Windshield Survey : Short And Simple Community Assessment

These settlement housing complexes, along with other emerging municipally supported housing and projects, were failing considerably as time went on, in more ways than not. Ways these housing and government projects were failing were in hygiene and sanitation, in addition to perishable products that went uninspected, like meat and dairy products, which eventually made citizens very ill, and even killed a few. Local factories emitting toxic fumes also did not help the issue at all8

As nurses we know medical professionals more than ever are responsible for treating large diverse populations. Understanding cultural differences in various populations is crucial to produce positive outcomes. Nurses have a major role in health care promotion. Nurses should be treating the patient as a whole in mind, body, and spirit. This should be included in community treatment too. Individual, family, environment, and community assessments are necessary to provide the care and improve health care outcomes in the community as a whole. The World Health Organization’ s (WHO) definition of community is “a group of

The boundaries of the windshield surveys consisted of the north to south areas located between The Gateway Park and 16th street, and west to east areas between 4th avenue and Arizona. This location is often referred to as “Historic Yuma” or “Old Yuma” and contains many historical buildings.

What this means is that schools surrounded by low-income housing will in turn receive less funding than a school surrounded by homes with high property values.

A windshield survey was conducted in the community of Staten Island, New York to obtain a detailed assessment through visual observations within the surroundings of the community. There are many variations of the definition of community one coming from the World Health Organization defining community as “A group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure according to relationships which the community has developed over a period of time” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 397). Community health includes the characteristics that promote positive health of the

The community I have chosen for this paper is The South ward of Newark, New Jersey where the hospital which I work is located. Newark is an urban community consists of primarily of African American and Hispanic population. The South Ward of Newark and contains 17 public schools, five daycare centers, three branch libraries, one police precinct, and three fire houses (City of Newark New Jersey, 2013). The city’s property and violet crime levels tend to be higher than New Jersey’s average level (Newark, NJ Profile, 2013). Observation of this community through a window

A community is a group of people who live in the same area, interact with each other, and share certain norms and values. A community is defined as a locality-based entity, composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting societal institutions, informal groups, and aggregates that are interdependent and whose function or expressed intent is to meet a wide variety of collective needs (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012).

Community health nurses have the responsibility of assessing the community he or she will be working in to provide the best care to the residents in the community and to gather this data the community health nurse completes a windshield survey (Nies & McEwen, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the findings from the windshield survey completed in Valdosta, Georgia.

A mix of housing age, old houses ( 40-100 years old predominant) and new housing developments

In the Henry Horner homes their living conditions weren’t very clean and put together. The families that lived in the henry horner homes were in living conditions that weren't safe but they couldn't do anything about it. The conditions at the Henry Horner homes weren’t safe because the families could get disease from people not cleaning up the place. When Alex Kotlowitz went to the Henry Horner homes he described some of the conditions and what was in the homes. Kotlowitz described how there were “ scurrying rats and dead cats and dogs, as well as waste of heavy drugs people did and just left there”. From the conditions in the Henry Horner homes the people adapted to what the living conditions were. The reason the people had to adapt were

Interstate 79 on the south end of town. The boundaries of the inner city area that were surveyed vary. On the north end of the city, the boundary is economical with more expensive housing noted while exiting the inner city area. The west side of the city has a highway that separates the inner city residential area from an industrial park. The east side of the city becomes more rural while driving further out of the city. A business district that appears more modern is the boundary for the south side of the town.

First Choice Windshield Repair is an auto glass contractor that is based in South Orange County, California. First Choice Windshield Repair is serving the North, Central, and South areas. The service areas they cover in the North include Irvine, Foothill Ranch, Tustin, Newport Beach, Corona Del Mar, and Laguna Beach. Their Central service areas include Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Rancho Santa Margarita, Trabuco Canyon, Coto De Caza, Laguna Hills. First Choice Windshield Repair is also catering the South areas such as San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo, Ladera Ranch, and San Juan Capistrano. First Choice Windshield specializes in windshield repair. This auto glass contractor conducts the windshield repair process utilizing

The physical environment assessment evaluates the community location, housing types and condition, and crime rates in the area. When Quadra Village was first designed, the community plans allowed for many walkways and spaces for people to gather (Appendix F). Today, various spaces exist throughout the area and are used for this purpose. Spaces that allow community members to interact and form relationships with each other create a sense of community (Community Toolbox, 2015). Despite a sense of a community, some residents in the Hillside-Quadra area expressed concern regarding the rising crime rates.

The housing shortage was one of the main reasons there was no other option. The families in these houses made so little that whatever money they had contributed to the high rent (5-10 shillings per week). There weren’t excess funds to improve the home let alone move to somewhere better. In addition, many of these homes were so decrepit that were deemed condemned. Even so, the houses were not repaired nor rebuilt since

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.