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Assets-oriented community assessment.

P A Sharpe1, M L Greaney, P R Lee

  • 1Prevention Research Center at the University of South Carolina School of Public Health, Columbia 29208, USA. pasharpe@sph.sc.edu

Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
|September 1, 2000
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Community health initiatives benefit from assets-oriented assessments over problem-focused ones. This approach empowers residents to leverage existing resources for a shared vision and creative problem-solving.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Community Health Assessment
  • Health Promotion Strategies

Background:

  • Effective community health promotion necessitates a thorough understanding of a community's current status.
  • Traditional needs-based or problem-focused assessments may not fully capture a community's potential for growth and positive change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advocate for the adoption of assets-oriented assessment methods in Healthy Communities initiatives.
  • To highlight the advantages of an assets-based approach compared to traditional problem-focused strategies.

Main Methods:

  • The study advocates for a conceptual shift towards assets-oriented assessment.
  • It contrasts this approach with standard problem-focused or needs-based assessment methods.

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Main Results:

  • Assets-oriented assessments empower community members to identify, support, and mobilize existing resources.
  • This approach fosters a shared vision for community change and enhances creative problem-solving capabilities.

Conclusions:

  • An assets-oriented approach is more effective for Healthy Communities initiatives than problem-focused methods.
  • Mobilizing existing community assets promotes greater creativity and shared ownership in addressing challenges.