Windshield Survey for Zip Code 77004 Eugene Harris NUR/405 Healthy Communities: Theory And Practice November 28th‚ 2011 Beth Meadows Community health nursing has become a focal point in healthcare since the 1960s-70s when the civil right movement shifted the goal from a charitable concept to a political commitment in order to rectify racial injustices of the past (Stanhope and Lancaster‚ 2008). Many programs came about with the goal of addressing inequalities in the delivery of healthcare
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Running Head: Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Leonard Larino University of Phoenix – Professor Bonnie Schoettle April 27‚ 2015 Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Public health nursing involves a community and the overall health of the community. A community is a group within an area or region. These groups vary through various areas. According to Stanhope & Lancaster‚ they cited the World Health Organization’s definition
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Windshield Survey of Anaheim Hills‚ California Element | Description | Housing and zoning | * The average age range of homes is 15-35 years; the majority of homes are constructed with brick. Homes older than 35 years are constructed with wood and brick. * The most common style and architecture of the homes are country and ranch. * Most homes have central heating/air conditioning‚ sprinkler systems * The majority of homes are in very good to excellent condition. * The majority of yards
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Community as partner model To gain access to the community‚ the community must: - Perceive that a need exist - Believe that the CHN can help address this need - Perceive that its information and contributions are valued - Be assured of confidentiality for non-public information - Be involved from the beginning in this partnership Compare Neuman System Model & Community as Partner Model - the inner circle represents the community - the dotted circles represents resistance - spiritual‚ psyschosocial
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Windshield Survey Table Element Discussion Housing and Zoning‚ Boundaries The houses vary depending on the area. Going towards the more elevated areas‚ I see houses that are more than one story‚ and multiple town houses and condos/apartments. In the more flat areas‚ I see a lot of single story homes‚ and cul de sac layouts‚ but have big backyards and front yards. Schools are scattered evenly throughout the city‚ and some schools are consecutive (a pre-school is close to an elementary school and
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American Community Survey An Overview of the American Community Survey Have you ever thought about how‚ or why‚ new roads‚ schools‚ after-school programs‚ or hospitals are placed in communities? What makes communities attractive to new businesses or tourists? Why there is no ATM or video store on a street corner? The answers often lie in the numbers: numbers that reflect what our communities look like‚ how our communities have changed‚ and how those changes impact our daily lives. Most importantly
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Windshield Survey and Reflection Windshield Survey and Reflection A windshield survey was conducted in the community of Staten Island‚ New York to obtain a detailed assessment through visual observations within the surroundings of the community. There are many variations of the definition of community one coming from the World Health Organization defining community as “A group of people‚ often living in a defined geographical area‚ who may share a common culture‚ values and norms‚ and are arranged
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Community health Nursing is a population based nursing practice which promote and protect the health of a population‚ while Public health nursing is “the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing‚ social‚ and public health sciences” Public Health Nursing Section (2013).It focuses on improving all population health by emphasizing prevention‚ and attending to multiple determinants of health. It is almost impossible to talk about public health without
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Mount Pleasant‚ New York Windshield Survey Introduction This paper is a Windshield Survey of the town of Mount Pleasant‚ New York‚ which is located thirty miles north of New York City‚ in Westchester County in the lower Hudson Valley. A windshield survey “ involves the generation of data that helps to define the community‚ the trends‚ stability‚ and changes that all serve to define the health of the community” (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2014‚ p. 409). The town I live in is comprised of the Villages of
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Community Health Nursing: Definitions: 1) World Health Organization: a. Special field of nursing that combines skills of nursing public health… b. Function as part of total public health program for: i. Promotion of health ii. Improvement of condition iii.Rehabilitation of illness and disability Jacobsen a. Learned practice discipline with ultimate goal of contributing as individuals to promote client’s optimum level of functioning through teaching and delivery of care Dr. Ruth B. Freeman a. CHN
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