Community Health and Population Focused Nursing Community Assessment Western Governor’s University Mary Piersanti Identification of Community The city of Gilbert, AZ lies southeast of the metropolitan area of Phoenix, AZ. Gilbert has a population of 229,972 residents. The city of Gilbert is in the county of Maricopa. Land area is 43 square miles with approximately 5,354 residents per square mile. The metro area of Phoenix, AZ (including Gilbert and it’s other suburban areas) is known for
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Jessica O. NUR/405 Healthy Communities: Theory and Practice March 28th, 2016 Cynthia Januale Community can be defined in many ways. According to Meriam Webster (n.d), there are 12 different ways that community can be defined. Community can best be defined as “a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood)” ("Community," n.d). To most people, community is the area and people that surround the place they live and/or work. Community health is defined by Stanhope
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Timothy Mathis ASL 102 Dr.Smith 3/29/2016 No Ordinary Hero: The Superdeafy Movie In America today there are multiple different communities. One of these many communities is the Deaf community. Like any other community the Deaf community has their own way of doing things or things that make them unique. This is shown quit frequently in the movie No Ordinary Hero: The Superdeafy Movie. For instance we see in the movie that deaf people are not only more expressional with their face but they
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JEP will allow me to reflect about the different aspects of education and the community while learning about myself in the process. Service learning will help me develop through the awareness of the community, giving me a deeper understanding about the ethical, legal and moral aspects of service as well as helping me apply my academics to real world scenarios. First, I would like to address the awareness of the community that I will gain by working with JEP. Working in the University Park neighborhood
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------------------------------------------------- Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide * Functional Health Pattern (FHP) Template Directions: This FHP template is to be used for organizing community assessment data in preparation for completion of your collaborative learning community (CLC) assignment. Address every bulleted statement in each section with data or rationale for deferral. You may also add additional bullet points if applicable to your community. Value/Belief Pattern Predominant ethnic
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many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it. I am involved in many communities, but the most important one to me is Indian American Student Association. IASA is a very large community which is filled with people all around the world. This community has a bond
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As Americans we all have a duty to serve our country but what can we do as teenagers? One thing that I can do promote Americanism is to help my family because they work hard every day and come home tried. I can help my mom and wash the dishes, sweep the kitchen those are some ways that I could help her. I can also help my dad walking round the house and reaching for higher places because he has trouble sometimes with his back. My dad always tells me to help around the house and mop the floor
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By searching the web a came across a noteworthy appreciation program that the Youth Volunteer Corps practices. Every year this organization gives out three categories of awards to hundreds volunteers that have been committed to donating their time to the agency. The 100-In-Award is for youth that have 100 volunteer hours within a year. The Ethics of Service Award is for youth volunteered 500 hours with Youth Volunteer Corps within their academic career. Lastly The World-Changer Award, is the YVC’S
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but above all they want to help as many people as possible. They take in many of the homeless people in Fannin and Polk county. They also provide food boxes for families that cannot afford to buy food. There is a large need this service in the community because the government has cut many people’s food stamps. With the cost of food rising, many people cannot afford food on their set incomes.
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and present, define communities? All communities can be defined by shared events. It is the shared events, both past and present, that shape both a community and an individual’s values, goals and aspirations. Members of a strong and healthy community all share similar values and experiences which define how they belong within that community. These shared experiences, values, goals and aspirations, provide a basis for an individual’s self perception. Without them, communities cannot thrive as a whole
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