NR 442 RUA

Huber Heights Community Windshield Survey

Presenters: Aissata Diallo, Fardowsa Shidad, Ramat Okeleye, Zokhra Shakhmandarova

Community Assessment

● Population ~45,000; median age 38.5 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2025). Predominantly White (74%), African American (16%), Hispanic/Latino (5%) (World Population Review, 2025).

● Housing: Mostly single-family homes; some aging properties noted. ● Transportation: Limited RTA bus service; reliance on personal vehicles. ● Health services: Urgent care clinics in city; nearest hospital outside city (Soin Medical Center). ● Recreation: Parks (Thomas Cloud Park, Carriage Hill MetroPark), YMCA, school sports programs.

Aggregate (Target) Population

● Target: Low-income families with children in Huber Heights. Risks: Food insecurity, obesity, limited preventive care access (CDC Vital Signs, 2024).

● Poverty rate ~11%; higher in households with children (County Health Rankings, 2025). ● Gatekeepers: School nurses, local health department officials, church leaders

Community Health Diagnoses

• Includes two community health diagnoses using the data from the community assessment. • Includes one wellness diagnosis. • Diagnoses are listed in the order of priority justified by the data findings and analysis. • The diagnoses consist of four components: the identification of the health problem or risk, the affected aggregate, the etiological statement, and the support for the diagnosis (Nies, 2019, p. 102).

Plan for Priority Diagnosis

• Includes a minimum of 1 short‐term and 1 long‐term goal for identified priority diagnosis. • Goals relate to the identified priority diagnosis. • Goals follow the SMART format: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timed. • Explains how the plan allows for client involvement. • Explains how the plan advances the knowledge of members of the community.

Interventions for Priority Diagnosis

• Proposed interventions are specific to the identified priority diagnosis and assist in meeting the identified goals. • Proposed interventions are supported by scholarly, evidence based sources. • Identifies the level of prevention for proposed interventions. • Identifies the category and level of practice (community, systems, or individual/family) that best describes the proposed interventions from the Public Health Intervention Wheel (Nies, 2019, p. 14).

Evaluation for Priority Diagnosis

• Discusses evaluation from the level of a client to the aggregate population. • Describes the measures that will be used to evaluate meeting the identified goals. • Evaluation plan establishes specific outcome criteria for evaluating the identified goals. • The evaluation plan includes specific elements to determine efficacy of interventions (how, who, when).

Community Resources

• Identifies a minimum of two community partners or agencies that can serve as resources for carrying out the proposed interventions. • Includes an evidence-based rationale for why the community partner or agency is the ideal partner for the proposed interventions. • Identifies specific resources at the community partner or agency that can be used by the community or population. • Describes websites or other electronic sources that provide support for the proposed intervention.

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). Vital Signs topics. https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/topics.html

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. (2025). Ohio health data. https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/health-data/ohio

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Population estimates and demographic data. https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Huber%20Heights%20city,%20Ohio

World Population Review. (2025). Huber Heights, Ohio population 2025. https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/ohio/huber-heights