Community Health Assignment Sample
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Community Health Assignment Sample
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Community Health Assessment ReportIntroduction (200 words)Community health reports can be defined as an important and potent tool to exploreand evaluate the health status of a particular community and identify the public healthpriorities of the community by the means of comparing the data with the demographic andpopulation based confounders and factors. Hence, in order to discover the potential healthissue of a particular community and be able to address the possible health issues, it is crucialfor the care providers to understand the key contributing factors to the health status and thelife expectancy of the particular community. Researchers are of the opinion that the healthconditions of a particular community is usually the most profoundly impacted by the agegroups, gender, and the socioeconomic stratification of the community based on thepopulation (Wolfenden et al. 2018). The community health reports attempts to discover allthe different factors associated with these disparities in health and be able to target the causalfactors so that the health priorities can be optimally addressed. This assignment will attemptto articulate a community health reported based on the city of Horizon; the assignment willhave a detailed community assessment of the city of Horizon, including demographicprofiles, psychosocial profiles, community infrastructure and available health services andresources. Along with that, this report will also identify a potential health issue for the chosencommunity and the role of registered nurse in health promotion for the chosen issue withrespect to Ottawa charter and NMBA guidelinesCity of Horizon Community Assessment (1200 words)1.Demographic ProfileThe city of horizon is situated in the south east limestone coastal region of SouthAustralia. The distance of this town from Adelaide is around 324 kilometres and has the land
area of 4284 hectares (Wolch, Byrne and Newell 2014). According to the Australian Bureauof Statistics (2018), the population of City of Horizon is around 29308 people and as per thatthe population density is around 6.86 person per hectare. the geographical location of the cityof Horizon makes it responsible for prime focus of different horizons such as residential,commercial and industrial hub as well as it is a popular tourist place. While describing thegender and age related demographics, it should be mentioned that the census revealed that thepopulation of males in this area is 13693 with a percentage of 48.3%, whereas females arepresent in the majority with 14657 or 51.7% (South Australian Public Health. 2018). Citizenin this area lived in 12,273 dwellings and hence the average household size was 2.3. Thereare different communities residing in the such as the aboriginal and Torres Strait islanderswith 2.3% (652 individual) and 85.9% Australian born individual .Further, 5.1% people usedto speck language other than English. The census data also determined that population had amajority of older people, compared to youngsters, as 44% of population was higher than theage of sixty, whereas only 16.5% people were young, therefore indicated towards the ageingsociety (South Australian Public Health 2018). This profile determined that the healthcarerelated problems were dominating in the society as maximum of the population was abovethe age of sixty. Therefore, they had the chance of suffering from different diseases(Macpherson 2013). Further, the demographical discussion also included marital status, family structure andcomposition and the climate of the city of Horizon. The family structure is the most importantdemographic indicator as it helps to understand the area’s residential function and role, levelof demand or employment as it directly proportionate to the age of the community and thefamily profile. In the city of Horizon, more than 16% people were married and had familiescompared to the regional data of 25%. The number pf couples having children was 1780,whereas couples having no children were 4367. The society also had single parent with 829parents looking after their kid alone. Hence, the emerging groups were lone person or withoutchildren that increased by the number of 900 from 2011 to 2016. The average house hold sizewas 2 person per family. The climate was perfect as the geographical position of the citymade it one of the famous tourist spots in Australia.2.Psychosocial Profile :Psychosocial profile of a community is an important tool to understand the healthconsequences the community can face while leading a normal life style. In this section,
different indicators of community such as education level, employment level, householdincome, occupation type, communication network such as internet, transportation, socialsupport service and community groups and organisations will be discussed. While discussionthe educational level, it should be discussed that 3296 people in the city of Horizon hadterritorial qualification, whereas more than 13400 people do not have any education in theirlifetime. 8.5% of people had bachelor’s degree (South Australian Public Health. 2018).Teenagers had 36.7% of educational qualification and they were working for differentorganizations in the area. The rate of employment was very high as more than 93% people ofcity of horizon were employed and within that 48% were working for fulltime jobs. The rateof unemployment, that affect the socio-economic status of communities were 6.7%. The rateof employment increased from 2011 to 2016 and showed 10% of increase (Australian Bureauof Statistics 2018). These people were associated to agriculture and dishing as more than 10%of the total labour staff were attached with agriculture and fishing. Other than this the famousworking sectors were, healthcare industry, retail trade and food service and accommodationservice to tourists. Individual income was a serious issue as maximum population had weeklyindividual income of $400-$599, whereas only 2% had personal weekly income of $2000 andabove. Majority of the family (2034) had an average income of $400-$599. Further, in case ofcommunication, in the city of horizon, more than 58% homes had a strong broadbandconnection (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2018). This was affected due to age, householdincome, educational qualification and many more. 7242 families were connected to internetwhereas, 6379 had broadband connections. More than 64% of people travel using car asdrivers and only 5.6% of them travelled as passengers, therefore the socio-economic statuscan be understood from this aspect. Further, there are several policies and legislations wereapplied in different sectors of the area such as Australian healthcare policy in the healthcaresector Australian criminal activity related policies and many more so that the socialinfrastructure and social peace can be maintained (South Australian Public Health 2018)3.Community Infrastructure, Goods and Services:There is a range of community infrastructures, goods and services in the city of Horizon.It offers its residents and tourist populations with exceptional facilities. The community on
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