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An Epidemiological Approach to Community Assessment
Author(s) -
Finnegan Lorna,
Ervin Naomi E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1989.tb00588.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , public health , medicine , environmental health , nursing , pathology
An epidemiological approach to community assessment is useful for students and practicing nurses. Shamansky and Pesznecker's definition of community is applied to the community assessment process in order to provide an organized framework for data collection, data analysis, and community diagnosis. We applied the framework to an actual community in a case study format.