Community Assessment and Analysis Presentation

This presentation provides a comprehensive assessment and analysis of the community of McGregor, Texas. It covers various aspects such as demographics, geography, financial information, ethnic breakdown, social interactions, common goals, barriers, social determinants of health, funding sources, partnerships, and health promotion opportunities. The presentation aims to provide insights into the community's strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.

City of McGregor,
Texas
A Community Assessment and Analysis
Presentation

Description of the community and
boundaries
• McGregor is a city that lies between two counties and two
metropolitan areas in Central Texas.
• This is a rural community which has a range of industrial,
commercial and retail opportunities.
• It is also an important transportation hub with throughfares
carrying thousands of vehicles everyday (Moore, &
McSpadden, 2009).

People of McGregor
• McGregor has a population of 4,9878 people, 1728
households and 1207 families (United States Census
Bureau, 2010).
• The average family size is 2.73 and while the average
household size is 3.21
• About 14.9% of the total population lives below the poverty
line (Population and Housing Unit Estimates)

Geography of McGregor
• It situated at the junction of US
Highway 84 17 miles northeast
to Waco and statute highway 317
15 miles north to Valley Mills
(Geographic Identifiers, 2010).
McGregor city lies in Western McLennan
County and extends westward into Coryell
county in Texas United States of America.
This city surrounds the McGregor industrial
park which was formerly a Naval Weapons
reserve Park.
McGregor has a total area of 21.4 square
miles

Geopolitical Information about McGregor
• Hot humid summers
• Mild to cool winters
• Weapons are designed
• Standardized languages and culture
• Power is used more efficiently

Financial Information about McGregor
• McGregor is widely used by different companies to make
rockets hence the main city’s source of income
• The city’s revenue include sewerage charges $412,000,
Federal Intergovernmental-all other $25,000, utilities on
water $1,05900, property $603,000 and the total general
sales are $260,000.
• The city’s expenses include interest on debt $0, Regular
highways $78,000, total salaries and wages $911,000 and
interest on debt on water utilities $0.

Ethnic Breakdown of McGregor
• This community consists of 71.10% white people, 11.53%
African Americans, 1.02% Native Americans, 0.38% Asians,
14.41% other races and 1.57% from two or more races.
• Hispanics and Latinos constitute of 27.27% of the total
population (Census of Population and Housing, 2015).

Phenomenological Features of McGregor
• Existence of various religious groups, Christians and
Muslims
• Cultural groups including Hispanics, Native Americans and
Black Americans.
• The poor and the middle class have low access to
healthcare
• The rich get superior medical services

Social Interactions within McGregor
• Healthcare practitioners and patients
• Shopkeepers and customers
• Parents and children
• Teachers and students
• Reading books
• Watching television
• Listening too radio

Common Goals and Interests of
McGregor
• Proper healthcare
• Safe environments
• Access to clean water
• Education and white collar jobs
• Knowledge of their native language and culture

Barriers and Challenges of the
Community
• Poor working conditions
• Inadequate of knowledge and skills
• Poverty
• Inadequate social amenities
• Low income

social determinates of health
• Values and beliefs (Rodriguez-Larralde, Scapoli, Mamolini,
& Barrai, 2007)
• Healthy behaviors
• Level of education
• Income and working conditions (Curtis-Robles, Wozniak,
Auckland, Hamer, & Hamer, 2015)
• Access to healthcare facilities

funding sources
• Equitable share
• Local revenue (Ashcroft, & Balfour, 1983)
• Conditional grants
• Donor funding
• Grants

Partnerships
• Brazos Valley Co-op
• American Legion Post 273
• McGregor City Development

Summary of interview with community
health/public health provider
• The health nurse provides primary care
• She provides education to the community members
• Most community members are inclined to their cultures
• Cultural competence is essential in providing care for this
community
• Occurrences of diseases and deaths which are preventable
has been reducing

opportunity for health promotion
• Developing policies, programs and activities related to
health promotion
• Childhood vaccination and growth monitoring
• Health care visits
• Follow-up visits of patients with chronic diseases (Curtis-
Robles, et al., 2015)

conclusion
• The location of McGregor City contributes to its growth
• Fewer medical facilities
• Most people have low income hence cannot afford better
healthcare
• The general health of the community is improving
• The community practice hygiene

References
• Ashcroft, R. R., & Balfour, B. K. (1983). Home rule cities and municipal
annexation in Texas: Recent trends and future prospects. . Mary's LJ, 15,
519.
• American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the
original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
• Census of Population and Housing. Census.gov. Archived from the
original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
• Curtis-Robles, R., Wozniak, E. J., Auckland, L. D., Hamer, G. L., & Hamer,
S. A. (2015). Combining public health education and disease ecology
research: using citizen science to assess Chagas disease entomological
risk in Texas. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 9(12), e0004235.

References
• Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001):
McGregor city, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
Retrieved April 6, 2019.
• Moore, T., & McSpadden, H. (2009). From Bombs to Rockets at
McGregor, Texas. In 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including
The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (p. 1163).
• Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved April 5, 2019
• Rodriguez-Larralde, A., Scapoli, C., Mamolini, E., & Barrai, I. (2007).
Surnames in Texas: A population study through isonymy. Human
biology, 79(2), 215-240.