NURS11028 Community Needs Assessment
Vicki’s Research Corner
Accessing Community Profile data
The Community Profile Series contains six separate profiles aimed at providing key Census characteristics relating to persons, families and dwellings and covering most topics on the Census form. The profiles are excellent tools for researching, planning and analysing small and large geographic areas. They enable comparisons to be made between different geographic areas.
An interactive tutorial (with audio) on accessing Basic Community Profile data from the 2006 Census.
(Duration:3 min 30 secs. File size: 3.9Mb)
Accessing Community Profile data
Enabled: Statistics Tracking
The Community Profile Series contains six separate profiles aimed at providing key Census characteristics relating to persons, families and dwellings and covering most topics on the Census form. The profiles are excellent tools for researching, planning and analysing small and large geographic areas. They enable comparisons to be made between different geographic areas.
An interactive tutorial (with audio) on accessing Basic Community Profile data from the 2006 Census.
(Duration:3 min 30 secs. File size: 3.9Mb)
Using Census Tables
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Enabled: Statistics Tracking
Census Tables provide data on a particular geographic area, and data on a specific topic. Each of the available tables contain key Census characteristics of persons, families and dwellings, covering most topics on the Census form.
Print guide (PDF)
An interactive tutorial of a search for statistics of the Occupation by Sex for the Roma Local Government Area.
(Duration: 1min 20 seconds File size: 750Kb)
Using QuickStats
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QuickStats is a summary of key Census data relating to persons, families and dwellings and also contains a small textual description of the statistics contained within the tables. QuickStats is not inclusive of all Census topics, instead providing a selection of general topics and data about a chosen area.
A tutorial demonstrating how to locate QuickStats for the community with the post code 4468.
(Duration: 1min File size: 500Kb)
Accessing statistics on a Theme
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Enabled: Statistics Tracking
Various health statistics are available from the ABS. These include information on the health of the Australian population by measuring mortality, morbidity, lifestyle factors, disability, and the use of health services.
An interactive tutorial on how to locate an overview of cardiovascular disease in Australia.
(Duration: 45 seconds File size: 500Kb)
Locating relvant journal articles
Before you start searching you need to identify the major concepts you want to be covered in the article.
Example topic: Effects of social isolation in a rural community for support for new stage 2 diabetic.
Concepts: social isolation AND Rural community AND diabetic
More information on how to develop a search is available from the Library link in the left menu.
After determining the concepts you need to determine which sources will hold the information you require.
· for Australian literatureuse Meditext or Family on Informit.
· for international literature use CINAHL on EBSCOhost.
· for public opinion on various topics use APAFT on Informit or Newsbank (provides access to a large number of Australian and International newspapers).
CINAHL - the major international nursing database.
When wesearching byCINAHL Headings,all results have been classified as being about thatsubject. This means that your search results are usually targeted to your information needs.
Keyword searching finds your search terms wherever they are mentioned in the CINAHL record for each journal article, so you generally find irrelevant material along with the articles you need.