TY - JOUR
T1 - Collaboration with city agencies
T2 - A winning approach to community assessment
AU - Reifsnider, Elizabeth
AU - Dominguez, Amy
AU - Friesenhahn, Jana
AU - Hodges, Pamela
AU - Chapin, Candace
AU - Sims, W. Bryan
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - Five graduate nursing students made a difference in the health of San Antonio citizens by conducting a community assessment as part of a standard clinical activity in their community health nursing course. The students and their professor were able to effect city-wide change for health protection and promotion through collaboration with the City of San Antonio Planning Department (CSAPD). By compiling information, linking organizations, and speaking before community groups about the importance of a fluoridated water supply, the students generated public interest and momentum, which resulted in a successful vote to add fluoride to the wa ter supply. In addition, they were able to add to the assessment compiled by the Planning Department employees and increase the CSAPD's awareness of health concerns as an important area to assess within a community. The resulting assessment was more comprehensive than it would have been without the students' input. This use of collaboration provides a model other faculty may adopt for community assessment.
AB - Five graduate nursing students made a difference in the health of San Antonio citizens by conducting a community assessment as part of a standard clinical activity in their community health nursing course. The students and their professor were able to effect city-wide change for health protection and promotion through collaboration with the City of San Antonio Planning Department (CSAPD). By compiling information, linking organizations, and speaking before community groups about the importance of a fluoridated water supply, the students generated public interest and momentum, which resulted in a successful vote to add fluoride to the wa ter supply. In addition, they were able to add to the assessment compiled by the Planning Department employees and increase the CSAPD's awareness of health concerns as an important area to assess within a community. The resulting assessment was more comprehensive than it would have been without the students' input. This use of collaboration provides a model other faculty may adopt for community assessment.
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U2 - 10.3928/01484834-20050701-07
DO - 10.3928/01484834-20050701-07
M3 - Article
C2 - 16094792
AN - SCOPUS:22144475865
SN - 0148-4834
VL - 44
SP - 323
EP - 325
JO - Journal of Nursing Education
JF - Journal of Nursing Education
IS - 7
ER -