Demographic Assessment Project

Reflection

Nursing 4404: Community Health

Date: 1/13/2017

Name: Sandra Shakur

Name of project: Windshield Survey

List objectives for the project and state how they were met:

· The objective of this survey is to provide data on the community and resource available

· Assess the community

· Gain a better understanding of the community

These tasks were met by:

· The data was provided by me driving and observing the demographics, environment health services and anything that is vital for the community to thrive.

· What I assess was the population; the difference in the age group was younger, and majority race of people was black.

· I gain a better understanding of the neighborhood and why there are the two liquor store and two corner stores at opposite end of the street, because at various times I see young adults hanging out in front of these stores.

How did the project change your perception about community health?

This project help me realized that a healthy community makes healthy and productive citizens, because I have always question whether a person community determine which service is render and exclude services that might be needed. For instance I have not seen any YMCA, or any gym close by. I have also come to understand the lower the socioeconomic the people have more health issues.

How will you apply what you learned from the project to you practice?

I apply what I have learned in my daily work. The population that I work with are high school adolescence who are not having their daily needs met, anywhere from hygiene, counseling immunization and any psychological disorders. I am working on a budget to have hygiene products on hand for students that need it so from this I will continue to assess student to see what other services I can implement to help them.