Identifying Demographic Information On The Vulnerable Population

Savannah Georgia (GA) is home to a beautiful historic downtown area. The city of Savannah’s population is 145,674 people as of 2015 (US Census, 2016). On the periphery are abandoned or rundown residential areas. These areas are surrounded by various residential streets and businesses. Regrettably, Savannah has many homeless people living within these areas. Often they remain hidden in the woods just off the interstate where they live in tents. This area has been dubbed “Tent City” by the local population, and local news outlets. Savannah’s homeless citizens are the primary subjects of the vulnerable population. The purpose of this paper is to indicate the homeless as a vulnerable population

“There's nothing more debilitating about a disability than the way people treat you over it.”( Solange Nicole) In today's God abandoning society there are many people voicing about equality. There are feminists, those against racism, those against homophobia, and those opposed to everything. Each group seems to have people standing up for them. Although when it comes to a group of cripples there's not many that can do the standing. Ableism: Discrimination in favor of able-bodied people. While many people don't know that word, or do not believe such a thing exists, there are many things proving that it does. It is easy to get caught up in life and not realize the difficulties people have, especially ones that could be easily fixed, just by

The United States of America is the place known to many as the land of the free, home of the brave, and the place to start a better life. With any place that has good qualities, some have not so good qualities. The homeless population in the United States is at a staggering high, and many individuals are suffering because many lack employment/financial resources, housing resources, support from family and friends, and others negligence; such as natural disasters or fires. Homeless individuals may have no other choice than to live on the streets, trains, and alley ways to name a few places where homeless people seek shelter. The history of homelessness, social problems, demographics, common clinical

Healthy communities depend on the promotion of collaboration between health care providers, equitable utilization of health care resources and access to care for disease prevention. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased access to insurance, but has not necessarily contributed to increased access to care (Lane et al., 2012). Limited access to health care and insurance, along with socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual identity, and age contribute to health care disparities in the United States ("Disparities," 2014). The Appalachian Region has many factors that increase the risk of health disparities among this population, including poverty, unemployment, limited access to care,

Community nursing is a very challenging, yet vital and important aspect of nursing for the community in the borough of Brooklyn, NY. It is located on the southwestern end of Long Island, southeastern of New York and it is connected to Manhattan by three bridges (Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and Verrazano Bridge). Brooklyn is separated from Manhattan by the East River (Britannica, 2017) and it is considered the largest of the five boroughs in New York City with an estimated population of about 2,629,150 in 2016. Its width is approximately 71 square miles with 52.6% female, and 47.4 male residences in 2016 (Census.gov, 2016). It is highly populated, with the ethnic makeup

Unfortunately, individuals with a disability typically are more vulnerable in regards to hate crimes. For instance, in the article “The Invisible Hate Crime,” Jack Levin mentions Jennifer Daugherty. Daugherty was a disabled individual who was inhumanly murdered by six people who she thought were her good friends. These “friends” fed Daugherty detergent, beat her with a towel rack, and forced her to write a suicide note among other torturous acts. Disabled persons are stereotypically seen as “different” and “weak” by society. These stereotypes make it easier in a sense to attack these individuals as they have weakened cognitive abilities. Levin also states that “unlike racially and religiously motivated offenses, attacks against people with

Plenty of people suffer because of the word “retarded”, it is extremely offensive and hurtful that it causes individuals to feel different and plays a major role in segregation. The word “retarded” directly insults and abuses people who have a mental illness. The word is always used negatively whether it is used to discriminate or to make fun of someone. The word can also be used in verbal bullying. There is no other purpose for the word “retarded” besides being used to hurt people; the word is only used offensively to hurt people that is why it should not be used.

In this assignment I will select a vulnerable population sub-group and consider how social science contributes to understanding the social problems encountered by this group. I will do this by firstly explaining and identifying and locating the chosen sub group within the broader societal context. Next by explaining why the chosen sub group is considered to be vulnerable with reference to relevant theory and research based evidence. Then I will be identifying and explaining the role of relevant agencies, both non-governmental organisations and governmental in relation to welfare provision for the chosen sub group. Finally I will discussing the role of social science in informing public health and welfare practice in relation to the chosen

Vulnerable population means a group of population that at greater risk of developing health problems due to their less awareness, availability, and access to needed resources to fulfill their healthy wellbeing requirements. Elderly population, pregnant women, homeless person, population with suicide or homicide prone behavior, substance abuser, persons living with infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, disable and chronically ill patients fall under vulnerable population group. “vulnerable populations are those with a greater than average risk of developing health problems by virtue of their marginalized sociocultural status, their limited access to economic resources or their personal characteristics such as age and gender”(Chesnay, M. &. Anderson, B. 2012). People with lower incomes and less education tend to be at higher risk for health problems.

Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) define vulnerable populations as “those defined at a greater risk for poor health status and health care access”(p.712). The role of a public health nurse in contrast to a vulnerable population is to establish interventions to help break the cycle of vulnerability thus aiding to eliminate health disparities within the population. The term “risk” helps public health nurses establish a person probability of something happening to them. This epidemiological term is used with the triangle of host, agent and environment in contrast to ones health within a population. The author will discuss vulnerability as discovered within a community based on surveying the community and establishing risk and interventions on the

I grew up with a love for special needs kids and fortunately I have had the opportunity to go to the Special Olympic Summer Games with my high school for the past five years. Every time I go I meet so many new people and learn so many new things and I always leave with a better understanding of how to love life. Through Special Olympics I learned this saying “Spread The Word to End The Word” which is a slogan meant towards ending the use of the word retarded. This word started as a medical term for someone who is mentally disabled but over the years has changed and now is used to call someone “stupid”. Since the word has become a casual description of something so negative, even when it is used as slang and not intended to be offensive is still

State and County QuickFacts. Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau produces estimates of the population for states, counties, cities and other places, as well as for the nation as a whole. They utilize data from a number of sources to estimate the change in the population for each year. I use this document to find the demographic data of Brooklyn.

Joan is a 70-year-old female that is now retired and living in Kingston, On. Joan and her husband Tom are considered upper class, with their annual household income being over $200,000 a year. Joan was born in March of 1947, and her husband was born in May of 1948. In 2016, Kingston’s population was 172,411. In terms of the gender breakdown, females make up 51.3%, while males are only 48.7% of the population (Kingston Population). Kingston is a major retirement city, with 14.1% of the population at or above the average retirement age. Kingston is also not a very diverse town, with 94.2% of the population identifying as Caucasian (Kingston Population). According to PRIZM, Kingston’s population consists of a 3 major sections,

Most-at-risk populations (MARPs)/KPs including sex workers, people who inject drugs, gay men and other men who have sex with men and their sex partners bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic and accounted for 45% of all new infections in 2015. These population are also greatly marginalized and affected by human right abuses. Criminalization and stigmatization of sex work, drug possession and use and same-sex relationships, and discrimination including by health care workers makes accessing HIV prevention, treatment and care services difficult. To achieve the UNAIDS 90 90 90 target by 2020, and the ultimate goal for ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030, improving health care workers sensitivity to HIV prevention intervention services

San Diego has a population of 3,299,521, 49.8% of which are female and 50.2% males. The state population of females is about the same at 50.3%. The percentage of persons under the age of 5 is 6.6% of the population and the percentage of persons under 18 years old is 22.3%. The state population of persons under the age of 5 is the same at 6.5% and the percentage of persons under 18 years old is a little higher at 23.6%. People aged 65 and older make up 12.7% of the population which is slightly lower than the state percentage of 12.9% (United States Census Bureau,