “Further Information of Interest.” All data must be cited intext appropriately. (XXXX, year).
ii. The narrative part of the paper must be double spaced throughout with in-text citations where needed in APA format. Personal communications should also be included. Personal communication citations would apply
to discussions you have with community health nurses, members of the community, community officials, etc.
iii. The CAG (table) should be single spaced.
d. Brief conclusion with the heading “Conclusion,” related to this component (assessment) of your Health Promotion project. Again, citations where appropriate.
e. Reference page with references in APA format. Each Week, resources must include at the minimum (but you will have many more). See the detailed information about this in the assignment introduction:
i. A peer reviewed scholarly resource <5 years old that is integrated/relevant to your assertions and content. In weeks 2/3 this would usually happen in the introduction or the conclusion. ii. A resource from this week’s learning material and any data bases/sources of collected information.
iii. Personal communications are cited in-text but not included in the references per 7th edition APA.
*** Important note regarding references: You will have a reference page for each section that will include references used that week.
TIPS FOR SUCCESS AND RESOURCES
Keep track of your resources as you go.
Your Assessment will set the stage for the rest of the elements of the community nursing process (Analysis and Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation). An organized and accurate assessment will greatly help you successfully navigate this process. So ensure your assessment has the foundational data and information needed to move forward.
Use the Source Links below for helpful resources for data collection (this is not an exhaustive list, you will likely find many more, and will may need to find many more.) If you are unable to find the data you need after exploring these resources, please reach out to you instructor for help.
*Important: The city of Chicago has it’s own health department (CDPH). Do not use Cook County data (either primary or comparative) for neighborhoods in Chicago. The Cook County Department of Public Health data is not representative of Chicago unless it specifically says so. It is best just to avoid using it!
Chicago and Counties/Communities in Illinois
• https://chicagohealthatlas.org/neighborhood:This is the city of
Chicago health atlas. It has neighborhood specific demographics for every neighborhood in the city and provides the ability to compare data. Data for each neighborhood includes community people, physical environment/crime/pollution, etc., and social services. If you are focusing on a neighborhood in the city, this link will be very helpful!
• https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/supp_info/datareports/previously_releasedreports.html: Chicago Department of
Public Health data presented in the context of equity.
• Chicago Community Areas image.docx For those of you who live in the city of Chicago itself, this link will help you find the designated community area that you live in; then you can use resources listed below to help you find assessment data specific to that area.
• Illinois Interactive Report Card • IPLAN (Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Need:
http://app.idph.state.il.us/
• Illinois Department of Public Health: http://www.idph.state.il.us/
• City of Chicago Department of Public Health
Healthy Chicago 2025 closing the Life Expectancy Gap
• Healthy Chicago 2.0 Indicators
• Chicago Health Indicators by Area
• Chicago Health Atlas Interactive Data Map by Area
• CMAP Illinois Community Data Snapshots-Community Data
Snapshots summarize demographic, housing, employment, transportation, land use, revenue, and water data in northeastern Illinois including collar counties.
• https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/illinois Great interactive resource for many determinants and indicators. You can search by county.
• https://cookcountypublichealth.org/wpcontent/uploads/2022/06/WePlan-2025_withassessments_final_110321_514PM.pdf -This CCDPH WePlan 2025. It has every health indicator by municipality, census tract and region. It is the BEST resource for the Cook County Suburbs
(Chicago is NOT included)
The following are Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) done by hospital systems and specific facilities. They have great information as well. The Advocate-Aurora System has the most detailed information and if you live in Northern Illinois, Central Illinois or Southern Wisconsin, you are most likely in a Advocate Aurora Primary Service Area (PSA). These are broken down by the facility’s (or system’s) PSA. They sometimes have municipality specific information and they definitely have PSA information which is a level below county and only a level above community. CHNA’s are done by every hospital system in the State of Illinois, and systems other states do them as well so
always include CHNAs in your search! Also included here are a few Northern Indiana and Southern Wisconsin systems.
• https://www.advocatehealth.com/hospital-chna-reportsimplementation-plans-progress-reports/
• https://issuu.com/communitybenefit-ucm/docs/ucmc-chna-20212022
• https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/aboutus/community/benefit/health-needs/chna
• https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/aboutus/community/benefit/health-needs-ingalls-memorial/chna
• https://www.nm.org/about-us/nm-community-impact/reports
• https://www.endeavorhealth.org/community
• https://www.rush.edu/about-us/rush-community/chnachipreports-and-cbr
• https://uihealth.uic.edu/news-stories/2022-2023-assessment-ofcommunity-health-need/
• https://carle.org/about-us/community-health-needs-assessments
• https://www.hshs.org/getmedia/6be3eccc-931b-485f-a863-
8a90508434d9/CHNA_report_SJS_DY_2024_FINAL.pdf
• https://www.hshs.org/st-johns/about-us/community-healthneeds-assessment
• https://www.pcchd.org/201/Community-Health-Assessment-Plan
• https://www.osfhealthcare.org/media/filer_public/cb/11/cb116d37 -5a69-40d4-8bb5-
e89b7b8329da/winnebago_county_chna_2022.pdf
• https://www.mercyhealthsystem.org/about-us/community-needs/
• https://healthcare.ascension.org/-/media/healthcare/compliancedocuments/illinois/2023-chna-ascension-saint-joseph-elgin.pdf https://www.sih.net/giving-back/sih-in-the-
community/community-benefit-programs/community-healthneeds-assessment
• https://methodisthospitals.org/wpcontent/uploads/2023/01/FINAL-2023-CHNA-REPORT.pdf
• https://www.uwhealth.org/population-health/community-healthimprovement
• https://www.rush.edu/about-us/rush-community/chnachipreports-and-cbr/anchor-mission-community-snapshots
National Data Sites for Community Data and Indicators
• https://places.cdc.gov/?view=place&locationIds=1757225,1768003
-CDC’s Local data for better health. This is an important resource and is community specific-the best place to get data for YOUR community.
• https://www.cdc.gov/mental-health/about-data/index.html -Teen Mental Health Data
• https://www.cdc.gov/children-mental-health/dataresearch/index.html#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20(55%25),u nmet%20mental%20health%20care%20needs. -Additional Websites and links form Teen Mental Health and Substance Use
• https://www.cityhealthdashboard.com/
• http://www.city-data.com/ -This site has lots of good assessment information on the people and many of the categories of your community. You can search by city name or zip code.
• http://www.census.gov/-Census Bureau:
• https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/php/public-healthstrategy/public-health-strategies-for-community-healthassessment-data-
benchmarks.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/publicheal thgateway/cha/data.html -For those who live out of Illinois-this is an
important resource, It also has links for assessment data from all over the US.
• https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ -Another good site for national data
• https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/acs-datastories/city-health-dashboard.html-U.S. Census City Health
Dashboard
• https://drexel.edu/uhc/research/projects/BCHI/-Drexel University’s Big Cities Health Indicators Data Platform
• https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities -Great interactive resource for many determinants and indicators. You can search by state and county
• https://www.americashealthrankings.org/-America’s Health Rankings
• https://datausa.io/-Data USA
• https://worldpopulationreview.com/-World Population Review
• https://censusreporter.org/-Census Reporter
• https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/-Neighborhood Scout
• https://hdpulse.nimhd.nih.gov/data-portal/home-National Institute on Minority Health Disparities Dash Board
• https://hdpulse.nimhd.nih.gov/index.htm-National Institute on Minority Health Disparities Data Reporter
• https://usafacts.org/health/-USA Facts Health Data Guides
• https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/-March of DimesPeriStats
Other Suggested Resources
• Community Nursing Process image found above under learning materials. Be sure to mouse over the three categories you are assessing, people, physical environment, and your selected category, for a list of possible resources.
Be sure to read the local newspaper for your selected community. This is a great indicator of what the community is concerned about and what is going on.
• Phone Book: often when you need to find a list of how many of something there are, dentists, groceries stores, food pantries, whatever, you can simply check the phone book.
• It’s okay to use Google to try to find a piece of data. Students often forget this.
Sample Paper: Completed Assessment with CAG
BE SURE TO USE THIS AS A ROADMAP! It provides an example of how you will use a combination of tables, and paragraphs to write up your entire assessment. This example will help to illustrate the elements in the assessment in paper format.
Review and use the printable attached rubric for guidance: