This assignment consists of two parts.
1. Complete an actual windshield survey in your own community.
2. Share the data collected using a PowerPoint presentation.
Please Note: Given the unusual circumstances imposed by the virus, students may opt to limit their photos, or use stock photos of your communities. We are asking that you assess your own community, which you are familiar
Learning Objectives:
Building upon your experience conducting a virtual windshield survey, apply the key components of an actual windshield survey in your clinical community.
Observe and describe a variety of community characteristics found in your community.
Identify potential problems or observations for concern that you found in your community.
Instructions
1. Windshield Survey Assessment/Data Collection
Begin by identifying your community. It can be a whole town or a neighborhood. Remember that the community is a whole system, which functions because of the interdependence of its parts. The community is the client.
Conduct a Windshield Survey Assessment: collecting some information on each category below (take photos):
Boundaries
Housing/public buildings: types and conditions
Common Areas/Recreational areas/Unsafe areas
Services: transportation, public service, medical facilities
Education: school conditions
Food Supply
Race, ethnicity, religion
General outdoor scene
Supplement your impressions with data/information from the census, police records, school statistics, chamber of commerce data, health department reports, Masschip, CHSI and so forth, to confirm or refute your observations and conclusions.Include at least data on demographics, morbidity, mortality, and socio-economic factors.From the windshield survey and data identify health issues facing this community.
What are the problems you identified from the windshield/data collected? These problems should be related Healthy People 2030 objectives and be supported by your assessment findings. For example, Risk of heart disease among residents of Milton related to obesity, easy access to fast food restaurants and high rates death from heart disease. HP 2030 Objective: HDS-2 Reduce Coronary Heart Disease deaths. Each problem should be related to an HP objective and your paper topic.
2) Power Point Presentation
A. Create a slide presentation summarizing the findings from your windshield assessment. Include relevant photos and data as noted above.
Include problems identified from the windshield/data collected as noted above
