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Community assessment for identification and prioritization health problems in Navai Kola village, Babol, Iran
Introduction: Attracting community participation is the most important
developmental solution in various sectors of the society. In this regard, the community
evaluation is the process during which researchers and community members get the right
understanding of health, living concerns, and community health care system by collecting and
analyzing data and determining the strengths, resources, and the needs of society. Navai Kola
is a village in the Babol, Iran, in which this research has been done to identify and
prioritize problems. Methods: This research is based on the model of the Northern Carolina. In
this model, the process of community assessment is done in an eight-stage process that the
first seven stages include: identification and classification of problems and the eighth
involves drawing up operational plans for solving high priority problems. Results: In this
study, a total of 40 different problems were identified in order, and the main were lack of
sports facilities and entertainment, waste disposal, dangerous U-turn point in the entrance of
the village, worn out power and water utilities, and youth unemployment. Conclusion: Most of
the problems identified were issues not directly related to health, but had effects that
differently appeared in community health