NUR 465 Indiana Wesleyan Population of White and Black Americans Worksheet

The informant I interviewed is: Clarence “Doc” Jenkins. He and his wife have lived in the community for the past 25 years when it was known as Lithonia. It has since undergone regentrification and a name change and is now known as Stonecrest. Together he and his wife have raised 4 children in this community ranging in age from 27 to 16 and he has been employed at the local hospital for the past 32 years as a maintenance supervisor. His wife is a school teacher at the local elementary school which has been doing virtual classes since the pandemic. Mr. Jenkins says one of the biggest problems in the community is the increased crime rate over the past year and thinks it’s related to teenagers not being in school and instead loitering at the corner store/ gas station at all hours of the day and night without any structure. Schools have been closed as well as parks in the area so the kids are running amok. 

He says he has seen some good come from the new development such as the newly built shopping center and gas station in our area, but fears that the closing of recreational facilities and schools will only lead to the teens in the area ruining the area with the vandalism, and fighting that seem to be an issue. He is hopeful that schools will open up in August and he’s more than ready for this to happen. He feels that even though the crime rate has increased, the community has gone through a much needed overhaul and will start increasing property values and residents will be able to find jobs closer to home and be able to keep the homes in which they’ve lived in for such a long time.

Website for community demographics:      https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ga/lithonia

https://www.georgia-demographics.com/stonecrest-de…

Getting Started

During the NUR-465 course, you will be actively engaged in conducting a community assessment in your local region. The assessment of a selected at-risk population and specific geographical area will serve as the foundation for a faculty-guided practice experience in population-focused health. During Workshop Two, you will submit findings from part one of the community assessment.

Upon successful completion of the course material, you will be able to:

• Conduct the initial phase of a local community assessment, including the historical overview, population demographics, the values, beliefs and perceptions of community members about the importance of religious beliefs, physical environment, economics, and transportation and safety.

Resources

• File: Community Assessment Part One Data Collection 
• Video: Unnatural Causes #1: In Sickness and in Wealth
• Link: Key Informant: The Three Ws
• Link: At-Risk Fieldwork
• Link: Windshield Survey

Background Information

Just as the nursing process is used to guide nursing care of individual clients, the nursing process is also applied to at-risk populations in order to accurately assess and diagnose health concerns, as well as plan, implement and evaluate population-focused interventions.

Similarly, as a ‘head-to-toe’ approach is used to assess the health of an individual, a structured and systematic approach is employed to assess the health of a community. As shared in Workshop One, for the purpose of this course, you will use the Community as Partner Model to guide your community assessment. Throughout the weeks ahead, you will continue to assess community subsystems in order to determine the health needs and strengths which are present.

In this assignment, you will submit your findings of the first part of that systematic assessment process: the assessment of the core. The core of the community is the center of the assessment model. Part one of the assessment includes a brief historical background of the community, the demographics of the population, the community’s values, religious beliefs and perspectives on the importance of faith. In addition, the first three parts of the Community as Partner Model will also be assessed. This includes the physical environment (a windshield survey), Economics, transportation, and safety. For this assignment, you will conduct the first of two key informant interviews and identify an at-risk population you would like to work with during this course.

Review the following resources:

• NUR-465 Resources
• Key Informant: The Three W’s
• At-Risk Fieldwork
• Windshield Survey

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Download the file Community Assessment Part One Data Collection Tool
3. Follow the tool and the rubric for directions of what to include for this assignment.
   1. Write a brief paragraph in which you describe a historical overview of the community
   2. Write a description of the population demographics.
   3. Write a summary of the values, beliefs, and perceptions of community members about the importance of religion. Address the amount of diversity or homogeneity of faith traditions in the community by investigating the number and types of worship centers (i.e. synagogues, mosques, temples).
   4. Write a description of the physical environment using the Windshield Survey. Note the Windshield Survey is the only area based entirely on your observations. All other subsystems require statistical data to serve as assessment information.
   5. Write a description of the economic subsystem.
   6. Write a description of transportation and safety.
   7. Include a full summary of one Key Informant interview using Key Informant: The Three W’s.
4. Utilize a minimum of five current scholarly and government resources and at least one key informant interview to support the information. Be sure to properly cite and reference your sources according to APA format. Review NUR-465 Resources.
5. The Community Assessment is based on your whole community. You want to give a total view of all the areas in the Community-as-Partner model in this section. You will complete Part II in Workshop Four. 
6. Submit Part One of the Community Assessment by the end of Workshop Two. 

I’m pulling the demographics of the area I just need it written up in APA format and a description of the community which is a middle-class community which is currently undergoing gentrification. Multiple tight knit subdivisions are nestled in this community ranging from the low 100, 000 dollar range to 1 million dollar homes in a few of the neighboring subdivisions. Even in this middle classed area, we still have homes on the main Street with unmanicured lawns and overrun trash cans, children playing in the cup de sacs of the subdivision, and some are riding bikes and gocarts through the subdivision increasing the risk for accidents. On June 12th 2021 there was a homicide that occured at the new gas station less than half a mile from my subdivision and there was heavy police activity as I was completing my community assessment.