Essay On Assessment Of A Community

Education is an integral part of society, School helps children learn social norms as well as teach them to be successful adults. The school systems in United States, however are failing their students. In the world as a whole, the United States is quickly falling behind other countries in important math and reading scores. The United States ranked thirtieth in math on a global scale and twentieth in literacy. This is even more true in more urban, lower socio-economic areas in the United States. In West Trenton Central High School was only 83% proficiency in literacy and only 49% of the students were proficient in math. These school have lower test scores and high dropout rates. Many of these students come from minority backgrounds and are often form low income families. There are many issues surrounding these urban schools. There is a severe lack of proper funding in these districts, and much of the money they do receive is sanctioned for non-crucial things. Schools also need a certain level of individualization with their students, and in many urban classes, this simply does not happen. While there are many factors affecting the low performance of urban schools, the lack of proper funding and distribution of funds, the cultural divide between teachers and students in urban districts, along with the lack of individualization in urban classrooms are crucial factors to explain the poor performance in these districts. Through a process of teacher lead budget committees and

There are many other stakeholders in Crawford County, including healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, community organizations, and public health officials and organizations. An influential organization in my community, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC-SEK) stands out in my mind as a major stakeholder that influences healthcare for consumers and also ARNP practice.

The participants included 1000 kindergarten and 1000 fifth grade (N=2000) students from two elementary schools of Los Angeles Unifies School District (LAUSD). One of the schools was an affluent public school with abundant resources catered to children in need and programs that promote positivity and growth. The other school was also public, but had limited resources due to financial restraints. Of the participants, 50% were female and 50% were from low-income families. All

    Sentinel City is a large community with a population of 634,265, which is comparable to Las Vegas, Nevada’s population of 632,912, (2016 Census).  There are many different ethnic groups within the community.  The white population makes up 80.6%, black makes up 10.4%, Indian makes up 2% and Asian makes up 3.7%, with two or more races making up 3.1%.  Within, Sentinel City , there are four different communities.  Nightingale Square that has a population of 103,974, Acer Tech Center has a population of 168,390, Casper Park District has a population of 352,643, and Industrial Heights has the lowest population of 38,855.

This is a manual to be used by communities who have signed up for the Cardiac Ready Communities program. Each community should have a lead organization that coordinates the community effort to become Cardiac Ready. It is the responsibility of the lead organization to collect and report data back to the program manager for the duration of the program. In addition, communities are expected to do frequent reviews of their strategic plans to ensure all steps in the chain of survival are covered and the community is on track to become cardiac ready. The annual review should include review of data, benchmarks, and community performance. This means the community needs to collect data on each step in the chain of

Over two thirds of my life have been spent living in a western suburb of a large metropolitan area which has access to extensive resources. I grew up in a rural area and thought it would be interesting to look at what resources they have and how their needs are defined in the community health needs assessment (CHNA). The two CHNAs chosen to review were Pekin Hospital and Morris Hospital and Healthcare Center (MHHC), both are nonprofit organizations. Pekin Hospital is a 107 bed medical center located in Pekin, Illinois. Their defined their area of service with the use of only a map and its total population of 135,394. Morris Hospital and Healthcare Center CHNA has a more extensive definition of its physical community which included 5 counties, 22 cities and a population of 112,742. Their medical facilities include a main hospital campus with a total capacity of only 89 beds, two other hospital campuses and nine health care centers.

During the procedure of the community assessment, our group obtained demographic and secondary data; through the use of internet sources. I learned that this allowed us to better understand and properly assess the community. I also learned the ways to collect data from specific federal and local government sources including the United States Census Bureau and realized there are many ways to access mental health indicators from the community including data from the Department of Mental Health, the California Healthy Kids Survey, and the California Indicators Child Welfare Project. In addition, this project allowed my group and I to practice comparing the 90804-zip code to the county and/or state; allowing us to generalize and find discrepancies specifically to our target population.

Having experience working with low-income communities, I understand a lot of the hardships that the children face. Being connected with the communities makes it a second of home for me as well. Whatever the students go through, I go through it with them. Working for Richmond Public Schools and along with Communities in Schools has given me a glimpse about why students behave and do academically the way they do. Sometimes it stems from home or the thing that happen within their neighborhoods. A lot of the time it stems from the deficit of hope. One thing I have tried to do for children within low-income communities is build that sense of hope for them. Whether it be bringing in their favorite musical artist at their 8th Grade Moving On Ceremony,

Community Assessment and Marco Analysis and Assessment of Community needs and Identification of Macro Themes Affecting solution to the Community Problems

Despite this, the school has garnered attention from other districts looking to improve schools, and there are promising developments. The school has moved from “Academic Emergency” to “Continuous Improvement” status, and more neighborhood children received high school diplomas in 3 years than in the last 85 years total (Cincinnati Public Schools, n.d.). Oyler’s commitment to overall health of the students can serve as a model for other school

In 2013, 23.3% of the United States population consisted of children ages 0 to 17, 20% of those children lived in poverty and about 15.8 million children lived in households that were classified as food insecure (America’s Children: Key National Indicators Of Well-being, 2015). Perceptions of students with low socioeconomic status (SES) combined with other circumstances certainly play a role in their development and achievements. SES is conditional, imposed on people, used for comparisons, and based on economics, opportunity, and influence. When considering SES, individuals’ incomes, occupations, education, neighborhood, and political power are took into consideration. A school’s SES is determined by the neighborhood where it is located and by the SES of the children and families in attendance at that school (Socioeconomic Status, 2009).

In conducting a community needs assessment of the neighborhood I examined various characteristics of the area. When focusing on the health needs of the

The CHNA includes a Databook, with primary and secondary data to highlight regional health needs. The Databook compares the county to health targets and supports grant writing. The original document included a list of 250 indicators, including health outcomes and behaviors. I participated in two meetings with the San Joaquin County MAPP Steering Committee, reviewed additional

The Community Health Status Assessment (CHSA) is one phase of MAPP process. It identifies how healthy the residents in Champaign’s County Illinois are, and what is the current health status of the community. CHSA also detects the quality of life of the population within the community (National Association of County & City Health Officials, 2014). From data of this phase of MAPP process, Champaign County Illinois could understand where they are in comparison to the State of Illinois and the nation. CHSA data includes death rates, birth rates, the top-ranked communicable disease in this region, behavioral risk factors, violent and injury crimes rates, and other social determinants may affect the health of the people in the community (National Association of County & City Health Officials, 2014). Definition of health as in this assessment is taken from the World Health Organization; a state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing and doesn’t mean disease free or disability and the indicators have analyzed here support this philosophy (Carole Community Health Needs Assessments, 2014).

This paper serves as an overview and reflection of the community assessment assignment process for the Chinatown presentation team with the community issue of gentrification. There will be an analysis of the team’s performance in regards to strengths and opportunities for growth as well as an outlining how roles and responsibilities were formed including collaboration and communication. Further, since our group presented last, there is an inclusion of the positive aspects of our colleague’s presentations and some suggestions for revision if we were to present again. Additionally, there is personal analysis of my role within the team, areas of personal opportunity for growth, and my role within our group. The end of the reflection paper provides an opportunity for potential application of skills in future social work practice and how I will use the principles of community assessment in future practice. Overall, the process of collaborating with colleagues and the intricacies of assessing a community have prepared me for micro and macro level social work practice in communities of any size.