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A community profile allows us to understand the demographic and social characteristics of a group of people in a specific place. Professionals use community profiles to assess needs, request funding, allocate resources, and develop plans.

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Developing a community profile can help you understand the community and prepare for your public health work. Creating a community profile is an essential first step and can help you develop a community engagement plan later on.

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Following the steps to build a community profile will help you and your community identify a prevention program or strategy that best meets your needs. Use local data, if available, to determine health or behavioral issues in need of extra resources and support.

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Once you have gathered the necessary data, you can then begin to build and document your community profile and answer specific questions. A bulleted summary table can be an easy way to describe the demographic characteristics of your service area.

Explore community profiling: its definition, development, uses, and relationship to needs assessment, social audits, and community consultation.

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