Community Assessment Nikki Shannon Johnston Walden University NURS:4011‚ Section 07‚ Family‚ Community‚ and Population-Based Care February 13‚ 2014 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT 2 Community Assessment Community assessment is a core function for the public health nurse and involves getting to know the community. It involves identifying the needs of the community‚ problems
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Contemporary Issues Environmental threats Overpopulation Every 20 minutes‚ the world adds another 3‚500 human lives but loses one or more entire species of animal or plant life - at least 27‚000 species per year. ZGP July 1999 World population growth peaked at about two percent per year in the early 1960s. Latest population figures indicate that the rate of growth has slowed to 1.33 percent annually‚ equivalent to 78 million people a year. UNFPA 1999 The highest world population growth
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Community partners are those who work in groups to provide for the needs of the communities through service learning partnerships. Strengthening communities as well as set roles for each member of the group and plan to address the needs‚ the goals of the community they allocate in. The community partner with whom I worked was with the VCU Rice River Center. The VCU Rice River Center is a huge importance in expanding the environmental knowledge as well as preserving the health of our natural resources
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Conservation of Hawaii ’s vanishing avifauna. BioScience 38(4):238-253. Stone‚ C.P.‚ and L.L. Loope. 1987. Reducing negative effects of introduced animals on native biotas in Hawaii: What is being done‚ what needs doing‚ and the role of national parks. Environmental Conservation 14:245-258. Vitousek‚ P.M.‚ L.L. Loope‚ and C.P Stone. 1987. Introduced species in Hawaii: Biological effects and opportunities for ecological research. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2(7):224-227.
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PROTEIN ARTICLE RESEARCH SCI/241 PROTEIN ARTICLE RESEARCH Proteins are a part of every cell‚ tissue‚ and organ in our bodies. The protein we eat is broken down by amino acids that are later used to replace proteins in our bodies. These proteins include meats‚ poultry‚ fish‚ eggs‚ nuts‚ seeds‚ milk and milk products. Proteins are made up of amino acids. There are 20 different amino acids that join together to make up all types of protein. A complete protein source is one that provides all
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Running Head: COMMUNITY ANALYSIS Community Analysis: Lexington‚ South Carolina Robyn Alford‚ Kristen Connors‚ Katrina del Pilar‚ Allison Gulick‚ Diana Medlock University of South Carolina The Physical Community Basic Fact Sheet (Lexington‚ South Carolina Data from CityData.com‚ n.d.) Area: Land Area: 5.7 Square Miles. Water Area: 0.1 Square Miles. Area Code: 803 Census Codes (Census 2000): Block Groups: Block Group 1: Census Tract 210.15‚ Lexington County‚ South
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Community Immersion Learning (Service) Community immersion is a version of service learning that is more integrated with a student’s passions and interests‚ is longer-term and is related to the on-going development of community and social justice issues. Whereas pulling debris from a river would be classified as community service‚ at EUACS an explicit educational component – such as studying the causes of river pollution and how to advocate for environmental policy reform – makes it community
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Introduction 1. I visited the Pre-School program‚ This Program is part of the public school system and is offered either half day 8:30 to 11:00 or full day 8:30 to 2:30. There are currently two classroom dedicated for the . The has its own wing to help keep the little ones apart from the older children‚ although the school is only Pk-2 grade. There is an M-F full day class with 8 children that attend every day. There is an AM and PM M-W-F and T- TH ½ days with around 10 to 12 children
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Importance of Community Gardens "Tell me; and I will forget. Show me; and I will remember. Involve me; and will understand forever" is a saying by Confucius‚ meaning the essential prerequisite for learning is involvement. Community Gardens provide involvement of three important types individual work and enjoyment‚ group and team co-operation and community engagement. I will now explain how community gardens offer opportunities for these three types of learning. Gardens are used for community education
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Community Development (CD) is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders‚ activists‚ involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities. Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to effect change in their own communities. These skills are often created through the formation of large social groups working for a common agenda. Community developers must understand
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