Program Planning: Community
Nutrition Assessment
Program Planning Basics
•Systematic process
•Continual feedback and evaluation
•Cyclical: based on increasing
understandings of the true nature of the
situation and the effectiveness of
interventions.
•Starts with an assessment of the current
situation
Assess
Prioritize
Analyze problem and
propose model to address
Develop Intervention
goals, objectives,
implementation plan
Evaluate outcomes
Process Evaluation
and Adjustment
Why Do Assessment?
Community Nutrition Assessment:
•Anchors program/intervention in the reality
of the community
•Essential part of ongoing process:
–Needs assessment
–Designing and implementing services
–Evaluation
–Improving programs and services
•Includes community and stakeholders as
fully active participants