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Commjnity Assessment & Intervention    
The Assessment Wheel

 


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Community Core Wheel

Definition:

The core of the community is its people: history, values, characteristics and beliefs.

Essential Data:

Describes the people of your community.

 

List button  Useful On-Line Databases

 

Examples of Questions:   
  1. What are the vital statistics of the community?
  2. What is the ethnic distribution?
  3. What is the number of children of school age?

Did you know?       
 Rural communities can be described as "bipolar" populations - over-represented by the very young and very old?

 

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