Assets-Oriented Community Assessment.
Sharpe, Patricia A. PhD MPH; Greaney, Mary L. MPH; Lee, Peter R. MPH; Royce, Sherer W. MPH
[Miscellaneous Article]
Public Health Reports.
Focus on Healthy Communities. 115(2 & 3):205-211, March/April/May/June 2000.
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SYNOPSIS: Determining how to promote community health requires that community health workers first assess where the community stands. The authors maintain that Healthy Communities initiatives are better served by assets-oriented assessment methods than by standard "problem-focused" or "needs-based" approaches. An assets orientation allows community members to identify, support, and mobilize existing community resources to create a shared vision of change, and encourages greater creativity when community members do address problems and obstacles.
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