Community Assessment Windshield Survey

COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT WINDSHIELD SURVEY
Directions:
As you “drive” through Sentinel City, write about your impressions of the community. Take
notes about the community using the following questions as a guide. You may discover other
areas that you want to note. Include your findings in the community description section of
your paper.
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ELEMENT DESCRIPTION:
Housing and Commercial Buildings:
• How old are the houses and buildings in the community?
Ans: Moderately old house
• What materials are the homes and buildings constructed from?
Ans: Most of the building are built by breaks
• Are all the houses similar in age and architecture?
Ans: In commercial zone the houses are more advanced in architectural sense
• How would you characterize their differences?
Ans: The windows and doors pattern, the pattern celling
• Are the houses detached or connected to each other?
Ans: Most of the houses are connected
• Are there solar panels? Windmills?
Ans: NO
• Do the houses have space in front or behind them?
Ans: Not adequate
• What is the general condition of the houses and buildings?
Ans: Moderate to good
• Are there signs of disrepair (e.g., broken doors or windows, leaks, missing locks)?
Ans: NO
• Are there signs of neighborhood pride, such as well-tended yards?  Is there central
heating, modern plumbing, air conditioning?
Ans: Rare
Open space:
• Is the county primarily rural, suburban, urban, or a mix? How much open space is
there?
Ans: Urban
• What is the quality of the space (i.e., lush green parks or rubble-filled lots)?
Ans: Rubble-filled lots
• What is the lot size of the houses, lawns, and flower boxes?
Ans: NO
• Do you see trees on the streets or a green island in the center of the streets?
Ans: NO
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• Is the open space public or private? Who uses this space?
Ans: Public
Boundaries:
• What signs are there of where neighborhoods begin and end?
Ans: No signs
• Are the boundaries natural (a river, a different terrain); physical (a highway, a
railroad); or economic (differences in real estate or presence of industrial or
commercial units along with residential)?
Ans: Presence of roadblock
• Do the neighborhoods have an identity or a name? Do you see them displayed? Are
there unofficial names?
Ans: Nothing displayed
“Commons”:
• What are the neighbour-hood hangouts (e.g., schoolyard, convenience store, bar,
restaurant, park, 24-hour drugstore)?
Ans: Park, restaurant
• What groups of people tend to gather at these hangouts?
Ans: Aged people
• At what time do they typically meet?
Ans: N/A
• Does the commons area have a sense of territoriality, or is it open to everyone?
Ans: Open to everyone
Transportation:
• How do people get in and out of the neighborhoods (e.g., car, bus, bike, walking)?
Ans: Walking
• Are the streets and roads conducive to good transportation and bicycle use and also to
community life?
Ans: NO
• Are there major highways running through the county? Who do these highways serve?
Ans: NO
• How frequently is public transportation available?
Ans: Frequently
• Are gas stations available?
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Ans: YES
• Are there train stations or light rail stations?
Ans: No
Service centers:
• Do you see social agencies, clients, recreation centers, signs of activity at the schools?
Ans: School, social agencies
• Are there offices of doctors, dentists, and other such services?
Ans: YES
• Are there parks? Are these parks in use?
Ans: YES
Stores:
• Where do residents shop (e.g., shopping centers, neighborhood stores, outdoor
markets)? ***Note: The Bodega is currently the only building that you can go
into in Sentinel City***
• How do they travel?
Ans: Mostly bus and bicycle, some by private car.
People out and about:
• If you are traveling during the day, who do you see on the street (e.g., an occasional
passerby, a father with a baby)?
Ans: A passer-by
• Do you see anyone you would not expect?
Ans: Disabled person
• Can you spot the purpose of those that you see, such as a door-to-door salesperson or
a postal worker?
Ans: NO
• Is the dress of those you see representative or unexpected?
Ans: NO
• What animals do you see (e.g., stray cats, pedigreed pets, watchdogs, birds, wildlife)?
Ans: Cats, dogs
Signs of community vibrancy:
• Is the community alive?
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Ans: YES, very much
• How would you decide?
Ans: There internal interaction
• Are there signs of arts and cultural expression?
Ans: NO
• Do you see any of the following: street vendors, trash, abandoned cars, political
posters, neighborhood-meeting posters, real estate signs, abandoned houses, mixed
zoning usage, people tending their yards, sidewalks in good repair, historical places?
Ans:
Race:
 Are the residents primarily Caucasian, African-American, Asian, of another group, or is
the area integrated?
Ans: Caucasian
Ethnicity:
 Are there indications of ethnicity—food stores, churches, private schools, information
or signs in a language other than English?
Ans: Not significantly
Religion:
• Of what religion are the residents?
Ans: Mostly Christian
• Do you see evidence of heterogeneity or homogeneity?
Ans: No
• What denominations are the churches, temples, and mosques?
Ans: Churche
• Do you see evidence of these religious facilities being used other than on days of
worship?
Ans: Used for free meal services
Health:
• Do you see evidence of acute or of chronic diseases or conditions?
Ans: NO
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• Do you see evidence of accidents, communicable morbidity diseases, alcoholism,
Ans: NO
• drug addiction, mental illness, etc.?
Ans: NO
• How far it is to the nearest hospital? To the nearest clinic?
Ans: within 5 to 7 kilometre
Politics:
• Do you see any political campaign posters?
Ans: No
• Is there a headquarters present?
Ans: No
• Do you see evidence of a predominant party affiliation?
Ans: NO
Media:
• Do you see indications of television use such as satellite dishes?
Ans: NO
• What magazines and newspapers do residents read?
Ans: N/A
• What media do you see being sold in the stores?
Ans: Magazine
• What form of media seems most important to the residents (e.g., radio, television,
print, online)?
Ans: Radio
• What languages are represented in the various forms of media?
Ans: English
Physical environment:
• Are there indications of an excess of certain types of activities, such as stores that sell
alcohol or fast food restaurants?
Ans: NO
• What sorts of billboards are displayed and what do they indicate?
Ans: NO
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• Are there many cell phone towers or is cell phone access limited?
Ans: NO
Adapted from Anderson ET, McFarlane J: Community as client: Application of the
nursing process. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott.
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