HLTAHW010 Identify community health issues, needs and strategies

Release: 2

HLTAHW010 Identify community health issues, needs and strategies

Modification History

Release	Comments
Release 2	Updated: assessor requirements statement foundation skills lead in statement licensing statement modification history to reflect 2012 standards Equivalent outcome.
Release 1	This version was released in HLT Health Training Package release 1.0 and meets the requirements of the 2012 Standards for Training Packages. Significant changes to elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and environment requirements.

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to gather, interpret and act upon information about the community’s health. It covers the collection of information for a specific purpose, such as developing a program or project, or for the purpose of maintaining a community health profile to identify and address issues impacting on community health.

This unit applies to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers working as part, and under the supervision, of a multidisciplinary primary health care team to provide a range of primary health care services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.

Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENT	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements define the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Gather information on community health	1.1 Show respect for cultural values, beliefs and gender roles when planning to gather information on community health 1.2 Consult with the primary health team to identify specific health issues and ways to gather community information on these issues 1.3 Meet with community representatives to discuss health priorities and gain agreement to gather information from community members 1.4 Identify community members as sources of information 1.5 Explain purpose and method of gathering information to community members to support individual consent 1.6 Use culturally appropriate and safe communication skills to effectively gather information (verbally or in writing) from individual community members 1.7 Confidentially record information according to community, organisation and ethical requirements
2. Compile, interpret and report on information gathered	2.1 Compile information in format agreed with the primary health care team 2.2 Provide assistance to document findings into written reports 2.3 Provide assistance to identify and document community impact of emerging trends and issues
3. Provide feedback to organisation and community	3.1 Present information to organisation to contribute to planning health service provision 3.2 Use information gathered to clarify effectiveness of existing health promotion, education, services and programs and plan for future actions 3.3 Assist in advising the community of the outcomes of the research 3.4 Keep organisation informed of any community or ethical issues relating to research activities being planned or conducted in the community

Foundation Skills

The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills) that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit Mapping Information

No equivalent unit.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ced1390f-48d9-4ab0-bd50-b015e5485705