Discuss the following
a. Community Data: Gather vital statistical data to assess the community’s health status and to identify vulnerable populations in the community.
b. Census Data: Gather Census Data to identify the population in your community and zip code. Identify three vulnerable populations & identify two potential health care needs for the identified vulnerable populations.
c. Environmental Risk Assessment: Collect data to assess environmental risks for your assigned community or zip code.
d. Community Member Interviews: Interview three community members (for example: police, fireman, school teacher, community member [no official title], mechanic, librarian, business owner or store clerk/manager) to determine their perspective on the health of the community.
e. Community Planning: Meet with a public health professional in the community and present assessment findings. Collaborate with the healthcare member to identify the top three priority needs for the assessed community or zip code area and outline a program plan to address one priority need for a target population.

Component: Community Data
Directions: Utilize different databases to gather vital statistics data to assess the community’s health status and to identify vulnerable populations in the community. For example: The CDC National Vital Statistics Report @ http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/gettingstarted.htm and http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nvsr.htm and the United States Census Bureau at www.census.gov . Public health departments for each states. You will also need to access information for your state.
• Live Births: Community/County
• General Death
• Mortality
• Infant
• Heart
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Accidents
• Diabetes
• Suicide
• HIV/AIDs
• Morbidity
• Tuberculosis
• Syphilis
• Gonorrhea
• Life Expectancy
Summarize Findings.

Component: Census Data
Directions: Go to the United States Census Bureau @ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml to locate the following census data for your state:

• Population count
• Persons under 5 years, percent
• Persons under 18 years, percent
• Person 65 years and over, percent
• White alone, percent
• Black or African America alone, percent
• Asian alone, percent
• Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone, percent
• Two or More Races, percent
• Hispanic or Latino, percent White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent
• Foreign born persons, percent
• High school graduate or higher, percent or persons age 25+
• Language other than English spoken at home, percentage 5+
• Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+
• Veterans
• Median household income
• Poverty, percent
Summarize Findings.