3804NRS Community Nursing: Inala Community Health Assessment

This report presents a community assessment of Inala, Queensland, focusing on identifying the strengths, challenges, and health needs of the community. It examines the key characteristics of Inala, including its location, demographics, and cultural diversity. The report identifies three social determinants of health relevant to Inala: access to healthcare, education, and job security, and discusses their impact on the community's well-being. It highlights disability as a significant health issue within the community and proposes strategies for addressing this and other unmet health needs through improved care, community programs, and nurse training. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of community health nursing in improving the overall health outcomes of the Inala population. Desklib offers a wealth of similar solved assignments and past papers to aid students in their studies.

Community Nursing Practice

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Purpose of community assessment and explaining the concept......................................................1
Key characteristics of your chosen community...............................................................................2
Three social determinants of health in relation to the community data for Inala and identify a
vulnerable community subgroup that may have health issues / unmet health needs.......................3
Discussion of community needs assessment...................................................................................4
Summary..........................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
With change in time, there are many health related issues that are faced by people. In this
context, healthcare professional are responsible to make sure that appropriate steps are taken so
that the problems that are faced by them can be solved in effective manner. In this present
assignment, Inala is taken as the chosen community (Hayman, White and Spurling, 2009). This
covers purpose of community assessment and concept that is undertaken in reference with
scholarly literature. Lastly, it also includes discussion of community need that is assessment that
would engage with the identified vulnerable community subgroup to explore their health issues.
Main research thesis is that it enables to focus undertaking community assessment enables to
focus on controlling health related issues in effective manner.
Purpose of community assessment and explaining the concept
Community assessment can be determined as the process that enables to identify the
strengths, challenges, assets and needs of specified community. In this context, assets refer to the
talents, abilities and skills of individuals and the resources which local institutions that contribute
to the community. Further, local institution includes religious, political, youth organizations,
recreational, educational, etc. (Jackson, Askew and Brooks, 2008). There are various aspects that
are considered by community assessment. It includes evaluation of current situation of the
community, providing judgement of desired and preferred situation and making comparison of
desired and actual situation.
Apart from this, there are different types of purpose with the help of community
assessment. It enables to mobilize community to take up appropriate actions so that determined
skills that can be used in the community to grow. Further, enables to develop or create coalition
action plan in which steps by steps strategies that are to be applied are determined. When a goal
is developed, then it requires to develop appropriate objectives so that ultimate goal can be
achieved. Moreover, various type of strategies needs to be implemented so that the goals and
objectives that are to achieved can be direct in appropriate manner. It enables to establish a base
line with the help of which evaluation of progress in the community (Oliver, Rochecouste and
Exell, 2013). Further, it determines partners, ideas, resources, so that goals can be attained.
Members of the community have to opportunity to share their needs and requirement so that
appropriate steps are taken to improve them. Involvement of community members increases as
they are left to identify all the issues needs or wants that are required by others. All the data that
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are gathered are used to inform statistical planning, program outcomes, program improvements
and priority setting. It is required to have key people involved in this process so that they are able
to gather information that will be suitable enough to make interpretation of the steps that can be
taken through which the rate of improvement and support can be raised.
Key characteristics of your chosen community
In accordance with the characteristics, it includes location and boundaries. From the
finding, it can be stated that Inala is bounded by Freeman Road, Boundary Road in the north,
Eugenia Street, Sycamore Street, Serviceton Avenue, and Buddleia Street in the west, Fredrick
Cookman Place, Lorikeet Street, Archerfield report and Boss Road (Wilson, Magarey and Kelly,
2015). Further, Inala is named after Aboriginal word that is called “night time” or “resting time”.
Apart from this it is originally known as Boylands Pocket.
As per the history, the settlement was started from the year 1800s in which people used
land for sheep grazing. Main development did not even start until post war years but it aided by
public housing construction that took place in the year 1950s. During 1900s population declined
and by the event of 2001 population increased. This resulted to add new dwelling beings in the
area and it also included increase in number of occupied dwellings. There are in total 14042
families among which total number of people living there are 58495. Among these, 51.3% are of
male and 48.7% is of female and their average recorded is 33 (Jackson and Askew, 2008). There
are five different languages that are most commonly used at this place which are English,
Australian, Vietnamese, Irish and Scottish. However, it is identified that majority of people
speak English.
Main development of this community happened with the emergence of architectural
modernism in Australia. With advancement in technology of Inala make use of new or updated
machineries that are helpful enough to make sure that appropriate support can be provided to the
society. Further, the main source for travel is through bus and this is from Inala bus station which
is near Inala Plaza shopping centre. Railways were started in the year 2011 but use of these are
not done constantly by people (Jeremy, Tonkin and Kritharides, 2010). As per the type of culture
that is followed, people generally prefer to travel by making use of bikes.
Inala is considered to be multicultural society were boasting more than 20 different
nationalities. There are big celebrations like LunaNew Year and Multicultural Fiesta which are
conducted on regular basis. In accordance with the census that was held in the year 2016, about
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31.3% people of Inala selected no religious affiliation. 21.2% was of Catholics and 13.8% of
Buddhism.
Three social determinants of health in relation to the community data for
Inala and identify a vulnerable community subgroup that may have health
issues / unmet health needs
Few years back, the rate of hospitals were very low at Inala, individuals faced by various
type of health related problems and this way the rate of deaths that occurred due to improve care
was also high. This way, it can be stated that the rate of support that people get in relation with
health is low but know there are in total 18 hospitals (Durey, Thompson Wood, 2012). The
support that is delivered form the side of care providers are high. In this context, for the social
determinants of health that are followed at Inala is that they provide proper care support to the
local people and this is done by delivering them education. There are many number of diseases
that can be eliminated by people just by taking proper care and with adequate information.
Consumption of fast food is considered to be the main reason due to which problem of obesity
increases. This way, proper education should be provided so that and this done at Inala.
Apart from this, there are there are early childhood development that are taken place and
these are helpful enough to make them understand the considerations that has to be made by
them so that they are able to determine the steps that should be taken by them in order to protect
them from health related issues (Askew, Jackson and Russell, 2010). Another type of social
determinant in relation with community of Inala face is lack of job security. The rate of
employment opportunities that prevail in this community is low and so that individuals are not
able to taken care of their health in effective manner.
One of the vulnerable health related issues faced in the community is disability. This is
considered to be one of the main problems that people undergo at Inala. As per the findings
made, it is identified that about 3525 of the people were facing this issue and with time this rate
has increased. Apart from this, there are issues like mental health, oral health, child development
service, etc.
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Discussion of community needs assessment
In accordance with the findings made for the type of health related issue that is faced, it
can be stated that various type of steps that are required to be taken so that they are able to
overcome them effective manner (Hayman, White and Spurling, 2009). With this respect, one of
the ways that can be applied is through delivering their proper care from the side of care
providers. All the nurses need to be proper monitored so that the issues that are faced by them for
the type of roles that has to be played can be identified. When this is done, then it enables to
make sure that they put on their efforts to perform the roles effectively and efficiently. Further,
the issue of disability can be reduced by providing all the type of possible care. Further, there are
many number of services that have come up that consists of Indigenous health, Chronic Disease
service, Pathology Queensland, etc. Apart from this, there are also various type of programs that
are also conducted and these are done so that different addiction can be eliminated from
teenagers. In this context, it includes programs to overcome use of alcohol, use of drug, tobacco
use, etc. (Jackson, Askew and Brooks, 2008). In all these aspects proper training should be
provided to nurses so that effective can be delivered to people.
Summary
It can be concluded that health plays vital role to make a person perform any type of tasks
in effective manner. In all the countries around the world have various type of issues that can be
faced in relation with health and support need to be provided from nurses so that health condition
can be improved.
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