Community Assessment Practicum

Criteria

Excellent

Average

Poor

· Name of community

· Geographic location of the community

· State or territory

· Rural, urban

· Map included

Clearly sets a location for the community

Map included of community

· History

· Ethnicity and Culture

· Religion

· Demographics

For each section, research is obtained that relates as close to the defined community as possible

(ie. For a town county data is often more valuable than state or national data)

Analysis is unclear in some areas

Local data not obtained when it is available to the general public

Analysis is confusing and incomplete

· Physical Environment

· Health and Social Services

· Economy and Safety

· Transportation

· Politics and Government

· Local Public Health

· Education

· Recreation

For each section, research is obtained that relates as close to the defined community as possible

(ie. For a neighborhood city or county data is often more valuable than state or national data)

Analysis is unclear in some areas

Local data not obtained when it is available to the general public

Analysis is confusing and incomplete

· 2-3 interviews minimum requirement

· Interviews of stakeholders preferred

· Stakeholder: persons with a vested interest in the community such as long-term residents, business owners and government officials

· Stakeholders provide different points of view than persons who only work in a community or who just moved in

Information on the participants is included (age, sex, work, length of residence etc. )

Interview information is not combined: it is easy in the final project to see the statements of each person interviewed

At least 1 stakeholder interview included

Information on participants not included

No stakeholder interviews included

Difficult to understand; wording is inconsistent and confusing

· Based on the assessment

· Strengths of the community

· Challenges of the community

· Health needs of the community

Identifies and describes strengths, challenges and/or health needs of the community that are related to information obtained in the community assessment

Links to information in the windshield survey are unclear

Some major strengths/challenges/needs identified in community assessment are not discussed

Not linked to information obtained in the community assessment

· Assessment data from primary or scholarly/government source; best sources of evidence available

General

· Assignment is readable, makes sense, and the plan is practical and realistic

· All assignment requirements are included

· Is written in correct format

· Slide notes accompany each slide, explaining the presented content.

· Regardless of style: all resources are required to be listed in APA format

In-text/on slide citations consistently seen in final work for source data

Images and tables improve comprehension of topic

No errors in usage, capitalization, punctuation and spelling

No errors in APA formatting, in-text or on- screen citations and reference page

Slide notes given for all slides except title pages

in-text/on slide citations missing in many cases

Few images used

Some errors in usage, capitalization, punctuation and spelling but does not interfere with reading/understanding

1-2 errors in APA formatting, in-text or on-screen citations and reference page

Many slides missing slide notes, or slide notes are incomplete and only partially address the content presented on the slide

Images cover text on slides or are inappropriately used

Text is too small or difficult to read

APA is not correctly used in format or citations

Multiple spelling or grammar errors

No slide notes attached