Walden HLTH5205/HLTH6205/HLTH8205E Week 6 Discussion Latest 2024

HLTH-5205-1/HLTH-6205-1/HLTH-8205E Assessing Community Needs-Summer 2024

Week 6 Discussion

DATA COLLECTION FOR A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT

This Discussion will be available from Day 1 through Day 7 of this week. You are required to submit your initial post by Day 3. You are encouraged to post early. Once you have submitted your initial post, start responding to your colleagues. You must begin responding to your colleagues by no later than Day 5 and should continue to interact frequently with your colleagues through Day 7. Part of what makes a discussion a discussion and not a lecture is the back and forth, in-depth, animated interaction of at least two people.

If you start a topic and find that none of your peers are responding to your post, consider what you can do to get the conversation going. Include something that would elicit further thoughts and different opinions from peers. Validate your opinions with references and links to the sources you used so that your peers can read them for themselves. See your Discussion Rubric for specific grading requirements.

As a health educator, you can be faced with inherent challenges and concerns in the data analysis process. For example, survey questions must be formed using clear language that the target population can understand. Any data collection methods, such as focus groups or key informant interviews, must maintain consistent question format and unbiased prompts from the researcher. If a target population stems from a wide variety of educational backgrounds or language proficiencies, it is imperative that the researcher is mindful about translating the information accurately while maintaining the efficacy of the words so that they do not lose meaning. Ensuring the reliability and consistency of data collection necessitates training data collectors systematically and with precision (Anderson & Patel, 2021).

Reference:

Anderson, J., & Patel, R. (2021). Enhancing data collection reliability through focused and methodical training. Journal of Data Collection, 15(3), 45-57.

For this Discussion, read this week's resources. Then, consider the steps to be taken to analyze health assessment data for a community.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCE

BY DAY 3

Post an explanation of one or two challenges that may occur during the process of analyzing a community's health assessment data. Explain how these challenges can affect the process and results of data analysis. Also, explain how such challenges may vary depending on the audience who receives the analysis results.

BY DAY 5

Remember to begin interacting with your colleagues in the Discussion and continue engaging through Day 7 by responding to one or more colleagues about how to address the challenges posted by them.

Support your work with specific citations from this week's Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.