Community Nursing Practice: Beenleigh, Queensland Report

This report presents a community needs assessment of Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia. The assessment, based on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2016), examines various demographic characteristics including age, marital status, education levels, country of birth, religious affiliation, and employment status. The report identifies key social determinants of health such as educational disparities, the need for social inclusion of the ATSI community, and high rates of divorce or separation. The methodology includes a three-step community needs assessment model and proposes a promotional camp model to address the needs of the ATSI community, focusing on social inclusion, health, and social care campaigns. The report emphasizes the importance of understanding the unmet needs of the community to improve health outcomes and overall societal development. The report concludes by suggesting interventions to support the ATSI community by addressing educational, financial, and social aspects.

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Part A
Table 1
Community name
Beenleigh
State
Queensland
Country
Australia
Characteristics N % % %
People
Males
Females
ATSI
8252
4150
4102
435
50.3
49.7
5.3
49.4
50.4
4.0
49.3
50.7
2.8
Age
0-14 years
> 65 years
1584
1195
19.2%
14.5%
19.4
15.2
18.7%
15.8%
Marital status
Married
Separated
Divorced
Widowed
Never married
2166
359
913
367
2876
32.4
5.4
13.7
5.5
43.0
46.9
3.6
9.3
4.9
35.4
48.1
3.2
8.5
5.2
35.0
Level of highest
educational
attainment

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Bachelor degree
and above
Advanced
diploma
Certificate level
4
Certificate level
3
Year 12
Year 11
Year 10
Certificate level
2
Certificate level
1
Year 9 and
below
No educational
attainment
Not stated
472
434
223
1108
1115
356
1110
8
3
729
35
879
7.1
6.5
3.4
16.7
16.8
5.4
16.7
0.1
0.0
11.0
0.5
13.2
22.0
8.9
2.9
12.8
15.7
4.9
10.8
0.1
0.0
8.0
0.8
10.4

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Country of
birth (COB)
Australia
New Zealand
England
Philippines
4804
726
474
135
96
58.3
8.8
5.8
1.6
1.2
52.3
2.6
6.0
1.2
1.2
Religious
affiliation
No religion
Catholic
Anglican
Not selected
Uniting church
2630
1560
1144
940
395
31.9
18.9
13.9
11.4
4.8
29.2
21.7
15.3
10.0
5.1
29.6
22.6
13.3
9.6
3.7
Ancestry
English
Australian
3184
2994
27.9
26.2
27.5
25.3
25.0
23.3

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Irish
Scottish
German
878
781
496
7.7
6.8
4.3
8.7
7.5
4.5
7.6
6.4
3.1
Language
Tagalog
Samoan
Malayalam
Vietnamese
Maori
English only
spoken at home
Household’s
where non
English
languages are
spoken
68
37
34
34
34
6827
409
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
82.9
12.3
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.6
0.1
81.2
13.5
0.5
0.2
0.2
1.2
0.1
72.7
22.2
Employment
Full time
worker
Part-time
worker
Always from
work
1984
984
180
55
27.3
5.0
57.7
29.9
4.8
57.7
30.4
5.0

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Unemployed 456 12.7 7.6 6.9
Occupation
Laborers
Technicians
Professionals
Managers
Drivers
572
500
297
242
375
18.2
15.9
9.5
7.7
11.9
10.5
14.3
19.8
12.1
6.9
9.5
13.5
22.2
13
6.3
Family
composition
Couple without
children
Couple with
children
One parent
family
Other family
613
719
617
56
30.6
35.9
30.8
2.8
39.4
42.5
16.5
1.6
37.8
44.7
15.8
1.7
(Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016)

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Table 2
Category of data Summary
statement/measures
Inference
Educational category Within the 16.3% of people
attaining certificate 3
education, only 7.1 percent
are able to study above
bachelor degree
There is a higher number of
population in the Beenleigh
community are not being able
to connect to the educational
system
Rate of divorce More than 16 percent people
are divorced and 5 percent
people are separated
The factors that are affecting
social constructs and forcing
people to end their
relationships such as
domestic violence should be
removed
Rate of ATSI in the
community
Only 5.3 percent of the entire
community belongs to the
ATSI or Aboriginal and
Torres State Islanders
For this social inclusion and
community cohesion should
be implemented so that ATSI
can feel safe within the
community
Part B
Community needs assessment is the systematic process through which, by involving the
resident community in the process overall needs of the community can be assessed. Further by
prioritizing their needs and planning ways to achieve those need priorities, unmet community
needs are achieved (Morrison-Saunders et al., 2014). There are several aspects of community
needs assessment focused for a specific communities, health, education, relationships and
religion and helps to understand the trends and needs of the society (Esteves, Franks & Vanclay,
2012). Therefore, for the successful implementation of the beneficial projects for the community
and to decide the aspects that should be focused for the overall development of the society, it is
important to understand the unmet needs of the population and identify the asset related gap
existing within their locality (Kales, Gitlin & Lyketsos, 2014). This assignment also carried out

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community need assessment in the Queensland state of Australia and collected data about the
Beenleigh community. The data was collected with the support of the data obtained from
Australian Bureau of Statistics of 2016.
Thesis statement: It is beneficial for the overall development of the community to
conduct a community assessment program.
The purpose of the community assessment of Beenleigh, Queensland was to understand
the needs of the community and the ways through which those needs can be assessed (Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). The reason behind this is about the collaborative
approach that helps to understand the likelihood of the targeted initiatives taken for the overall
improvement of the locales. There are several principles depending on which the community
needs and health assessment is done by the healthcare or community care authorities (Rohe, Van
Zandt & McCarthy, 2013). These principles are targeted to include the community population in
the growth and development of their fundamental needs, continuous evaluation of the change so
that the success or failure of the process can be understood. Therefore the prime reason behind
conducting community assessment is the active participation of ground level healthcare and
social care workers within the community to understand the fundamental unmet needs of them
(Moorhead et al., 2013). The process of community need assessment is depending on the three
step model, according to which, the first step determines the topic regarding that the assessment
will be done, the second step will be analyzing and gathering data to thirdly make decisions
regarding the need of the people of the community. Within this three steps, a management plan
of the assessment is prepared followed by identification of major concerns (Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 2012). Finally after prioritizing needs of the community, the findings are

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summarized and proper decisions are taken. Therefore, after the three steps three outcomes are
observed such creation of successful data collection plan, understanding the high-priority based
needs, and thirdly the preparation of action plan, written and oral briefing and preparation of the
final report regarding the unmet needs of the community. According to Rohe, Van Zandt &
McCarthy (2013), there is no such proper community assessment model or procedure is available
and it can be changed according to the community, the target population of the desired topic on
which the need assessment is carried out.
The chosen community for the need assessment was Beenleigh of the Queensland,
Australia. For the detection of the key characteristics of this community the Australian
Government’s official website was assessed for the details of demographics, population, and
other aspects of the community (Schouten, Linderman & Reid, 2013). According to the data of
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2016), the total population in this community is 8252, within
which 50.3% was male and 49.7% was female. The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islanders was 436 that determined their involvement in the community (Australian Bureau of
Statistics). Secondly, the median age of the population was 37 years, however the percentage of
people above 65 was 14.5% compared to below 14 years which was 15.2%. The percentage of
registered marriage was 32% and people never married or unmarried was 43%, However, the
rate of separated and divorces in combination was more than 18% that determined the disturbed
mental and relationship related state of people in the community (Australian Bureau of Statistics,
2016). Education is the prime characteristic of any community and this community also focused
on education system, however the rate of people studies beyond bachelor’s degree was only 7
percent in the year 2016 and within 16.7 percent of the people who attained certificate level three
education, only 7 percent indicates towards a major concern regarding the education system of

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the community. furthermore, other characteristic includes country of birth and religion according
to which, maximum of the people in the community were Australian borne and belong to
catholic religion, however, 32 percent of the people did not adopted any religion (Australian
Bureau of Statistics, 2016).
The three social determinant of health that has been identified in the Beenleigh
community while community assessment was the educational disparity and drastic fall of rate
from certification level three to bachelor’s degree, secondly the incorporation of social inclusion
and community cohesion measures so that ATSI disparity can be managed and thirdly the higher
rate of divorce or separation within the community, that indicated towards the involvement of
social discrimination or domestic violence within the community (Schouten, Linderman & Reid,
2013). These social determinant of health are important on the context of society as it is created
due to the improper distribution of power, health, wealth and resources and leading to inequality
within the society. The first social determinant of health, education is according to World Health
Organization is helpful if attainment of different sustainable goals such as urbanization, better
employment, women and gender equality, improvement in healthcare system and globalization.
However, the educational census of the Beenleigh community determined that maximum rate of
education was till the level of year 12 and year 10 education (Alley et al., 2016). Therefore, the
population in that community is facing some hindrance regarding higher education. This
hindrance can be of educational system or the low socio-economic status of the local population.
The second social determinant of health selected was higher arte of divorce and separation and
the reason behind this can be related to the social construct or domestic violence due to which,
the relationship of the community is hampered (Lloyd Michener et al., 2012). Thirdly, the lower
percentage of aboriginal or Torres strait islanders in the community indicated to the factor which

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might affect the ATSI minority population to take part in the such assessment, hence the active
participation of those population in the community assessment is low. Hence from these social
determinant of health, the community that has been chosen as the vulnerable community for need
assessment is the ATSI community as their absence in the community assessment is a major
concern and taking care of their health, security and integrity can enhance the social inclusion
and community cohesion policy (Minkler, 2012).
To understand the health and social needs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in
the Beenleigh community, promotional camp model will be chosen as through this, it will be
easier to penetrate the social and mental barriers of those people and understand their needs from
the government and the society (Lloyd Michener et al., 2012). The promotional camp model
includes organization of health and social care campaigns in the area of the community where
the dense population of ATSI is present, conducting personal interview with those people to
understand their needs and collecting data and evidences so that the higher authority of the
locality can be informed about the state of this community (Minkler, 2012). Therefore, the prime
aim of this project will be penetrating the social exclusion barrier and promote social inclusion
and community cohesion between the ATSI community and other majority population (Alley et
al., 2016) For the Purpose, the local population will be employed for the promotional and
interview related campaigns and the governmental buildings such as municipal hospitals and
educational institutes will be used for conducting such program. Further, few of the
psychologists and educational experts belonging to ATSI community will be hired so that the
inherited fear of the community, about participation in the health or social need assessment can
be understood (Minkler, 2012). Furthermore, these data and evidence will be provided to the
higher authority of the Beenleigh so that proper interventions can be applied in the society and

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the ATSI community can be influenced and measures to strengthen the ASTI community in
different aspects such as educational, financial and social aspect can be made possible. Interview
on the other hand, will be made them open to the outer community and they will be able to put
their questions and clarifications to the entire society without any hesitation. Therefore, these are
the ways and measures that will be applied for interaction with the socially, economically and
mentally vulnerable group of the Beenleigh Queensland (Lloyd Michener et al., 2012).
Community needs assessment is the means through which, the community itself help the
assessor to identify their needs, their concerns and helps to fulfill the need of the society as well
as the people (. This assignment focused on such community, Beenleigh which is a part of
Queensland, Australia and determined to find out different key characterization of the
community through the use of Australian Bureau of Statistics. The characteristics, which were
assessed are the educational level, the age group, the male and female ratio, the marital status
and the religion of the community. Further from that three social determinant of health was
decided and within that one community was selected for the need assessment and evaluation.
Furthermore, after the successful completion of the assessment, technique was finalized through
which the need of the ATSI community will be assessed. Interview and healthcare promotional
camp was chosen as the intervention for the identification of the need of population so that
higher authority can perform their task by implementing processes to manage the healthcare
needs of the population.

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