Promoting Real Healthy Families: Home Economics

Volunteers recruited to conduct need assessment

With a need to provide a community health services to community that Kole Intellectual Forum works for; Kole Intellectual Forum have reccruited 60 volunteers and are facilitating them to conduct a research in the 11 Health Centers that Kole District has and also to the community that are living within the district mainly to conduct the need assessment research for community health.

In the research, they are expected to:

•  Identify top community health concerns within that geographic area, such as environmental and social factors that affect healthy life choices.
•  Identify a need for an intervention to address resource gaps in the community, such as establishing community health centers, mobile clinics, and outreach programs.
•  Educate community on the benefits of preventive care and healthy behaviors to facilitate life changes.
•  Identify what type of essential services such as screenings, social support, and counseling that can be provided to the community
•  Plan on how to make the community gain access to resources such as affordable medical, dental, and mental health care services; insurance (Medicare or Medicaid enrollment); translation and transportation services; or housing, food, and education system
•  Plan for a reducing need for expensive emergency care and hospitalizations.
•  Advocate for improved care for at-risk populations to state and federal policymakers.
•  Work with other community agencies to address the area’s mental, physical, cultural, and social characteristics, including nutrition, housing, and transportation.