NAME : KALU ADA JOY

MATRIC-NO: 19/0410
DEPARTMENT: NURSING SCIENCE
LEVEL:500
COURSE : COMMUNITY HEALTH
NURSING III
The community profile is a summary of baseline conditions and trends in Community and study area.
It establishes the context for assessing potential Impacts and for project decision-making. Developing
a community profile Involves identifying community issues and attitudes, locating notable features in
the study area, and assessing social and economic conditions and trends in the Community and region
that have a bearing on the project. Preparing a Community profile is often an iterative process.
Although some information can Be collected early project development, other important information
about the Community may not be uncovered until later in project development or Production.
Information can be collected both from primary sources, such as interviews or Field surveys, and
secondary sources, such as comprehensive plans or newspaper Articles. The nature of the data
collection effort and the level of documentation Required will vary according to the project. For major
or controversial projects, Information on the community might feed into the Baseline Conditions
section of The CIA technical report. For other less extensive projects, a brief summary of Key issues
and baseline data could be included in the project files.
Community profiling can be defined as “a comprehensive description of the needs of A population
that is defined, or defines itself, as a community, and the resources that Exist within that community,
carried out with the active involvement of the community Itself, for the purpose of developing an
action plan or other means of improving the Quality of life of the community“
Profiling describes the process of building a detailed picture of a target community through
involving local people and working in partnership with organisations and individuals who plan and
deliver services in the area.

INPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY PROFILING

 Useful to gather information may not be recorded
 Highlights gaps in our understanding
 Encourage broader thinking
 Determine who is likely to be affected
 Means to develop relationships and build capacity
  Gather community intelligence over time

WHAT IS A COMMUNIT PROFILE

 Subject centred
 Focuses on issues or topic/s
 Seeks to understand topic better
 Includes summary, description, synthesis and analysis
 Is written formally for a distant audience(council, government body)

TYPES OF COMMUNITY PROFILING

 Individual action plan –Done by an individual work to be oriented to the community
 Corporate action plan-Done by group (NGO, government, company)
 Professional profile-Someone Is brought in to do a profile for the group
 Focused profile-Very clear idea on what the community profile needs to address and take
action on
 Church-based profile-Profile is link to faith-based goals or action

DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY PROFILE

Step 1: Define the Study Area

 Review the Physical Location of the Proposed Project in Relation to Surrounding

Communities
 Size of Study Area should be tailored to the nature and scope of the project and its potential
effects.
1. Primary Study Area
2. Secondary Study Area
Step 2: Review Social and Economic Characteristics

 Community Profile
1. Population and Demographics
2. Income & Poverty
3. Housing Characteristics
4. Employment
 Key Input for Developing Public Outreach Strategies

Step 3: Inventory Features

 Community Facilities and Services

 Business Activity and Employment Canters
  Land Use, Zoning, and Growth Trends
 Transportation Characteristics
 Other Notable Features

Step 4: Identify Community History, Issues and Attitudes

 Review Secondary Sources

 Talk to Knowledgeable Person
 Visit the Community
 Interview Stakeholders
Step 5: Prepare Documentation and Appropriate Level of Assessment
 Field Visit Checklist Is Tool for Initial Stages of Project Development (e.g., Problem
Screening, Concept Development)
1. Used to Define Appropriate Level of Effort and Type of Environmental Processing
2. May Suffice for Categorical Exclusions on Small and Non-Controversial Projects

 Socioeconomic Screening Form

1. Initiated in Concept Development or Preliminary Engineer Stage
2. Demonstrates Analytic Support for Findings along with CE Documentation
3. Good Start for Socioeconomic Technical Study for EA/EIS
 Prepare EA or EIS Document – When Screening Reveals that Socioeconomic Issues May Be
Affected Adversely