Scholar-Practitioner Project Assignment: Determining Relevant Assets

 
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
 My population is the Native American Indian
Create an asset map that includes the following:

Describe the primary community assets available in your Scholar-Practitioner Project community and explain why they are relevant.
Select three assets you identified. Explain how you might integrate the asset into a potential community health assessment and public health promotion program that would address the problem you selected for your Scholar-Practitioner Project.
Use Resources and current literature to support your response.

Support your Scholar-Practitioner Project Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Resources:
 
Minkler, M. (2012). Community organizing and community building for health and welfare (3rd ed.). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Chapter 10, “Mapping Community Capacity”
Bartholomew, L. K., Parcel, G. S., Kok, G., Gottleib, N. H., & Fernandez, M. E. (2011). Planning health promotion programs: An intervention planning approach (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Pages 221–225 on Community Capacity
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Beyer, K. M. M., Comstock, S., & Seagren, R. (2010). Disease maps as context for community mapping: A methodological approach for linking confidential health information with local geographical knowledge for community health research. Journal of Community Health, 35(6), 635–644.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
Kazda, M. J.,  Beel, E. R., Villegas, D., Martinez, J. G., Patel, N., & Migala, W. (2009). Methodological complexities and the use of GIS in conducting a community needs assessment of a large U.S. municipality. Journal of Community Health, 34(3), 210–215.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
Santilli, A., Carroll-Scott, A., Wong, F., & Ickovics, J. (2011). Urban youths go 3000 miles: Engaging and supporting young residents to conduct neighborhood asset mapping. American Journal of Public Health, 101(12), 2207–2210.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.