Conducting injury prevention programming without knowing your community demographics, resources, and data is like driving blindfolded: You know you are in a car, but you don’t know where you are going or why. This session will shine the brights on how to complete a comprehensive needs assessment and demonstrate how it can be used to strengthen your program throughout the year. The value of community asset mapping will also be addressed. Fasten your seatbelts, this is going to be quite a ride!

• What is a community needs assessment?
• How to use the results of a CNA to make your program better

Presenter: Amita N. Vyas, PhD, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health
George Washington University School of Public Health
Washington, DC

Staff Leads: Jacquie Dukehart and Lorrie Walker