I. Introduction Background Barangay Culiat is part of the VI district of Quezon city, and one of Quezon City’s many barangays. It was created in March 26, 1962. With a population of 83,003, it is also one of the most populous of barangays too. The barangay encompasses all the land and airspace between Congressional Avenue, Luzon Avenue, the boundary line between UP Diliman, and the Pasong Tamo River near Visayas Avenue. Rationale The reason behind making a Community Health Needs Assessment is that every community has health assets as well as health issues, and it is important to take them into account, evaluate on how to solve these issues using these assets, and then prioritizing on what needs to be done. The assessment may be …show more content…
The third method used is secondary analysis of existing data. Based on the data given directly from the Barangay Health Center, we can analyze existing data from valid sources while under reduced time and financial constraints. Key Informants The two key informants were Ma’am Luchie Delia Ybanez and Ma’am Marivic Oracion, both workers of the barangay health center. Ma’am Luchie is the nurse in the barangay health center while Ma’am Marivic is the midwife. Both are of Visayan descent, yet they were kind enough to allow me to interview them in English. Both of these Barangay Health Workers serve 50-200 citizens of Barangay Culiat every weekday from 8-5. They, along with 10 other health workers in their health center collaborate with each other to ensure that each of the barangay’s citizens health needs are met. II. Community Profile Description of the Community Barangay Culiat is a part of Quezon City’s District VI. The boundaries are as follows: to the north until Congressional Avenue; to the east until Luzon Avenue; to the west until boundary line of UP Diliman; and south along Pasong Tamo River near Visayas Avenue. The barangay has a total land area of 261.486 hectares. The barangay is highly urbanized, due to the high population density, lack of agriculture, and presence of infrastructures. There are 31 subdivisions in the area and there are 16 areas that are classified as
The Elisabeth Morrow School is a private school providing education for children in grade kindergarten through eighth grade. The school encompasses three educational buildings, with three additional resource buildings including a gymnasium, science lab, and library. The Elisabeth Morrow School sits on a 14-acre campus and provides a unique educational experience for over 400 students. The Elisabeth Morrow School healthcare services are provided by two licensed Registered Nurses, with a combined 30 years of experience in school nursing.
* Colorado Springs is very health driven community. There are hundreds of hiking trails and free places to get outside in the community.
As a Filipino-American nurse living in Los Angeles, California, this writer has been a witness and an active participant in the multifactorial influences/aspects that affect the Filipino-Americans, in health and illness. Being a grandmother of wonderful grandkids has brought me further exposure to the plight of elderly Filipino-Americans in the United States of America.
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San Diego is a nice place to live because of the great weather year round, an abundance of job opportunities, access to healthcare, and
In the United States we are very fortunate. For the most part we do not live in fear of disease outbreaks from day to day. Our government along with the Centers for Disease Control and Public Health Departments have managed to have adults and children vaccinated and set up recommendations regarding those vaccinations. Despite all that is done our country allows freedoms. One of these freedoms is to not vaccinate your child from communicable diseases due to personal beliefs. With the worlds populations becoming more mobile, that sets your child up for dangerous encounters; because some countries are not as strict on laws regarding vaccinations and some
Chesterfield County, Virginia has a population of about 328,000 as of January 1, 2014 with 752 people per square mile. There was a 3.6% increase in the population from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013. 65.4% of the population is white non-Hispanic, 21.6% are black non-Hispanic, 7.2% are Hispanic, 3.2% are Asian and 2.1% are two or more races. In 2012 there were 3657 births and 1654 deaths in Chesterfield County. They are rated as being safer than 50% of the cities in the US with 41 violent and 1049 crimes against property (Crime rates for Chesterfield, VA, n.d.).
North Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago, located in the western area of the city between South Lawndale, Garfield Park, the Near West Side and Cicero (Steans Family Foundation, 2014).
A community health assessment is a fundamental instrument of public health practice. Its objective is to depict the health of the community, by presenting information on health standing, community health needs, resources, and epidemiologic and other studies of present local health problems. It seeks to recognize target populations that may be at augmented risk of poor health results and to increase a better understanding of their needs, as well as evaluates the larger community surroundings and how it relate to the health of people. It also identifies those areas where better information is desired, particularly information on health differences amid different subpopulations, quality of health care, and the incidence and severity of disabilities in the population. The Community Health Assessment is the foundation for all local public health development, giving the local health component the instance to recognize and network with key community leaders, businesses and concerned residents about health priorities and concerns. This information shapes the foundation of improving the health status of the community by way of a strategic plan (The Municipal Public Health Services Plan Community Health Assessment Guidance and Format, n.d.).
The elderly have multiple health problems and struggle to stay healthy and able to care for their own needs. The elderly in the rural areas tend to have a number of needs that may be compounded because of their choice of dwellings. The rural person may need to seek health care in different nearby cities, or may find some health care providers in their own local communities. Many elderly or older adults would benefit from a health promotion plan that would focus on the needs of this age group. The components that this plan would focus on includes physical activity, proper nutrition, and coping with mental stressors. While all older adults could potential benefit from this plan, this plan will be offered primarily in rural communities in order
I don’t get involve in health situations of members except those who tell me and ask for prayers, I will say high blood pressure amongst the older adults
Essex County is located in the North eastern part of new jersey. The history of Essex county dates back to 1666 when 30 families from Connecticut established settlement along the banks of Passaic river. Essex County was officially established in 1682 by east jersey legislature. Essex County is 129.631 square miles. The Geopolitical communities are designed by natural or human made boundaries (Maurer and Smith, 2009). It holds community safer for the residents and the governing body.
Community health assessment is a process of systematic identifying and examining health indicators in a defined population. The purpose of this community health assessment is to gather and analyze information about health status, factors that can have an influence on community members’ health, and needs of the population within the target community. The collected data allow comparing the health status and needs of the residents in the Newmarket Health Centre (NHC) and residents in surrounding neighbourhood with the local health care services and resources available for them, which will help to identify health inequities among community members (Goodman, 2014).The main goal of this community health assessment is the strategic development of solutions to the identified health needs in a community.
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