Community Assessment Part 1: Community Analysis

Kootenai County has a health department that is involved in health services and provides pertinent information to

Jamira Brown(L) watches Araceli Alvarez hold Brown's 9 week old daughter, Marleigh Byrd during a visit to SwedishAmerican Health System on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. SwedishAmerican Health System struck a new partnership with Boone County to promote new free services with moms. The hospital wants a similar partnerhsip with Winnebago County. Patients receive several free services inlcuding breastfeeding classes, individual lactation consultations, baby weigh-ins, phone support and more. ARTURO FERNANDEZ/STAFF

Community assessment, a key process in community health nursing, aims to evaluate the needs, resources, and challenges of a given community. The information gathered from the assessment is crucial to formulating health promotion objectives and activities that are geared to improve the general public’s health (Nies & McEwen, 2015). To complete this community assessment, I utilized methodological approaches to collect quantitative and qualitative data, which include several interviews from key informants, a windshield survey, and a review of published reports and census data. Thus, this paper intends to present a comprehensive profile of my community, identify perceived and actual threats, and recognize relevant health improvement opportunities for my neighborhood.

The purpose of the Allegan County Health Department (ACHD) Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) is to prioritize functions which are identified as essential to the life, safety, subsistence, and welfare of the residents of Allegan County in the event that an incident interrupts the normal activities and workflow of the ACHD. This Plan addresses the four phases of continuity: (1) readiness and preparedness, (2) activation, (3) operations, and (4) reconstitution.

I did my community assessment paper on Bristol Township, which was located in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Bristol Township is been known to be one of the oldest communities in Pennsylvania. In 1692, it was once incorporated as Buckingham Township before the name changed in 1702 to become what is now Bristol ( Wilson, 2014). Bristol Township links the intersections of Route 413, Route 95 and Pennsylvania Turnpike, and Interstate 95, with traffic to and from the megalopolis (Wilson, 2014) The Township has been known to be a main transportation center for automobiles, trains, light rails, and cargo ships, nevertheless, boats and cargo ships continue pass through the Delaware River’s banks at Bristol Township and passenger and

The state was among the top 10 in the country for murders and robberies and was first for aggravated assaults, with an estimated 479.6 for every 100,000 residents” (cgblaine22, 2013). It has been well know that high crime is largely in part to do with low education and low socioeconomics. Due to these circumstances Alliance Healthcare Services offers all of their many services including but not limited to detox, outpatient, inpatient, and assessments for people with a variety of insurance including non-insured

We had multiple different people ride the bus with us. We had both men and women ride the bus. We had children (about 3-4 years old at the youngest) and elderly (about 75 as the oldest). We also had young adults and middle age adults on the bus. For ethnicity, we noticed Caucasians, Hispanics,

Kent Sussex Community Services (KSCS) is a not for profit 501-c3 corporation providing a wide range of Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) and behavioral health services in Kent County since 1970, and in Sussex County since 1995. The organization’s main site and administrative headquarters is located

Community involvement in the mediation of child protection cases, although not a new concept, is one that is not generally used in many jurisdictions. Not used to determine if abuse has occurred, which is the duty of other state officials, CP (child protection) mediators are a third party brought in to promote communication between all parties within the case. Mediator used on CP cases must ensure that the interests of the child are of the priority of all involved, parents, caseworkers, and community members.

A community health assessment was performed for the Lansing Township community to analyze strengths and weaknesses in terms of health for the population in residence. Demographic data at the Township and County from the U.S. Census Bureau were analyzed to obtain an adequate representation of the community. Morbidity and mortality measurements and data were examined in order to accurately understand the health problems that this community needed to address. Walkability surveys were completed around two local schools so infrastructure and safety could be observed around the community. A food survey was completed at a local grocery store so as to investigate the

A community assessment highlights the needs of the community. The main purpose of this assessment is to understand the reasons of occurrence of issues and implement methods to reduce these issues that may rise from those needs. Understanding the conditions of environment in which members of these community lives in, and how it impacts the members’ lives is essential in providing proper and effective care to their health. I will focus on Queens Community Board One for this Windshield Assessment. I have chosen this community because for the past 20 years of my life I have lived in both Long Island City and Astoria, which are two neighborhoods pertaining to this community. I have witnessed drastic changes throughout the years that have change

This was definitely a much hard task to complete than I had anticipated from the beginning. The thought by me was some research and I should be able to find then necessary information. However, the simple fact that as a private school system, we do not need to do a lot of these public school state-mandated items. I looked for a long while and was finally excited to find a school needs assessment for Wahlert. Two things jumped out at me at as I started to read: 1. the name of the school was Wahlert and not Wahlert Catholic which meant that it was older than 8 years. 2. It was for Wahlert and not Holy Family which meant it predated 2001. The actual date was 1999 and was really no help since a lot of things have changed since then.

Less than 30% of children in Indiana, age 13-17, completed the full series of the only vaccination able to prevent cancer (National Cancer Institute, 2015). Students in the community of the University of Southern Indiana (USI) ranging in age from 18-26 were identified as needing education on the vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). In order to receive effective protection against HPV, the series must be started before age 26 (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017). In order to increase vaccination rates, community-wide education and partnership with health-care providers will be used.

This is a brief report on health facilities, and supply and distribution of health professionals in Lincoln County, AR, addressed to the Mayor of the County Seat. As an employee of the Arkansas Department of Health, it is a great pleasure to provide you with the information you have requested on Lincoln County. I appreciate your passion to improve the health of the people of this county. In this report, I will be talking about Health Facilities and Health Professionals in Lincoln County, AR, and will also give you a snapshot on Arkansas as a state, and the nationwide report. This will help in assessing the needs thoroughly, and there by helps in making suitable recommendations.

Health Care in Rural Areas Airelle Guron and Jeff Rubonal Waipahu High School February 24, 2015