HLTPOP020 — Work with the community to identify health needs

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What an assessment for HLTPOP020 must cover

30 assessable components: 4 elements (13 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 14 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Review literature

1.1Clearly identify health problem and community being addressed
1.2Identify and access relevant sources of literature and data
1.3Review the literature and data to reveal the established causes of the health problem, intervention programs and general information about the community
1.4Critically appraise information accessed through literature review in terms of reliability and applicability

2 Collect other relevant data to further define community

2.1Identify relevant types of data required to further define community
2.2Collect required data that cannot be obtained through a literature search according to organisation procedures and ethical considerations
2.3Document description of community in a manner that would provide sufficient information for purposes of evaluation and for examination of those considering duplicating interventions

3 Investigate the health problem as it occurs and is perceived within the community

3.1Identify appropriate means of consulting with community regarding the health problem, its causes and appropriate interventions and solutions
3.2Implement consultation with community and experts using allocated resources and according to organisation procedures and ethical considerations
3.3Document results of consultation in a manner that supports planning, evaluating and duplicating interventions and according to organisation procedures and ethical considerations

4 Work with the community to define and prioritise their health needs

4.1Clearly identify factors contributing to the health problem on the basis of findings from the literature review and other data collected and discuss with the community
4.2Sort out, in a logical manner, factors that identify causal pathways defining health needs and discuss with the community
4.3Recommend activities that would build the ongoing capacity of the community to identify their health needs to relevant stakeholders

Performance evidence

facilitated at least 2 communities to identify, define and prioritise their own health needs including:
facilitating consultation between community and experts to identify and review literature and data to determine and understand causes and potential interventions
recommending at least 2 activities that would build the ongoing capacity of the community to identify their health needs.

Knowledge evidence

legal and organisation requirements relating to identifying and assessing the health needs of a community, including: ethical considerations, duty of care, equity issues in population health, evidence-based practice
relevant international charters/declarations and documents
national, State/Territory and local health policies, goals, targets and priorities
organisation standards, policies and procedures, including scope of own role and responsibilities
stakeholders or organisations for collaborative partnerships
strategies and activities that build the ongoing capacity of the community to identify their health needs
theory and practice of population health, including health promotion, and health protection and prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases relating to identifying health needs
principles and techniques of consultation and participation
social change and advocacy processes
difference between and examples of qualitative and quantitative data
stages of health needs assessment
types of needs, including: normative need (based on expert opinion), expressed need (based on inferences made from observation of use of health services), comparative need (base on examining the services provided in a similar communities), felt need (based on what members of the community say they need)
sources of information and processes for critical appraisal of literature
common health problems of a community and causal pathways, including the following components: risk markers (identify the target group, outlines the characteristics associated with occurrence of problem but do not necessarily directly contribute to it), risk factors (directly account for why the problem is occurring), contributing factors (contribute to or account for the risk factors and could be sorted out into predisposing factors, enabling factors and reinforcing factors).

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What does an assessment tool for HLTPOP020 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTPOP020 needs to address all 30 unit components: 4 elements with 13 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 14 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for HLTPOP020?

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