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Identify the geographic/geopolitical community in the area where you live. ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
Conduct a windshield survey of the geographic community. (Note: The time spent completing your windshield survey for this project can be used for your practice experience hours.) Use public information and databases to collect demographic and vital statistics data for the community you identified. Evaluate the data collected to analyze the health of the population and design an evidence-and assessment-based community intervention to address the wellness deficit or gap in care or services or social determinant of health identified in the analysis of this community.
Submit a paper of 1250 to 2500 words (5 to 10 pages), not including appendices, tables, and references that details your analysis and program plan. Your paper must follow APA style guidelines.
GUIDELINES
Community Assessment Background
⢠Complete a Windshield Survey.
o The Windshield Survey portion of your assessment should be completed by driving around the geographic community you selected (town, city, municipality, township, etc.). The Windshield Survey is composed of general qualitative observations that give you a snapshot of the community.
o Refer to Chapter 11 in your textbook and consider the overall physical environment, levels of economic development and safety, access to food/grocery stores, recreation, health and social services, and public transportation.
⢠Collect demographic, health, and vital statistics data.
o Demographic and vital statistics data for the community you selected can be obtained online from the selected geopolitical community administration. If data for a particular geopolitical community is not available, you can supplement the information with data from the state in which the community is located.
o All information needed for this project is in the public domain and accessible to you.
Writing the Community Analysis and Project Paper
⢠Section I: Definition of CommunityâIdentification and History
o Give a brief description of the area assessed in terms of geographic location and history.
o Describe significant trends and events related to current function and status of the community (e.g., was this a manufacturing community that has experienced plant closings and job losses?).
⢠Section II: Assessment
o Demographics
? Describe the following demographic and socio-economic characteristics of your geographic community:
⢠Demographics
⢠Population size and density
⢠Racial and ethnic diversity
⢠Percentage of households where language other than English is spoken
⢠Educational levels for residents > 25 years of age
⢠Current unemployment rate
⢠Types of occupations of residents
⢠Per capita income
⢠Percent of households with incomes below the federal poverty level
⢠Median value of homes
⢠Average age of homes
? Demographics conclusion and summaryâinterpret demographics information, compare to surrounding areas if appropriate.
o Windshield Survey
? Summarize windshield survey observations with a focus on health and wellness.
? Important available community resources to help families achieve optimal levels of wellness can be listed in the Appendix.
o Representation
? Describe the local government structure.
? Who are the state representatives and what is their party affiliation?
? Who represents the members of this community in the United States Congress?
o Vital and Health Statistics
? Summarize the most current available data with comparison to state and/or national rates for perspective, including the following information:
⢠Incidence and prevalence of five most common major chronic diseases (identify chronic diseases)
⢠Death rates for five leading causes of death
⢠Infant mortality rates
⢠Incidence of births to mothers < 20 years of age
⢠Incidence and prevalence of five most common reportable communicable diseases
⢠Crime/violence statistics; may include child abuse statistics
⢠Vital and health statistics conclusion
(Tables may be utilized for succinct presentation and easy comparison. See also Demarco, Chapter 7.)
o Vital and Health Statistics Summary
? Summarize and analyze the findings.
o Social Determinants of Health
? Based on the community variables you assessed, describe at least two Healthy People 2030 social determinants that may negatively affect the health of this community and how you reached that conclusion.
⢠Section III: Problem Identification and Plan
o Community Plan
? Critically evaluate all data and information collected to identify a wellness deficit or gap in care or services or social determinant of health that negatively affects the health and well-being of the population in this community. Clearly describe the relationship between your evaluation and problem identification.
? Based on your assessment, what are some important strengths and weaknesses of this community?
? Describe at least one evidence-based approach to address the identified gap in care or services or social determinant of health.
? Create a feasible, evidence-based, collaborative community intervention to address the wellness deficit or gap in care or services or social determinant of health identified in the analysis of this community. Describe how this intervention builds on identified community strengths.
⢠Section IV: Implementation and Evaluation
o Describe the methods you would use to implement the intervention.
o Describe methods you would use to evaluate the outcome of the intervention.
o Who could be instrumental and able to implement your plan for this community?
⢠Section V: Conclusion
o In one paragraph summarize your geographic community and proposed intervention, and projections for the ability of this community to reduce the identified gap(s) in care or services or reduce the effect of a social determinant of health.
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