Winshield project

COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT WINDSHIELD SURVEY- REPORT

For this assignment, the student will complete a Community Needs Assessment and identify a

gap or need that is present. To do this, the student will use observational and objective research

data to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the neighborhood or target population. Students

should utilize the community assessment components (People, Place/Environment, and Social

Systems) as detailed in the ATI Community Review Module and in the Community Health

Nursing lecture as a resource to support this assignment. The guidelines for the assignment are

listed below:

Requirements:

APA format must be used in citing and referencing sources for the paper/report

(4-6 college level sentences per paragraph)

A minimum of two (2) scholarly references (ex. Healthy People 2030 and Center for Disease

Control) must be used.

COVER PAGE—[Centered on the upper half of the page]

Title of Your Paper

Your Name

Your Institution (e.g., Miami Dade College)

Course Number and Course Name (e.g., NUR 26890L: Community Health Nursing)

Instructors Name

Due Date

FIRST PARAGRAPH

Community Data

(Make sure to cite reliable and professional sources- Healthy People, US Census, Miami Matters, etc.)

People: Based on your research, discuss the community demographics, social factors, and cultural factors. This

includes who makes up the community, the socio-economic status, and cultural influences. Also include your

observations from the windshield survey.

SECOND PARAGRAPH

Environment:

Discuss the physical and social environments that can affect health. This includes discussing available

public spaces (parks, playgrounds, gardens) and are the spaces clean and maintained or littered? Include observations

from the windshield survey such as the availability of bike lanes, streetlights, or sidewalks (are they maintained or

cracked?) Other environmental factors to consider are signs, billboards, and graffiti. Are there concerns with air,

water, or noise pollution? Is violence an issue or does it feel safe? Social Systems: Discuss the health systems

available (hospitals, urgent care, assisted living, pharmacies), resources (buses/trains, grocery stores, farmers markets,

places of worship, schools, childcare, food pantries, fast food vs healthy food options) and services (police, fire, gyms,

YMCA, museums, cultural centers).

THIRD PARAGRAPH

Recommendations

Identify an organization or program within the community that aims to address the need(s) you have

discussed. Present the organizations mission or vision and discuss how it relates to the Healthy People

goals? Give an example of a specific topic objective that it aims to meet.

(Remember to cite Healthy People within your paper and in the reference page.)

FOURTH PARAGRAPH

Analysis

Based on all the information you have gathered through research and observation, identify a few strengths of the

community. Identify the top 1 or 2 needs that you would recommend focusing on. Discuss why those needs should be

the priority focus. Explain how it relates to a Healthy People topic and goal.

(Remember to cite Healthy People within your paper and in the reference page).

FIFTH PARAGRAPH

Reflection

(In this section, you may now begin to write in first person (I, me, my).

Address the following questions in a narrative fashion:

Explain how learning about a windshield survey and conducting one has affected the way that you view

communities in general or this community specifically.

How can nursing as a discipline advocate for communities like this to address the needs identified?

Identify three opportunities that you as a future health care professional could seek out to become civically

engaged within your community.

How do you think the role of community health nurses will evolve in the future?

SIXTH PARAGRAPH

Summary

(Summarize the most important points and draw any final conclusions about topic).

State the priority needs (top 1 or 2) that have been identified by conducting this community needs assessment. Explain

how this need makes the community vulnerable to negative health outcomes and how nurses could help meet this need.