Community Assessment Training

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3. To prepare you to analyze your community’s assessment data to identify priorities for prevention action. 4-3 Community Assessment Training

4. Identify priority geographic areas or populations for community attention. • Identify community strengths and two to five priority risk factors. 4-4 Community Assessment Training

5. Communities That CareYouth Survey • Archival data • Prioritization: • • Geographic areas and populations • • Risk and protective factors • 2-5 priority risk & protective factors • Community strengths • Community Assessment Report 4-5 Community Assessment Training

6. Efficient use of resources • Increased local participation • Direct and efficient impact 4-6 Community Assessment Training

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8. Family Management Problems (Poor Family Discipline, Poor Family Supervision) • Favorable Parental Attitudes and Involvement in the Problem Behavior (Parental Attitudes Favorable toward ATOD Use) • Early Initiation of the Problem Behavior 4-8 Community Assessment Training

9. Lack of Commitment to School • Academic Failure Beginning in Late Elementary School (Poor Academic Performance) 4-9 Community Assessment Training

10. Risk of alienating one area or group • Perception of redlining or finger-pointing 4-10 Community Assessment Training

11. Catchment area for a school • Town or city within a county • Neighborhood within a city 4-11 Community Assessment Training

12. Specific age groups with elevated risk • Ethnic or racial groups with elevated risk 4-12 Community Assessment Training

13. Higher risk and lower protection • Higher incidence and prevalence of the problem behaviors • Greater readiness of residents. 4-13 Community Assessment Training

14. To achieve the greatest long-term impact on youth problem behaviors. 4-14 Community Assessment Training

15. Elevated protective factors • Low levels of a risk factor • Low levels of a problem behavior 4-15 Community Assessment Training

16. Data analysis • comparisons • trends • Clusters of elevated risk • Ability to influence • Political/social/economic considerations. 4-16 Community Assessment Training

17. Identify method ahead of time. • Involve Key Leaders and Community Board. • Involve the broader community. • Set a time line. 4-17 Community Assessment Training

18. The Community Board and Key Leaders make the decision. • The broader community has input. • Road show: Community presentations and/or forums • Questionnaire 4-18 Community Assessment Training

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20. Assign each risk factor/problem behavior to a group member. • Fill in a Data Analysis Worksheet for your assigned risk factor. • Fill in the Data Analysis Summary Worksheet as a group. • Identify priorities and strengths. • Report-out. 4-20 Community Assessment Training

21. Report your group’s findings: • One priority risk factor • Community strengths • Additional data to collect • Observations on the process 4-21 Community Assessment Training

22. Consider the data and other community issues. • Plan the decision-making process. • Involve the community. • Set a time line. 4-22 Community Assessment Training

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