Demographic Assessment Project NURS 4404: Community Health NursingCourse Objectives 1. Design the nursing process to promote health with community partners across the life span in community settings with both predictable and unpredictable circumstances. 2. Create partnerships with communities in the customized therapeutic care process to protect, promote, and restore optimal community health. 3. Analyze practice decisions within the community utilizing critical thinking. 4. Evaluate strategies to improve community health through scholarship. 5. 8. Develop and exhibit self-directed behaviors in the community health setting. 6. 9. Demonstrate behaviors that are professional in nature in accordance with the American Nurses Association and the Texas Board of Nursing (Essential VIII) Experiential Learning Practice Objectives: 1. Demonstrate cultural sensitivity when formulating customized therapeutic nursing care with the community. 5. Demonstrate leadership, initiative and professionalism in the community health setting and demonstrate accountability for behavior. 6. Seek appropriate assistance and utilize guidance to facilitate own learning. 7. Demonstrate behaviors that are professional in nature in accordance with the American Nurses Association and the Texas Board of Nursing (Essential VIII)Assignment Goal: The students will be able to analyze critical data to identify health threats and risks in their assigned community.Assignment Objectives: 1. The student will locate demographic data and vital statistics that relate to the assigned community. 2. The student will summarize the collected data 3. The student will identify 2 strengths and weaknesses of the community based on the summary 4. The students will formulate a nursing diagnosis based upon the analysis of the data. Demographic Assessment Project Overview This assignment utilizes data mining, a tool of nursing informatics, to locate critical information about your community. The US Census, performed by law stated in The US Constitution, is collected every ten years. The results of the census are found here. The information gleaned here is immensely valuable in assessing and planning interventions for a community. This is a routine practice for public health nurses and community nurses. It is important to understand that the date from the US Census is self- reported. It may or may not be accurate. You may notice that the percentages do not always add up to 100 percent (or they add up to more than 100 percent). Sometimes people fill the census forms out a little differently than instructed, which gives interesting results! Report the numbers as they are stated in the Census documents and relax. The assignment is another piece of an actual community assessment. The assignment will teach you how to discover facts about the population you serve whatever practice specialty you choose. When the public health nurse completes the community assessment, the nurse engages with many partners at th.

1. Demographic Assessment Project
NURS 4404: Community Health NursingCourse Objectives
1. Design the nursing process to promote health with community
partners across the life span in community settings with both
predictable and unpredictable circumstances.
2. Create partnerships with communities in the customized
therapeutic care process to protect, promote, and restore optimal
community health.
3. Analyze practice decisions within the community utilizing
critical thinking.
4. Evaluate strategies to improve community health through
scholarship.
5. 8. Develop and exhibit self-directed behaviors in the
community health setting.
6. 9. Demonstrate behaviors that are professional in nature in
accordance with the American Nurses Association and the Texas
Board of Nursing (Essential VIII) Experiential Learning
Practice Objectives:
1. Demonstrate cultural sensitivity when formulating
customized therapeutic nursing care with the community.
5. Demonstrate leadership, initiative and professionalism in the
community health setting and demonstrate accountability for
behavior.
6. Seek appropriate assistance and utilize guidance to facilitate
own learning.
7. Demonstrate behaviors that are professional in nature in
accordance with the American Nurses Association and the Texas
Board of Nursing (Essential VIII)Assignment Goal:
The students will be able to analyze critical data to identify
health threats and risks in their assigned community.Assignment
Objectives:

2. 1. The student will locate demographic data and vital statistics
that relate to the assigned community.
2. The student will summarize the collected data
3. The student will identify 2 strengths and weaknesses of the
community based on the summary
4. The students will formulate a nursing diagnosis based upon
the analysis of the data.
Demographic Assessment Project Overview
This assignment utilizes data mining, a tool of nursing
informatics, to locate critical information about your
community. The US Census, performed by law stated in The US
Constitution, is collected every ten years. The results of the
census are found here. The information gleaned here is
immensely valuable in assessing and planning interventions for
a community. This is a routine practice for public health nurses
and community nurses.
It is important to understand that the date from the US Census is
self- reported. It may or may not be accurate. You may notice
that the percentages do not always add up to 100 percent (or
they add up to more than 100 percent). Sometimes people fill
the census forms out a little differently than instructed, which
gives interesting results! Report the numbers as they are stated
in the Census documents and relax.
The assignment is another piece of an actual community
assessment. The assignment will teach you how to discover
facts about the population you serve whatever practice specialty
you choose. When the public health nurse completes the
community assessment, the nurse engages with many partners at
the national, state, and local level. Now that much of the vital
statistics and demographic information is online, that
engagement can seem invisible. You also engage with
community leaders and members of the population in a variety
of roles and professions.

3. Zip code 77082
County: Harris
State: Houston TX
Overview Instructions
1. Complete all of the tables below using the zip code
information (enter that into the zip code column). Then, go back
to the above link and enter your county. Complete all of the
tables using the county information. Next, go back to the above
link and enter your state. Complete all of the tables using the
state information. Please note that on some tables, the only
information available is the actual count (rate) or percent.
Please fill in what is available and do not panic. You will not be
marked off for not filling in what is not available. Put NA in the
blank.
2. Write a short summary sentence for each table.
3. Write a summary statement (as many sentences as you need)
to explain the conclusions you have drawn about the
community. For example: The population of zip code 78230
averages 1 to 2 members in each household. There is a high rate
of teenage pregnancy. Diabetes is the leading cause of death.
4. Locate the information requested on this form. Submit your
results, your hours and your daily log.
How To Get Started:
1. Log onto the Internet. Go to American Factfinder. In the
Community Fact box, enter your zip code.
2. Select the Age Tab on the left. Click on Age and Sex. Then
complete the table below.

4. Population by Age (combine the smaller groups of ages in the
interest of time)
Age
Zip Code
Percent
County
Percent
State of Texas
Percent
Under 5
5-19
20-39
40-64

5. 65-84
84 and older
Total Population
100
100
100
3. Write an Age Summary Statement:
4. Next:
· Select the Race and Hispanic Origin tab on the left:
· Select Race and Hispanic Origin
5. Complete the table below

6. Population by Race (the names of each race are set by the US
Government)
6. Write a Race Summary Statement:
Race
Zip Code
Percent
County
Percent
State of Texas
Percent
White
Black or African-American
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian

7. Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
Some other race
Two or more races
Hispanic or Latino
Race and Hispanic or Latino

8. Occupancy
7. Select Housing, then Occupancy Characteristics
Occupancy Characteristics
Zip Code
Percent
County
Percent
State of Texas
Percent
1 Person Household
2 Person Household

9. 3 Person Household
4 Person Household
Married-couple Family
Other family
Male householder only

10. Female householder only
Non-family
With Children under 18
With Children under 6
8. Write Occupancy Characteristics Summary Statement:

11. Income
9. Select Income from the tab on the left
10. Select “ Selected Economic Characteristics” (Employment,
Commute, Occupation, Income…). You will use this for the
next several tables
11. Complete the tables below
Income
For Households
Zip Code
Percent
County
Percent
State of Texas
Percent
Less than $10,000
$10,000 to $14,999
$15,000 to $24,999

12. $25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999

13. $150,000 to $199,999
$200,000 or more
Median Household Income
Median Earnings Males
Median Earnings Females

14. With Supplemental Social Security
With Public Assistance
With Food Stamps
12. Write Income Summary Statement:
Occupation (In same section of the website)
Occupation
Zip Code
Percent
County
Percent
State of Texas
Percent
Management, business, science, and arts occupations

15. Service occupations
Sales and office occupations
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining

16. Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities

17. Information
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative
and waste management services
Educational services, and health care and social assistance
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and
food services

18. Other services, except public administration
Public administration
13. Write Occupation Summary Statement
Poverty (In same section of the website)
People Living Below The Poverty Level
Type of Person or Family
Zip Code
Only percent
Percent
County
Only percent
Percent
State of Texas
Only percent
Percent
Female head of household no husband present

19. Under 18
Under 5
18-64
65 and older
14. Write Poverty Summary Statement
Health Insurance (In same section of the website)

20. Zip Code
Only percent
Percent
County
Only percent
Percent
State of Texas
Only percent
Percent
All persons
Civilian noninstitutionalized population
With Health Insurance
Without Health Insurance

21. 15. Write Health Insurance Summary Statement
16. Return to link and select Education on the left tab
Educational Attainment
17. Add all age groups together
Some high school
Zip Code
Percent
Only count
County
Percent
Only count
State of Texas
Percent
Only count
High School Graduate or Equivalency
Some college or associate degree

22. Bachelor Degree
Graduate or Professional Degree
Poverty Rate for less than high school
Poverty Rate for high school graduate
Poverty Rate for some college or associate degree

23. Poverty Rate for Bachelor degree or higher
18. Write Educational Attainment Summary Statement
19. Now we will look at a few vital statistics from the Texas
Health Data Site.
20. At the bottom of the page there are 2 columns of links. You
will select birth and then death data.
(If you live in a state other than Texas, see if you can find it on
your state’s health department site. If you can’t, email me and I
will help you find it!)
21. Select Birth Data
22. Select the 2005-2012 data
23. Select 2012 and find your county on the drop down menu
24. Select Submit query at the bottom of the page. Your birth
rate will appear.
25. Repeat the process for each of the Rates below
Birth Rate

24. Death Rate
(All causes)
To search for death by these causes, hold the control key down
and click on each of these causes. Select the most recent year
and then select submit query. Leave all other settings at the
default (the ones already set)
Death by Causes
County
Diabetes
Diseases of the Heart
Cardiovascular Disease
Influenza and Pneumonia
Accidents
Suicide
Homicide
26. Go to http://healthdata.dshs.texas.gov/HealthFactsProfiles
27. Locate the infant mortality rate
Infant Mortality Rate
Texas
Percent
County
Percent

25. · For the county: Go to the top right of the page and click on the
“By County” tab, and select your county from the dropdown list
on the right side of the page.
· For the State information: Go to the top right of the page and
click on “By State.”
Infant mortality rates are the single most important determining
factor of the health of a population.
28. At the center of the page, toward the bottom, there is a box
that lists the most prevalent communicable diseases. State the
one with the highest rate here:
Communicable disease with most cases
State
County
29. Write Vital Statistics Summary Statement
30. After completing all of the above tables, indicate at least 2
weaknesses and 2 strengths of your community:
Weaknesses
Strengths
31. Write Summary Statement

26. Community Nursing Diagnosis
Based on the data you collected from your windshield survey
and demographic assessments, you are now ready to formulate a
community nursing diagnosis. Please see your text, page 49 for
more information.
The format for the diagnosis is the following:
1. State the problem or risk
2. State the population affected
3. State the causative or related factor
An example is:
Risk of learning disabilities among children living in Flint,
Michigan, due to severely elevated lead levels in the water
supply
Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance in formulating the
diagnosis. This is the analyses and synthesis of the entire
assessment process you have completed.
There is a great wealth of vital statistic information available
which will be helpful to your practice. You were instructed to
look at this very small slice in order to make you aware of the
resource and to see the impact of specific diseases and
condition on the lifespan of your population. You can find more
information at the DSHS Health Statistics site.
Select Health Status Of Texas, Health Status Supplement, and
Texas Health Indicators.Demographic Assessment Grading
Guide
Category
Potential points
Points earned
Comments
Each table is complete, or as complete as possible (some
information is not available at all levels)
Population by Age
5

27. Population by Race
5
Occupancy Characteristics
5
Occupancy
5
Income
5
Occupation
5
Poverty
5
Health Insurance
5
Education Attainment
5
Vital Statistics
5

28. Summary Statement after each table
20
(2 points per table)
Identified 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses of the community
10
Community Nursing Diagnosis formulated
20
Total
100
16
Reflection
Nursing 4404: Community Health
Date: 1/13/2017
Name: Sandra Shakur
Name of project: Windshield Survey
List objectives for the project and state how they were met:
· The objective of this survey is to provide data on the
community and resource available
· Assess the community

29. · Gain a better understanding of the community
These tasks were met by:
· The data was provided by me driving and observing the
demographics, environment health services and anything that is
vital for the community to thrive.
· What I assess was the population; the difference in the age
group was younger, and majority race of people was black.
· I gain a better understanding of the neighborhood and why
there are the two liquor store and two corner stores at opposite
end of the street, because at various times I see young adults
hanging out in front of these stores.
How did the project change your perception about community
health?
This project help me realized that a healthy community makes
healthy and productive citizens, because I have always question
whether a person community determine which service is render
and exclude services that might be needed. For instance I have
not seen any YMCA, or any gym close by. I have also come to
understand the lower the socioeconomic the people have more
health issues.
How will you apply what you learned from the project to you
practice?
I apply what I have learned in my daily work. The population
that I work with are high school adolescence who are not having
their daily needs met, anywhere from hygiene, counseling
immunization and any psychological disorders. I am working on
a budget to have hygiene products on hand for students that
need it so from this I will continue to assess student to see what
other services I can implement to help them.