Defining a Community Assessment on Detroit, Michigan

Defining a Community Assessment on Detroit, Michigan

Defining a Community Assessment on Detroit, Michigan: Your community should be within a specifically designated geographic location. One must clearly delineate the following dimensions before starting the process of community assessment: • Describe the population that is being assessed? • What is/are the race(s) of this population within the community? • Are there boundaries of this group? If so, what are they? • Does this community exist within a certain city or county? • Are there general characteristics that separate this group from others? • Education levels, birth/death rates, age of deaths, insured/uninsured? • Where is this group located geographically…? Urban/rural? • Why is a community assessment being performed? What purpose will it serve? • How will information for the community assessment be collected?