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NUR330 Week 3: Clinical Practice Experience (CPE): Part 2: Community Data

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Select your own community (town or city) and complete the following. If town/city information is not available, look at county data.

*Please use the template to complete this assignment.

Component: Community Data


Directions: Utilize different databases to gather data to assess the community’s health status and to identify vulnerable populations in the community. For example, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Vital Statistics Report @ https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htm (Links to an external site.) and http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nvsr.htm. You will also need to access your state. For example: https://vitalrecords.utah.gov/utah-vital-statistics (Links to an external site.) for Utah. Please find statistics for your community/counties in percentage (%) format. If you are unable to find a percentage, you may use the statistic given. For example, if the statistic is listed x per 100,000 you may use it so long as the appropriate statistical label is included (diabetes: 150 people per 100,000 people).
Live Births: Community/County General Death: Mortality Infant Heart Cancer Stroke Accidents	Diabetes Suicide AIDs Morbidity Tuberculosis Syphilis Gonorrhea AIDS Life Expectancy
Component: Census Data
Directions: Go to the United States Census Bureau @ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045218 (Links to an external site.) to locate the following data:
Population count Persons under 5 years, percent Persons under 18 years, percent Persons 65 years and over, percent White alone, percent Black or African America alone, percent Asian alone, percent Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone, percent Two or More Races, percent Hispanic or Latino, percent; White alone; not Hispanic or Latino, percent Foreign-born persons, percent High school graduate or higher, percent or persons age 25+ Language other than English spoken at home, percentage 5+ Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+ Veterans Median household income Poverty, percent
Identify Vulnerable Populations & Identify 2 Potential Health Care Needs

Component: Environmental Assessment

Directions: Go to Scorecard http://scorecard.goodguide.com/about/about.tcl (Links to an external site.)

Enter the zip code of your community to collect data to assess environmental risks.

Assessment:

Toxic Chemicals:

· Top Polluter in County

· Top Chemical Released in County

Lead Hazards:

· % of houses with a high risk of lead

Air:

· Top Polluter in County

Environmental Justice (Environmental Justice Mapper):

· In paragraph format (using scholarly sources): Identify and Discuss the Unequal Distribution of Burdens by Race/Ethnicity

Implications:

· Chemical exposure on health

· Lead exposure on health

· Poor Air quality on health

· Unequal Distribution of Burden

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