Community Strategy

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Using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns framework (p. 130 in your e-text), assess the health risks in
your community.
In your community assessment paper, include the following:
Identify resources in your community that would enable you to complete a community assessment and
submit a summary of your findings (1–2 paragraphs).
Refer to Table 8-3: Examples of Community Strengths and Concerns, and assess the strengths and
concerns of your community (2–3 paragraphs).
Identify potential barriers to implementing community health plans in your community and brainstorm ways
of addressing these barriers (2–3 paragraphs).
Plan ahead: Next week, as Part B of this assignment, you will select one (1) identified risk from this
assessment to develop a community-focused strategic plan to address that health risk. It is recommended
that you look ahead to next week’s assignment so that you can begin framing your chosen community
health focus.
Your paper should be 2–3 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages. Use APA
throughout.
You must include 2–3 sources that are APA cited and referenced in your paper. (Sources may include
community resources such as flyers, brochures, interviews, news stories, and local research data from
credible sources.)
Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.