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Population Assessment

Directions: Open the attachment for details and instructions about how to complete this assignment. Please remember to view the screencast FIRST as it will make the work much easier! The link to the screencast is on the attached form.

Once this work is completed, your assignment is to submit a report describing the information that you found.

1. In a paragraph or two, briefly describe your decision process in deciding which two zip codes to study. Are they geographically close or far apart? What factors influenced your decision to select these zip codes?
2. Create a table to display the information that you found in Part 1. The rows on the table should be the two zip codes. You should create a column for each of the following categories:

• Population
• Education level
• Income level
• Ethnic origins/language
• Percent at poverty level
• # of elementary schools
• # if high schools
• # eligible for school lunches

1. Report on your analysis of this data and on your visit to grocery stores in the two zip code areas. Did anything surprise you? How does this information relate to what you physically saw when you did your windshield survey? How do these findings relate to community nursing and public health in general?

This report should be written in APA format, and should be 3-4 pages in length.

Population
assessment assignment instructions

The purpose of
this assignment is to explore characteristics of different areas of
your local community, and to explore them in some detail. This,
combined with your windshield assessment, will give you a clearer
understanding of the population that you will be studying in more
detail.

View this
screencast before beginning the assignment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVfHZUjvPHc&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

Part 1

The
US Census Factfinder website illustrated in the screencast is no
longer available. You will need to take a few more steps to
find the necessary data. Remember you are looking for data for 2
local zip codes, (Brooklyn, New Yourk. Zip code 11223, 11214) each with a different demographic mix (low income v
affluent, different racial mix, etc) If you live in a rural area you
may need to research the next closest community to your own for
comparison.

Go to :
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/

• In
  the “I’m looking for…” search box at the top of the page
  enter your first zip code followed by General Population and Housing
  Characteristics. (21117 General Population and Housing
  Characteristics)
• On
  this page you will see:

1. A
   total population estimate at the top
2. A
   list of related searches for this zip code including ZCTA5 Tables
   with data for Education, Income and Poverty, Race and Ethnicity on
   the right
3. Below
   the total population estimate you will see a table titled ACS
   Demographic and Housing Data. Select this table and a full table of
   information will open. In the column on the left you will see
   additional tables such as Total Population 2018 5 year estimate and
   Total Population 2010 Census. If you scroll down this list you will
   find a table for Demographic Characteristics. If you select this
   table and scroll down within the table you will see data for race
   and ethnicity as well as educational attainment.

• After
  looking at the data in the Demographic Characteristics table you may
  want to toggle back to the General Population and Housing
  Characteristics page and access the tables listed in the related
  searches column.
• Alternatively,
  you may want to return to the home page. In the “I’m looking
  for…” search box type in the table you’d like (21117
  Languages). In this example, a table Languages Spoken at Home will
  populate for the specified zip code. Just as in the past example, if
  you select this table, other similar tables will populate in the
  left hand column.
• At
  a minimum you want to find the
  following information for each zip code: Population, Education
  Level, Income Level, Origins/Languages, Percentage of People in
  Poverty
• You
  will be an expert at locating data after exploring this website!

• The
  good news is the school data can be found just as shown in the
  screencast at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/
• After
  finding data related to schools in the zip codes, compare the data
  to what you found in the census website. Is there a relationship
  between income, ethnicity, poverty level, etc. At a minimum, include
  # of elementary schools, # of high schools, and # eligible for
  school lunches

Part 2

The affordability
of healthy food choices is important for every family in our
community. There are often significant variations in the
availability and quality of these choices, depending on where you
live. You can expand your windshield assessment overview by visiting
grocery stores in the two zip codes that you researched in Part 1.
When you do this, look for the following, at a minimum:

• the
  condition/and state of repair of the store, building, parking lot
  and neighborhood surroundings (use all of your senses);
• the specials
  that are most visible in the entrance;
• amount,
  variety, quality and price of fresh fruits and vegetables,
  including organic products and
• amount,
  variety, quality and price of butcher counter services.

A note about this assignment: Use your good judgment when
visiting stores in all neighborhoods. Consider your safety at all
times. Go in the daytime, and consider taking someone with you. If
you do not feel safe in completing this assignment, discuss it with
your instructor.