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Rahmani A, Asgarian A, Aligol M, Ahmadi Z, Mohammadbeigi A. Community Assessment for Identifying and Prioritizing the Problems of Jamkaran Village in Qom Province in 2019 (Iran). Qom Univ Med Sci J 2020; 13 (11) :1-12
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Abdollah Rahmani1 
, Azadeh Asgarian2 , Mohammad Aligol3 , Zohreh Ahmadi4 , Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi * 5
, Azadeh Asgarian2 , Mohammad Aligol3 , Zohreh Ahmadi4 , Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi * 5
1- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Science
2- Izadi Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences
3- Department of Health Education, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences
4- Student Research Committee, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences
5- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences ,beigi60@gmail.com
2- Izadi Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences
3- Department of Health Education, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences
4- Student Research Committee, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences
5- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences ,
Abstract: (4264 Views)
Background and Objectives: The duty of every healthcare system worldwide, is to address needs and problems associated with community health. The current study was performed aiming at identifying and prioritizing the most important needs of Jamkaran village in Qom province and providing applied and useful interventional suggestions in order to solve the problems of the village.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, community assessment was performed in Jamkaran village in Qom province based on the North Carolina Model and according to MPH model developed by the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The community assessment process was carried out in 8 stages in 6 different areas, including health, education and culture, economics and employment, social and civil rights, and security and urban services. Then, they were prioritized using the Scoring Matrix method.
Results: In the village, 48 problems were identified in 6 areas, the most important of which, were in health (27%), urban services (25%), social and civil rights (20.83%), economics and employment (12.5%), education and culture (10.4%), and security area (4.17%) areas, respectively. The highest score of Matrix table was obtained to be in urban sanitation system (15 scores), shortage of park and green space (14 scores), unemployment (13 scores), non-communicable diseases (12 scores), and lack of public library (12 scores), respectively.
Conclusion: Jamkaran faces with a wide range of social, economic, cultural and health problems, but the most of the problems of the village was related to health area, which requires serious attention of the authorities in all areas.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, community assessment was performed in Jamkaran village in Qom province based on the North Carolina Model and according to MPH model developed by the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The community assessment process was carried out in 8 stages in 6 different areas, including health, education and culture, economics and employment, social and civil rights, and security and urban services. Then, they were prioritized using the Scoring Matrix method.
Results: In the village, 48 problems were identified in 6 areas, the most important of which, were in health (27%), urban services (25%), social and civil rights (20.83%), economics and employment (12.5%), education and culture (10.4%), and security area (4.17%) areas, respectively. The highest score of Matrix table was obtained to be in urban sanitation system (15 scores), shortage of park and green space (14 scores), unemployment (13 scores), non-communicable diseases (12 scores), and lack of public library (12 scores), respectively.
Conclusion: Jamkaran faces with a wide range of social, economic, cultural and health problems, but the most of the problems of the village was related to health area, which requires serious attention of the authorities in all areas.
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Received: 2019/10/20 | Accepted: 2020/01/6 | Published: 2020/02/29
Received: 2019/10/20 | Accepted: 2020/01/6 | Published: 2020/02/29
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