Visit your selected community with your fellow group members. Take notes and photograph the area. Identify objective data related to people, places, and social systems that help define the community. This information will help identify trends, stability, and changes that may affect the health of the individual living in the community. You should be able make insightful discoveries simply by observing your surroundings during this experience.
People
Who are on the street (e.g. women, children, men)?
How are they dressed?
What are they doing?
What do the people look like?
How are the different ethnic groups residentially located?
How would you categorize the residents: upper, upper middle, middle, lower class? How did you come to this conclusion?
Is there any evidence of communicable diseases, alcoholism, substance use disorder, mental illness? How did you come to this conclusion?
Are there animals on the street? What kind?
Place – don’t include statistics here, include information about how you know you have left an area simply by driving through
Boundaries
Where is the community?
What are its boundaries?
Natural boundaries?
Human-made boundaries?
Are there geographic features that may pose a threat?
What plants or animals could pose a threat to health?
Location of Health Services
Where are the major health institutions located?
What health institutions may be necessary for a community of this size but are not located in the community (e.g. a large community with few or no acute care or ambulatory care facilities)?
Are there clinics, hospitals, dentists, or other health care providers in the area?
Human-Made Environment
Do you see major industrial areas with heavy industrial plants?
Do the roads allow easy access to health institutions? Are the roads marked by signs that are easily seen and understandable?
Housing
What is the quality of the housing?
How old are the houses?
Are there single or multifamily dwellings?
Are there signs of disrepair and decay? If so, explain.
Are there vacant dwellings? If so, explain.
Social System
Are there schools in the area? Are they in good repair?
Are there parks and outdoor recreation opportunities?
What churches are in the community?
What schools, community centers, clinics, or other services for the community are provided by the churches?
Does the community have public transportation that provides accessible service?
What supermarkets and stores are available in the neighborhood?
Is there evidence of police and fire protection in the area?
Are there social agencies?
Please include pictures as well thank you.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/nursing/6180
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Address: 5914 Seminachory Rd, Falls Church, VA 22041
