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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes.
2. Gather information on community health
   • Show respect for cultural values, beliefs and gender roles when planning to gather information on community health
   • Consult with the primary health team to identify specific health issues and ways to gather community information on these issues
   • Meet with community representatives to discuss health priorities and gain agreement to gather information from community members
   • Identify community members as sources of information
   • Explain purpose and method of gathering information to community members to support individual consent
   • Use culturally appropriate and safe communication skills to effectively gather information (verbally or in writing) from individual community members
   • Confidentially record information according to community, organisation and ethical requirements
3. Compile, interpret and report on information gathered
   • Compile information in format agreed with the primary health care team
   • Provide assistance to document findings into written reports
   • Provide assistance to identify and document community impact of emerging trends and issues
4. Provide feedback to organisation and community
   • Present information to organisation to contribute to planning health service provision
   • Use information gathered to clarify effectiveness of existing health promotion, education, services and programs and plan for future actions
   • Assist in advising the community of the outcomes of the research
   • Keep organisation informed of any community or ethical issues relating to research activities being planned or conducted in the community

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role.

There must be evidence that the candidate has:

contributed to identifying community health issues, needs and strategies by:

- consulting community members to obtain information on community health issues and to establish agreement on health priorities

- using culturally appropriate and safe communication to effectively gather information

- recording all information received confidentially and according to organisation procedures

assisted in preparing written reports by interpreting health information gathered to aid in planning health promotion, services and programs for the community

helped to provide feedback to the organisation about the outcomes of the research

assisted to provide feedback to the community about the outcomes of the research.

Each performance evidence task must be demonstrated at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role.

This includes knowledge of:

- organisation policies and procedures and legislation or regulations including:

o client confidentiality

o referral, including various levels of urgency, and follow-up of client

o mandatory reporting

o notifiable communicable diseases

o limits of own ability and authority

o reporting procedures

o documentation

- relevant policies, protocols and procedures of the governments and other organisations

- relevant equipment, technology and local resources for collecting community information

- sources of information and ways to access it

- formats and systems for compiling information

- community development principles

- respect for community ownership of data

environmental factors contributing to poor health, including:

- lack of access to clean water

- faulty housing equipment including toilets, taps, drainage, pipes, washing machines and hot water

- poor housing or building design contributing to health problems

- overcrowding

- littering and lack of facilities to dispose of rubbish

- personal hygiene and community interactions

- unsafe food handling, preparation, storage and disposal.

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