Sample Selection and Application

American Sentinel University

Sentinel City

The population of Sentinel City is approximately 634 000 and above, with the percentage of people living below the poverty level as 18.9%. At Sentinel City, there are four different major neighborhoods, which include the Casper Park District, Industrial Heights, Nightingale Square, and Acer Tech Centre.  By focusing on the individual neighborhood and first the Industrial Heights, the average household earnings are about $24672 with 37.5% of the persons not insured under 65 years (Houser, 2018). The Casper Park District has an average income of about $80 134; Acer Tech Centre has an average salary of about $166300 ad Nightingale Square has average earnings per household of approximately $269550. Concerning the population distribution, the leading neighborhood is Casper Park, with a population of 352 643 followed by Acer Tech with a population of 168390, Nightingale Square with 103, 974, and Industrial Heights with the least population of 38855.  The distribution of the overall population in Sentinel City is in this order, 7.4 % for those below five years, 21.7% for those below 18 years, and 10.5% for persons of 65 years and above.  The racial percentage in this city is highly characterized by the whites who make about 80% of the total population. African Americans are 10.4%, American Indian, Alaska Native is about 3.7%, and the Asian are the least with a percentage of about 0.2%.

Sample Selection

The neighborhood I would like to focus on is the Industrial Heights since it has many health hazards. The neighborhood will be studied in a broader perspective that incorporates the geriatrics whereby the number of the elderly in this region is significant, and the nature of the Industrial heights can pose health risks to this population group in the Sentinel City.  After touring the city, it is clear that safety risks are stray animals, disserted buildings, and pollution, amongst other health hazards.  From the analysis, the Industrial Heights appears to have the most risks compare to the rest. For instance, there were poorly disposed cans lying around and spilled out garbage in the neighborhood with smoke like pollutants. Downtown in the crossroads, there was a stray dog, and there were graffiti drawings on some of the walls.  Besides, there are cases of reckless driving indicated by a motorcycle that signaled red lights as it drove off.

Therefore, considering such health hazards, it might be challenging an older person to navigate through the neighborhood, considering that older adults may have different health complications. For instance, in case a person an older adult has difficulty breathing, and by bad luck pass by the smoking cans littered in the streets, they would have escalated the respiratory system (Houser, 2018). This means that they may develop health problems related to the respiratory system, or they can worsen the already existing systemic problems (Valerio, Rodriguez, Winkler, Lopez, Dennison, M., & Yuan Liangrbara, 2016). Another reason for focusing on this sample selection is that the elderly are a high risk of being involved in accidents within the city due to the prevailing reckless driving. For instance, in the case of the wild motorbike ride along the street, the chances are that an older adult may hesitate to move from the pathway and may end up being knocked down. In Sentinel City, there are departments for taking care of the children, yet none is focusing on the elderly. There is much need that the elderly in this city may require a program or institution that mainly focuses on their needs.

Sentinel City and its four neighborhoods share a few ascribes that add to its residents driving a solid and safe way of life. Nonetheless, a few regions in the city likewise give indications of risky financial elements that limit the capacity of its residents to live these substantial ways of life. There are nine all out determinants of wellbeing, including pay and societal position, business and working conditions, physical conditions, wellbeing administrations, training, and so forth. Explicitly in the area of Industrial Statures, low family pay, and a high level of uninsured occupants give indications of these financial elements. This area likewise has the most apparent perils out of the four.

What's more, founded on information gathered, it appears as if there is an issue with the destitute populace in the city. These all go about as obstructions for this network to lead sound ways of life. Sentinel city needs to start to concentrate on taking out these negative financial factors by, for instance, financial improvement and progressively severe wrongdoing control, which will, at last, affect the city's wellbeing, living conditions, and neighborhood environment and condition all in all (Houser, 2018).  On the off chance that particular the study of disease transmission information relating to mortality and birth rates were accessible, the city would have the option to be investigated further. Nevertheless, we can take a gander at an epidemiologic triangle and break down the connection between Sentinel City's causal operators, helpless people, and ecological components. Specialists found in the city incorporate irresistible specialists, for example, infections, concoction operators, for example, poisonous synthetic concoctions and contamination, and physical specialists, for example, apparatus. Hosts incorporate qualities, for example, age, sex, diet, and work out. The condition includes human populace circulation, financial variables, and working conditions. In Sentinel City, unmistakably contamination is predominant, and swarming might be an issue depending on the number of inhabitants in a few of the areas. These and different components, if changed, can be increased or diminishing a resident's hazard for sickness.

By addressing the need to take care of the elderly, the local government in this city can come up with an institution whereby this population can have access to medical attention and improve their living standards. By doing so, the expected outcome is that the elderly in the Industrial Heights neighborhood will have fewer accidents and medical cases (Valerio, Rodriguez, Winkler, Lopez, Dennison, M., & Yuanyuan Liangrbara, 2016). Instead, they will live in a safe environment free from most of the hazards that are in the neighborhood. The fact that older adults are quite sensitive and not very quick to react to dangers makes it essential that geriatrics specialist takes care of them. Besides, the leadership in these neighborhoods can ensure that more precautionary measures are implemented in the industries, and they are keen on the environment. Geriatrics is an excellent subject to focus on in this region despite the elderly not being the most significant section of the population. Despite so, they are among the most susceptible to environmental hazards that are likely to influence their health negatively. Besides, their movement in the neighborhood is limited by events such as reckless driving, which puts their lives in danger and stray animals. For instance, the stray dog in the streets may turn wild and be a threat to one of the older persons in this region.

References

Houser, J. (2018).  Nursing research:  Readings, using & creating evidence (fourth Ed.).  Burlington, MA:  Jones & Bartlett Learning.