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Community Assessment Primer

Describing Your Community, Collecting Data, Analyzing the Issues and Establishing a Road Map for Change

About the Course

This course examines the assessment framework for community prevention. It includes: the Drug Free Communities Support Program, Public Health Approach, SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework, building partnerships for community assessment, stability cultutal competence and the SPF, elements of a community assessment, needs assessment and data collection, and The Logic Model.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Community Assessment Primer created by CADCA in 2018.

Publication Date

Third 2018

Course Material Author

CADCA

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America National Coalition Institute

CADCA authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Recommended For

Prevention professionals. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Discuss the need for a community assessment.
  2. Identify the elements of the Logic Model
  3. Describe the problem analysis, needs assessment, and create a logic model.

Availability

This course is available starting Oct 31st, 2023 and expires Oct 30th, 2033

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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Course Number 103361
2.5 CE credit hours
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  • Reading-Based Online
Exam Fee $14.93
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