Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes.
- Plan and research health promotion and community development programs
- Consult community representatives and key people to identify community health needs and concerns
- Assess information to identify key stakeholders, community health trends and ethical considerations
- Undertake appropriate research and identify community development opportunities
- Consider and respect community values and beliefs, gender roles and taboos in researching community health needs
- Identify and access relevant existing resources (human, financial and physical) for use in health promotion and community development programs
- Create a process for key representatives of the community and any related agencies or organisations to be consulted in the plan development
- Ensure health promotion and programs have a holistic, culturally sensitive approach and support the community in taking a self-determination approach to health
- Prepare proposals (or submissions) as required to address any additional resource requirements, including funding
- Identify evaluation processes and criteria to be used for critiquing health promotion programs
- Develop a health promotion and community development program
- Develop health promotion strategies in partnership with key representatives of the community and any related agencies or organisations
- Develop goals, actions and key performance indicators for health promotion and community development activities
- Identify appropriate delivery strategies according to the needs of the target group, location and health issues
- Provide relevant information to health services, work team and community
- Access, adapt or develop resources (human, financial and physical) as required to suit the needs of the health issue, audience and program delivery context
- Document plans for health promotion and community development according to organisational procedures and policies
- Deliver a health promotion and community development program
- Provide health care and community development programs to the community in ways that are consistent with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community values and beliefs
- Integrate and implement health screeningsand implement on own practice to enhance understanding work team and communityeeds, concerns and resource availability, surveillance and education activities into the programs, as appropriate
- Provide information in plain language to clients about health problems common to their particular client group, using culturally appropriate and safe communication skills
- Refer common health problems identified as part of the program to professionals and support services
- Support clients and families in accessing health care services and associated benefits as required
- Provide guidance, support and assistance to individuals and families coping with social and emotional issues according to identified needs and cultural protocols
- Reflect on own practice to enhance understanding
- Monitor and evaluate health promotion program
- Evaluate health promotion and community development program against criteria that reflect identified community health objectives
- Monitor and evaluate community health outcomes
- Collect, document and interpret data to contribute to the evaluation of health programs
- Seek to identify program strengths as well as areas for improvement as a basis for continual enhancement of health outcomes
- Communicate outcomes of the evaluation to relevant stakeholders to guide future activities in the delivery of health promotion and health services to the community
- Seek feedback on program effectiveness and provide to community and organisational representatives
- Prepare reports from data collected and provide to management in line with organisational guidelines
- Maintain client and community confidentiality in line with organisational and community requirements
- Support ongoing community development strategies