Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2003):

Community health assessment.

Full Abstract

This case-community health assessment-is one of a series of teaching cases in the Case-Based Series in Population-Oriented Prevention (C-POP). It has been developed for use in medical school and residency prevention curricula. The complete set of cases is presented in this supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Community health assessment is key to understanding the health problems and priorities of a population. This case outlines a process by which the participants can complete a health assessment of a community using indicator-based methods. Students construct a set of health indicators from a variety of domains, evaluate problems, and report on the health priorities for a community. The students relate identified health issues to underlying behavioral risk factors.

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Author information

Author/s: Cibula, Donald A (DA); Novick, Lloyd F (LF); Morrow, Cynthia B (CB); Sutphen, Sally M (SM);

Affiliation: SUNY-Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: American journal of preventive medicine (Am J Prev Med), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-May; vol 24 (issue 4 Suppl) : pp 118-23

Dates: Created 2003/05/14; Completed 2003/10/02; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12744991, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Community Health Services - standards Curriculum Education, Medical - methods Health Status Indicators Humans

Humans Preventive Medicine - education Problem-Based Learning Teaching - methods United States

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