Vulnerable Population Assessment

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

The abundance of fast food restaurants in communities, especially those of lower income, influence consumer dietary choices and intensifies obesity among adolescents and adults. Obesity is a major health concern in the United States; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than one-third of American adults are obese, and that obesity related conditions such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes are the leading cause of preventable death. A study by the “Retail Food Environment Index,” shows that the number of unhealthy

What is the difference between a group "at risk" for poor health and a group considered a "vulnerable" population? Provide an example of a group at risk and a group considered a vulnerable population.

NYC department of health reports show that adult obesity rates in Flatlands and Canarsie are 32% while the rates in Brooklyn is 27% and the rates in NYC is 24%. The rate of obesity in Flatlands and Canarsie is four times the rate in Stuyvesant Town and Turtle Bay and is almost two times the rate in Midtown. Obesity-related health outcomes rates are also higher in Flatlands and Canarsie than others. The rates of stroke hospitalizations are 344 per 100,000 which is similar to the rates of Brooklyn and a little bit higher than NYC rates. Flatlands and Canarsie rank 9th in diabetes rates with 15% which is higher than Brooklyn and NYC rates and five times the rates of diabetes in Greenwich Village and Soho. There are some factors that might have an influence in making these high rates of obesity and obesity-related health problems among adults in Flatlands and Canarsie. Lack of access to healthy food, poverty, and barriers to physical activity are factors associated with individual-level obesity (Lim and Harris, 2015). High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is highly associated with great risk of obesity (Ruff, 2014). A research by Kwate et al. (2009) showed that fast-food outlets are more prevalent in Black NYC neighborhoods than other neighborhoods. The same study also showed that fast-food outlets in

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

1. How can we as a community improve better eating habits in our neighborhoods in

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

As the fast food world spread across the nation, obesity was shortly following in its footsteps. According to, “The History of the Fast Food Industry,” Since 1970 the amount of fast food restaurants have doubled, which equates to roughly 300,000 establishments in the United States. Ironically, 33.8% of the U.S. population is affected by obesity and 19% of children and young adults are also affected.

Societies had experienced countless financial crises associated with stock market crashes, bursting of asset price, banking panics bubble currency crises whatever the reason this had occurred the financial crises between the different countries had become more connected due to globalization. The establishment of integrated global financial, capital market crises usually more than just an economic issue. This affects the lively hood of billions of people worldwide regardless or the origin of crisis. These adversity strike vulnerable population even more in efforts to decrease vulnerability would be to form an effective risk reduction strategy. In doing this investigate the “risk” investigate “vulnerability” clarify vulnerable population this would include racial ethnic, minorities, low income children, the uninsured, economically disadvantaged, the homeless, those with chronic health conditions, severe mental

Driving through Northeast 167th street, my parents and I passed by Taco Bell, Miami Subs Grill, Krispy Kreme, Subway, McDonald’s, and various other fast food restaurants. All of these restaurants belong to one zip code, which happens to be 33162. This area that we pass is less than 5 miles long and also happens to be poor. People need to realize the fact that there is a direct correlation with the amount of money you earn and your weight. If you earn $20,000 a year and you work two jobs, you most likely won’t have time to cook and may grab the cheapest food that is available. Most people think that being obese is a choice and that obese people do it to them to themselves. We have to be aware with the fact that the poorer you are, the less likely you are to afford healthy food and make healthy choices. Since we have Obamacare people think that they can have health care and we all have a chance of being healthy. However, the same doctor that will tell you, you are overweight won 't be the first person to go ahead and pay for you to have healthy food to eat.

Vulnerable populations is a very intriguing topic to me. As the lesson emphasizes, anyone can fall within the category of vulnerability. Especially, when vulnerability can be determined by one’s mental capacity, developmental stages, age, sex/gender, race and ethnicity, education, income and life changes (as cited in Shi, & Stevens, 2010). We are all vulnerable in some way and if not directly then indirectly by proxy.

Environmental determinants, including social, physical and economic characteristics of neighborhoods do contribute to long-term effects of health. A study entitled “Built Environments and Obesity in Disadvantaged Populations” examined how the built environment is correlated to obesity or related health behaviors within one or more disadvantaged populations (Lovasi, Hutson, Guerra, & Neckerman, 2009). The results showed local food environment to be an important

Every American across the country would recognize the Mcdonalds Golden Arch or the Statue of Liberty Symbol embedded in the Logo for “Starbucks”. One thing every American can agree on is that they live within close range if not within a 5 mile radius to one of the most successful fast food chains in America, Dunkin Donuts, Burger King, Starbucks, Subways the list goes on. Unfortunately we cant say the same for healthy food markets or even food at all. It has been proven that healthy food consumption and obesity is in direct relation to the access we have to them in our communities. Food suppliers place they’re franchises or businesses based on the income and demographic of the community, and the likelihood that they will make a profit in the specific neighborhood. For millons of americans, specifically people living in low-income communities of color finding a fresh apple, full service grocery stores, farmers markets, and other vendors that sell other healthy foods are scarcely available or available at all. So as a result people turn to the ease, affordability and convenience of fast food. Every corner in Crown Heights Brooklyn for example you can find a corner store or as we call it “Bodega”, a liquor store, and a Chinese store. To enjoy healthy foods you have to hop on a train to a Trader Joes, or a Whole foods located in a predominantly white neighborhood. Being someone who has went on a weight loss journey in the past I always found this rather disheartening. I knew

Several studies have shown that the increase in fast food restaurants over the past few decades has resulted in a negative impact on the already outrageous obesity rate.According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the number of fast food restaurants over the past thirty years has tripled, which equates to about three hundred thousand establishments in the United States alone. During this time the number of children, ages six to nineteen classified as obese, has risen from five percent to seventeen percent. The percentage of adults classified as obese has risen from half to two-thirds the population. Although fast food restaurants may be a contributing factor to the increasing obesity rate in the United States, people are