Analysis Of Community Interventions

Berks County, Pennsylvania Community Health Needs Assessment. (January, 2013). Public Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from http://www.uwberks.org/wwwpub/assets/base/ pdf/Commu

Community-Based Health Promotion is a comprehensive, systematic, coordinated approach to long-term health behavior change by influencing the community (cultural) norms through education and community organization. Studies show that most Americans want to lead healthy lives and are eager to improve their lifestyles. In fact, many continuously attempt to change unhealthy behaviors, only to fail. Most health promotion strategies assist individuals in changing health risk behaviors: self-help pamphlet distribution, individual counseling, group education classes, support groups, and health risk appraisals. Careful evaluation of these strategies has shown that long-term behavior change is very difficult for most participants. The failure rate can be 80% or more. The best predictor of health behavior and long-lasting successful behavior change is often the "culture" in which a person lives. Health promotion programs need to make it possible for the community to support healthy behaviors. To do this successfully, the community and its leadership must be mobilized to provide community-based health promotion programs.

In a world filled with the stresses of everyday life that include deadlines and demands of work, personal goals and demands in family life and now the additional stress of returning to college as an adult, it's understandable how "mindless eating" can become a habit. Combine these factors with technological advances that encourage sedentary lifestyles, and it should come as no surprise that obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Societal influences, such as those listed by Wansink, including “packages and plates, labels, colors, and smells (Wansink 2006, p. 1)" (Bahl, Ross, and Kwong, 2013) definitely are contributing factors and should be acknowledged when considering interventions. However, in my opinion, the most effective intervention

Community is the difference between being and belonging. It is just too easy to just be a part of a group, but to feel like you belong to the group is far more meaningful. You can go to the meetings and know everyone’s names but none of that means anything if you don’t feel that you are a significant component in a group. To be a part of a community means that you are a part of group where inclusion, support and friendship are highly-regarded. The beauty about community is that everyone has their own gifts, talents, opinions and experiences to offer to it, therefore making each member valuable. As a Resident Assistant, I intend to create an inclusive community in which each person is accepted and encouraged regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual-orientation or ability. By promoting diversity in my community, I hope that everyone gains a sense of belonging. In my community, I will have an open mind and tolerant attitude and will encourage my residents to do the same. Because understanding that no two residents are the same, I will conduct myself through equity. I will try to learn about my residents individually so if

A community intervention currently ongoing in Chicago that is working to effect social change is the Eagles youth elementary tackle football program, “North Lawndale Sports League NFP, Inc”. The original unincorporated grassroots community-based football program was started more than 20 years ago as an alternative to violence, at-risk behavior and violence prevention servicing youth ages 7-15. February 2009 the program developed into the “North Lawndale Sports League, NFP Inc.” as an Illinois not-for- profit. The program’s target population is at-risk black youth and their families living in Chicago’s Westside low-income Communities; More than 100 youth each year participate in the program; no child is turned away. Due to 2015 government budget

We addressed all the logistical questions again, making a plan for how Robert would physically get to the treatment program and who would go with him. By the end of the role-play all team members agreed that we had done our best.” (Case History 1)

Community interventions that can favourably impact health behaviours associated with obesity and chronic disease prevention, such as fruit and vegetable consumption, could help delay its future onset into adulthood and spare children from associated metabolic and psychological consequences. Such interventions should be based upon theoretical underpinnings, since theories help researchers identify and create program objectives and provide guidance for intervention methods and behaviour change techniques. Interventions should appeal to priority population. Comic books (or comics) have not been well utilized in health promotion and health education but hold promise as a viable teaching tool, especially among children. Emerging research suggests

Describe the community heath work are not so easy, because there are a lot different and essential fields which is related to Community Health Interventions. In my own words I would say that community health work is a close understanding of the community needs, which is serving to accomplish this needs and health goals. Also is a linkage between the public health and social services, it helps to improve the quality of life within the community. Community health workers work with individuals and with communities, they build the capacity of health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as health outreach, community education, social support and

Sometimes when a juvenile is charged with a crime there are options available to them that does not include jail time. One option is community-based treatments, community-based treatments refers to efforts to provide care, protection, and treatment for juveniles that are in need. The two community-based treatments that I will focus on are probation and electronic monitoring.

The Ukrainian community in the Chicagoland area is “scattered” but its core neighborhood is located within Chicago’s “Ukrainian Village.” Ukrainian Village in Chicago has been the focus of the lives of the Ukrainian people for a vast majority of the 20th and 21st century. This central area continues with: “three major Ukrainian churches, two Ukrainian banks, a Ukrainian grammar school, the Ukrainian National Museum, a Ukrainian Cultural Center, two Ukrainian youth organizations, and many Ukrainian restaurants, stores and businesses.” (Ukrainian National Museum, 2015).

Lastly, measuring the effectiveness of social constructivism in the classroom will take place in two different ways. When working on group projects or engaging in class discussion, students will be expected to demonstrate the five elements of cooperative learning: positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, and social skills (Moreno, 2010). Students will then be provided with rubrics so they are aware of how they will be individually assessed pertinent to group work. This is abstract and as a result, will be measured through direct evaluation because it allows the teacher to receive quality information on individual participation. The second measurement

Community development involves assisting communities and empowering them to attain well-being. This is done through advocacy, organizing communities and mobilizing resources. Other than theories of economics, development and politics, community development is also influenced by contributions from the field of psychology. Different branches of psychology help us to understand community needs, their cultural dispositions, and how communities form social cohesion and participate in community initiatives. The concept of psychological sense of community was initially propagated by the psychologist Seymour Sarason (1974). The Sense of Community describes the sentiment of belonging, trust and cooperation that people of a community

Theoretically, community needs assessments are a great way to identify gaps within communities and improving the life of individuals within a target group. If there is a collaboration of all three components of the community needs assessment model, Assessment, Dissemination and

The definition of health has been the most perplexing issue from inception (Earle 2007 ; Green and Labonte 2008). The subjective nature of health and variation of the understanding of health, at different times and across different cultures has informed the perception of health as a broad concept, with a range of different meanings (Naidoo and Wills 2009; Blaxter 2010; Green et al 2015). However, these unique perceptions of health; which ultimately influence health behaviours, are changing over the years because humans are dynamic beings with ever changing health needs (Costello and Haggart 2003; Naidoo and Wills 2009; Rayner and Lang 2012). Since, the “lay” definition of public health is the health of the public, the way health is understood will directly affect public health practice (Rayner & Lang 2012; Green et al 2015). Public health as discipline, as well as public health intervention has over the years become a contested and debated by different people working to understand and improve health (Tones and Green 2004 ; Scriven and Garman 2007 ; Green et al 2015 ).

The definition of Community, Netting, Kettner, McMurty and Thomas (2012) stated by Warren (1978) “Community is the combination of social units and systems that perform the major social functions relevant to meeting people’s needs on a local level.”(p.133). Understanding communities is important to social workers as they have, Netting et al (2012) “to know individuals functions within larger systems, understanding of its history and that communities constantly change” (p. 168). A community has many parts that make it work together; when one part is not working well, it affects the entire system. Social Workers are able to analyze, interpret data and work with community groups and leaders to find solutions to improve the workings of that community to its full potential.