Getting Started
As you turn toward preparing the community assessment report, consider whether there are additional ways you would like to present the information to your community and key stakeholders, as well as individuals who participated in your data collection activities. You may want to report to the entire community or limit the results to your agency and OHS. Depending on your audience, you might decide to hold a meeting to discuss the results or augment the written report with a PowerPoint presentation, short video recap, or community fact sheet. Be sure to summarize the results in accessible, clear language accompanied by easy-to-interpret charts, tables, graphs, and photographs.
Learning Objectives
Documenting the community assessment process, findings, and recommendations will enable your staff, partners, OHS, and other key stakeholders to benefit from what you have learned. It will also help them understand the reasoning behind certain program decisions. In this chapter, you will learn how to:
- Prepare the community assessment report
- Communicate the data and recommendations
- Review and update the community assessment
- Integrate the community assessment process into ongoing strategic and program planning
