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PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to provide an opportunity to utilize community assessment strategies, uncover a community health problem, and identify the components of the problem related to the community dynamics. DIRECTIONS. Below are the requirements for successful completion of this paper. ? Introduction: This should catch the reader?s attention with interesting facts and supporting sources and include the purpose statement of the paper. This should be no more than one or two paragraphs. ? Community: Identify the community by name that you will be using for this paper and provide a brief, general description of the community. Your community should be the area where you live or work. This should be one or two paragraphs. ? Demographic and epidemiological data: Compile a range of demographic (population description) and epidemiological (causes of health problems and death) data for your community by examining census reports, vital statistic reports, city records, morbidity and mortality reports, and other agency sources. Using these data, describe the community and the problem. Compare your community data to state or national data. This comparison will help to identify a community health problem specific to your community. A summary of these data should be no more than one page. ? Windshield survey: Provide a brief summary of the findings from your first assignment. Make sure to discuss elements that link your observations to your identified problem. This should be no more than one or two paragraphs. ? Problem: Using the assessment data, identify the problem that you consider to be a priority concern. Provide a rationale for your choice and relate your choice to one of the Healthy People 2020 specific numbered objectives. Healthy People objectives are located within a topic area under the Objectives page. Your rationale should also include why this is specifically a problem in your community. This should be no more than three paragraphs. Include support of your rationale with at least two scholarly sources such as professional journal articles related to your problem. ? Summary: The summary paragraph of your paper should include a statement about the problem, the population at risk for this problem, and the major direct or indirect factors that contribute to this problem. This information should be no more than one or two paragraphs. ? Reference page: All references cited within the paper should be included on a separate References page. Hello. You can based on my previous class discussion about the community health problem, and sources (information) that I used. Thank you.  "I live in Staten Island what is the one of five boroughs of New York City. According to www.census.gov , New York is the most mixed multicultural city in the US, with an estimated 8,405,837 (2013) people who live in the city, (slightly increased since 2012 that was 8,344,367,and up from 8,175,273 in 2010 and 8.0 million in 2000 and 7.3 million in 1990). There is around 44 % of Caucasian people that live in New York make, African American - 25.5 %. Children under 5 years old are 6.3%, and people over 65 years old - 12.1 %(2012). According to www.census.gov (2014), the people who have high school diploma or higher level of education making 79.4 %, while 34.1% have BSN degree or higher. Based on the information from census website in 2014 there are 3,371,062 housing units in New York, with 33.1% are homeowners. In such a big city the average travel time to work is almost 40 min. New York City is one of the most multicultural cities in the US were 36% are foreign-born. An environmental concern in the city is the major problem due to mass transit that mostly in use by the New York residents. The gasoline consumption and pollution has the highest the national average rate. Lung disease is a common problem in the city. A lot of people suffer from asthma, COPD and emphysema. The most common health problem in New York is: obesity, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, kidney disease, cancer and injuries".