the community of Miami Dade in Florida
Writing a 5-10 page Report and creating a PowerPoint presentation illustrating/summarizing the report.
this is for the community of Miami Dade in Florida
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Overview
A) Description of the Community i) History
ii) Type of community: urban, suburban, rural
II) PhysicalEnvironmentalConsiderations:TheCommunity As a Place
A) Description: general identifying data
i) Location
ii) Topographical features
iii) Climate
- B) Boundaries, area in square miles
- C) Environment
- i) Sanitation: water supply, sewage, garbage, trash
- ii) Pollutants, toxic substances, animal reservoirs or vectors, flora and fauna
- iii) Air quality: color, odor, particulates
- iv) Food supply: sources, preparation
- v) Potential disaster in the population
- vi) Extent of disaster preparation in the population
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- D) Housing
- i) Types of housing (public and private)
- ii) Condition of housing
- iii) Percent owned, rented
- iv) Housing for special populations
(a) Near homeless (b) Homeless
(c) Frail elders
- E) Leading industries and occupations
III) ThePeopleoftheCommunity
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B)
Population profile
- i) Total population for _________(year of last census)
- ii) Population density
- iii) Population changes in past 10 years
- iv) Population per square miles
- v) Mobility
- vi) Types of Families
Biological Considerations/Vital and demographic population characteristics
- i) Age composition
- ii) Sex distribution
- iii) Race distribution
- iv) Ethnic group composition and distribution
- v) Mortality Characteristics
(a) Annual Birth and crude death rates (b) Age-specific death rate
(c) Infant mortality rate
(d) Maternal mortality rate - vi) Cause-specific death rate (specific health area)
- vii) Leading causes of morbidity
(a) Incidence rates (specific diseases) (b) Prevalence rates (specific diseases)
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C) Psychological Considerations
- i) Significant historical events
- ii) Future economic prospects
- iii) Formal and Informal Communication Network
- iv) Rates of Suicide and Homicides for specific subgroups within the population
- v) Adequacy of protective services
- vi) Common sources of Stress (e.g. unemployment , lack of affordable housing)
- D) Sociocultural Considerations: The Community As a Social System
- i) Socioeconomic status
(a) Income of family
(b) Major occupations
(c) Estimated level of unemployment (d) Percent below poverty level
(e) People retired - ii) Educational level
(a) Religious distribution
(b) Marriage and divorce rates (c) Language
- i) Socioeconomic status
- E) Government and Leadership
- i) Type of government (mayor, city manager, board of commissioners)
- ii) City offices (location, hours, services, access)
- F) Education
- i) Public educational facilities
- ii) Private educational facilities
- iii) Libraries
- iv) Services for special populations
(a) Pregnant teens
(b) Adults with special problems
(c) Children and adults who are developmentally disabled (d) Children and adults who are blind and/or deaf
- G) Transportation
- H) Behavioral Considerations
- i) Consumption patterns (general nutritional level of the population)
- ii) Leisure pursuit
- iii) Other health-related behaviors (e.g. frequency of seat belt use)
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I) Health System Considerations
- i) Identify existing services
- ii) Assessing current level of performance
- iii) Availability and accessibility of specific types of health care services
- iv) Health needs lacking services
- v) Extent to which health care services are overused and underused
- vi) Financing of health care