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Investigating the process of community profile compilation

Health Visiting, Department of Nursing Studies, King's College University, London

This paper presents the methodological approach and findings of one facet of a larger study. The main study, which had a health visiting focus, was concerned with an in-depth investigation of the value of the community profile approach in needs assessment and contracting for family health care from the perspective of one general practitioner (GP) fundholding practice¹. The paper provides a critical review of the data collection processes involved in the compilation of a community profile for one area within the context of the NHS reforms ², identifying appropriate data sources and evaluating them for accessibility, practical use and reliability and validity. In the wider study, a method to aggregate data sources and translate health need into meaningful service specifications for purchasing was developed.

Key Words: Community profiling • Data collection

Nursing Times Research, Vol. 1, No. 4, 270-283 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/174498719600100405


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