NUR 303 Cuny School of Professional Studies Public Health Activity Research Paper

Community Assessment and Project Planning Final Paper
This is a three-step final paper assignment that seeks to help you develop and build your skills as a
community/public health nurse. The assignment will require you to assess the needs of a community. This
can be the community where you live, work or have a connection in some way. Using the data you collect,
you will identify the health problem or issue in the selected community. Determine what factors contribute to
the cause of the problem. Use your findings to propose a project that will offer interventions to improve the
health of your community.
The assignment is in three parts. It requires the following:
a) Part 1: your assessment of a community and identification of the community health issue or problem that
needs to be addressed
b) Part 2: the proposal for a project or program to address the health issue or need.
c) Students will submit a slide deck presentation of the project for discussion.
Additional Resources:
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Association of Community Health Nursing Educators: https://www.achne.org/aws/ACHNE/pt/sp/homepage
Healthcare Association of NYS: http://www.hanys.org/community_health/nyschp/
Visiting Nurse Service of NY: http://www.vnsny.org/
Community health profiles NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/data/publications.page
New York City Mayor‘s Office of Environmental Coordination:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/oec/html/home/home.shtml
Cancer.gov http://www.cancer.gov/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
Health finder http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Health IT https://www.healthit.gov/
HIV InSite http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/
NOAH: NY Online Access to Health http://www.noah-health.org/
US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Healthy People
2020http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx
http://healthcommentary.org
Additional Resources Related to Specific Communities/Populations:
Community Assessment Reports for
• New York City: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/data/data-sets/data-sets-and-tables.page
Find your Community Health Profile
• Nassau County: www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Health/data.html
Go to Community Health Assessment
• Westchester County: http://health.westchestergov.com/statistics
Go to Community Health Assessment 2009-2013
NYC Information sites
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Community District Profiles http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/lucds/cdstart.shtml
Community Health Profiles http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/data/data-publications/profiles.page
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U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/#
Find your State then enter the County and the City