Benchmark - Research Proposal Final Paper

Topic 1: Social Issues

After reading the “Mock Community” case study, list the social issues this community is dealing with. Describe the target population and characteristics of this population (racial/ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic status, age, etc.).

Some of the socioeconomic questions faced by this group include the division of families, economic difficulties, infant welfare, school breaks, work losses, housing security, shortage of support and mental deprivation of both parents and adolescents. For this community, the focus group is illegal immigrants in Arizona. There are 244,000 people in this city, about half of whom live in poverty. For more than ten years, most of these people have been settled here in the United States, 51 percent of the population between the ages of 25 and 44 have moved from Mexico. Just 24% of these people are high school graduates and most children under 18 are enrolled in school, but 8% of children in this group are not enrolled. Much of these people may not speak much or no English. 73% of these people live in poverty, while about half of them are working. Of 39% of people who are not employed and 7% rely on unemployment.

Using the Risk and Protective Factors page from SAMHSA located in the Study Materials, describe the risk and protective factors in the “Mock Community” that might contribute to the social issues presented in this case study. (50-75 words)

Any risk factors that lead to the reality that most people live in poverty are refugees and do not know English. Any mitigating variables may be that some are GED or high school students and a relatively limited number of them have a BA, which helps them live well above the poverty line.

What are the unique characteristics of the community in the case study? (30-50 words)

Any of the interesting features are that most don't understand English, while they have been residing in the United States for 10 years or more. What is even more interesting is that really friends still have cash flow problems

Describe any resources available for the target population presented in the mock community. Are they easily accessible? Explain whether or not there is a resource gap. (50-75 words)

The facilities accessible to this group are a pantry, a wardrobe, emergency care, etc. This are readily available but often people are terrified to leave because they are being detained and frightened to be removed. While these are some fantastic services, there is a resource gap since they have no work support, medical care, expertise, and economic support like they were described.

Explain whether or not the community recognizes the social issues and the need for programs or resources that address these social issues. (50-75 words)

They are mindful of social problems, but they are unable to leave to search for work. The services they know are provided and they deal with social professionals and tell them what they want and need, but when the issue of career skills or stakeholders of the company pops up their address it shortly but little has been achieved with this.

Assessing Your Selected Community

First, describe the social issue you have selected for your proposal. (20-30 words)

The social matter that I have chosen is the shortage of safe water and the lack of things to do in my home city, Dos Palos.

Explain which level of analysis you have selected and why. (30-40 words)

· A client case study (micro level)

· Program proposal (macro level)

· Project proposal (mezzo level)

I have selected the mezzo level, a project plan however to resolve the water shortage we need to look at the water lines and find a way to repair things in attempt to settle the problems that exist.

Describe the target population/client affected by your selected social issue. (20-30 words)

My goal demographic is my neighborhood of 5,351 citizens with unhygienic treated wastewater. there is need to get water which will be clean to drink as not get sick at all.

Next, use the Strategic Prevention Framework in the Study Materials to guide you in assessing your community.

Although you will not be able to utilize all the information presented in the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), you will be able to use it as a guide. Summarize the first step in the Strategic Prevention Framework (40-50 words).

The first phase is evaluation, and this step is designed to consider the interests of the group and to evaluate knowledge presented. That we will see what the problem is, how to deal with it, and how to resolve it.

How will you utilize this information when planning your proposal? (40-50 words)

As I am undertaking a project, I would have to see how to correct the problem and first see what is allowing my neighborhood not to have access to safe drinking water. I will be able to utilize this knowledge.

Next, access and review your county public health website. Review existing prevention programs and resources that address your selected social issue. List possible prevention or evidence-based treatment strategies for target populations/clients dealing with the social issue you have selected. (30-50 words)

The problem began in 2013, with traces of algae in the aqueducts. My city got a grant of half a million dollars that year. Because we had to use plastic bottles to replace it

Explain the social issues your community deals with. Using the Risk and Protective Factors information located in the Study Materials, describe what risk factors might be driving patterns and behaviors related to your community and your selected social issue. What are some of the protective factors that might reduce the effects of the risk factors? (100-150 words)

The socioeconomic problems facing my neighborhood are that we have limited access to safe drinking water. We must depend on water bottled. We can't cook with it, because while we can take the tub, there are always signs of algae there, so we don't get washed correctly despite showering. In 2019, our water was off for 3 days last year to clean up aqueducts and claim that the water is fit to drink again. However, for many days it reeked with chlorine until we could use it again. When we could use it, they finally informed us that it was still not secured. Any safeguards may be that we get funding to repair it, but it always needs to be handled.

Access and read the “Community Profiles” article by Henderson et al. (2012). Explain how the authors used neighborhood profile data to conduct their community assessment. (150-200 words)

To perform their group evaluation, they used surveys and interviews. You might find out if the population was overweight. This is because this population lives in hunger, and fried foods are cheaper than nutritious foods. The reality that most people in this area lived in poverty leads to why they became overweight. However, in their neighborhood supermarkets, they had access to outdoor fitness infrastructure and nutritious food choices. They wanted to make Latinos reside more likely in places with reduced affordability of nutritious food and business centers. There were some areas in which the surveys and interviews were conducted such that the result would be accurate. The 12 suburbs concerned were the mostly Latino communities inside Arizona's Pima County.