Community Profile Assessment: Identification of Health Needs and Key Issues

Community
profile assessment

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
a) Identification of demographic health needs of community and critical analysis of data...1
b) Critical discussion on 2 key issues using social determinants of health model.................3
c) Potential impact of climate change on 2 key issues...........................................................5
d) Action for reducing the influence of climate change on 2 key issues................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Community profile is a kind of data sheet which maintain the records of specific social
region for understanding its facts. Simply, it is done for accumulating baseline information of
community in order to understand health related issues of region. However, baseline facts are the
data which is gathered at the beginning of any event or intervention which can further utilized for
comparison purpose like; assessing the amount incurred changed (Siong and et.al., 2016).
Therefore, this assignment is also somehow covering the aspects of community assessment by
taking an example. Thus, Bettws community is going to highlighted in this project and outline
some health related factors for understanding the circumstances which is faced by people.
Furthermore, project will also throw some lights on various elements of community such as; key
issues, potential influence of climate change upon key issues and covered the actions which is
taken by community for controlling the influence of climate change on issues.
a) Identification of demographic health needs of community and critical analysis of data
Bettws is a very large advanced housing estate which is situated in Newport city and its a
place which is covered under area of almost 73.5 square miles and standing as a gateway
between England and Wales. It’s a very vibrant with multi-cultural city submerged in an ironic
industrialised legacy where old industries are sitting alongside with new electronics as well as
financial field. This community is also known as coterminous or parish of Newport, South
Wales. This housing estate was established in almost 1960s from which maximum houses are
identical in plan and name of the roads in estate was also named on the basis of rivers. In this
community, around 51.8% of housing is owned by private parties and nearly 42.6% is on rent
either from local housing firm or Newport city council (St David’s Church Report, 1997). At the
same time, this community is also known as second largest council estate over the Europe which
is transferred in 2009 to ownership of social housing in that maximum numbers of lands are
owned in the region of Newport city homes known as housing association. In almost 1964,
almost 1500 people were living in Bettws community in which around 12 families are moving in
a week. This shows that numerous members which were living there are rehoused from other
regions such as; Pilgwently and areas of Georges street town because at that places housing
situations were very much worst. There was one family who want to settle down in Bettws
community from George street but Mrs Clifford don’t want that but still it happens and they
became an active member in enhancing the community. As a result, she was involved in a
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contract with local labour party and initiated a Bettws women’s section of labour party with one
of her friend. However, there are number of issues was present and need to handle it for
community growth. Some of the issues and problems of Bettws community are-
 Absence of doctors in surgeries.
 Absence of police station.
 Lack of professional members in the estate.
 Churches are handling all the activities such as; social work is accomplished by them;
parochial church has purchases a hut from merchant for organizing community activities
but during first season floor fell through.
 Pre-schools are organizing at church hall.
 Prices of products are very much high because temporary shops were too much
inadequate but still having a monopoly due to the absence of others.
 Mobile shops were also charged high cost.
This shows that health conditions of Bettws community was really too much worst from
past decades as none of the authorities are there whose are taking steps to improve the scenario.
Moreover, common people are also not interested in controlling the situations by taking steps
whereas just leaving the place for getting rid from entire health issues. According to the recent
article of Estel Farell-Roig which is posted in 2019 Newport is one of the most notorious estates
where there is a boundary of busy urban life (Estel Farell-Roig, 2019). Apart from this, place is
called as a “concrete jungle” by some people because houses are designed by concrete material.
David Taylor is a person who grew here with his alcoholic father and drugs are using around him
from a very young age due to which his childhood was really full of complexity and sad stories.
Therefore, it has been understood that Bettws is one of the poorest region where estate is
classified into six wards in which three of them are on top 9% rank from most underprivileged
regions across the nation. As per the Profile of Bettws Community Wellbeing from 2017, this
area is having importantly maximum working age advantages claimant rates. In fact, around 40%
of residents are having no qualifications in this estate which really shows a very negative
environment of city. David’s is having number of worst memories from past life such as; he is
remembering the scenario of being in a crack dens as a child, gone prison for almost four times
in his life as it’s a constant thing in his life due to various reasons and so on. In the age of 13,
David started using pills, taking drugs, robbing vehicles, people henceforth but still Bettws was a
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