NURSING C228 community health and population-focused nursing

NURSING C228 community health and population-focused nursing

Sentinel City Action Report See attached PDFs

B. Community-needs Assessment Summary Demographics Sentinel City has an estimated population of 634,265 as of 2012. The racial breakdown of the population is 80.5% White, 10.4% African American, 2.0% American Indian and Alaska Native and less than 1% Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders, these numbers include 31.5% persons of Hispanic origin who may be of any race. The city’s population has increased by 5.7% since the 2010 census. The city’s demographics by age group are 7% of people under the age of 5, 21.7% under the age of 18 and 10.5% over the age of 65. (Healthcare Learning Innovations (Sentinel City [Computer Software]. (2016).Sentinel City has a median household income of $49,091, approximately 20% lower than the US median income of $59,039 as of the 2016 Census. Sentinel City also has a higher rate of families living below the poverty level than the national average. Nearly one in five (18.9%) residents are below the poverty level, compared to 12.7% for the U.S. as a whole according to the Census Bureau’s 2016 estimates. (Jessica L. Semega, Kayla R. Fontenot, and Melissa A. Kollar/Census. 2017) Sentinel City contains a total of 288,185 housing units. Just over half the population (50.4%) own their own home, while 45.8% of housing units are in multi-unit structures. Average commute time is 24.8 minutes, this includes drive time or public transportation. (Healthcare Learning Innovations. 2016)2
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Task 1A total of 15.4% of the po,……….…………

Neighborhood/Community Safety Inventory

………….in Industrial Heights there are broken down cars, a car on fire as well as fires in trash cans. Another item I noticed is there are not many outside activities, I sawone set of tennis courts and a playground in 2 different areas of the city. There are police present, although not many in the poorer sections of the city. Summarize data related to drug use i………..

NURSING C228 community health and population-focused nursing