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Assessment of Community Health
Assessing community health requires gathering relevant existing data, generating missing data, and interpreting the data base.
The systematic collection of data includes:
Gathering or compiling existing data
Generating missing data
Analysis and interpretation of data
Identification of health needs/problems and capabilities.
Data gathering
It is a process of obtaining readily available data, which describe the demography of the community
Age, sex, socioeconomic and racial distribution.
Vital statistics, including morbidity and mortality data.
Community institution
Health manpower characteristics.
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