NURS FPX 6218 Assessment 2 Assessing Community Health Care Needs 

Community Healthcare Needs Assessment 

This administrative summary looks at the health needs of people in Jordan, Minnesota. We looked at different parts of this small Minnesota city through a virtual windshield check. We looked at things like the overall state of the city, public health needs, and the environment. This administrative summary will give a brief and organized look at the state of community health in Jordan and the health needs that need more attention for the health of the community.

Executive Summary 

General Condition and Public Health Needs  

The virtual windshield tool connected colorful parts of the City of Jordan, such as schools, libraries, health services, parks, churches as places of refuge, homes, shopping centers, and grocery stores. This showed that Jordan’s megacity was going to grow every day because it built abecedarian and high schools, which helped the community’s education a lot. Also, St. Francis Health Services is only a ten-minute drive away, and Fairview Hospital and Conventions are both fifteen minutes away. Together, they meet the health needs of all of Jordan’s people while also keeping them safe.

In the City of Jordan, there were also middle and high seminaries for growing kids, as well as a library that was open to all students and residents. The installations of fire departments and police departments also make sure that the people are well protected from any disaster that puts their safety and security in doubt. The megacity is made more beautiful by parks, lagoons, tourist spots, and shopping centers. As the city keeps growing, there is a constant need for more public transportation, healthcare, and education systems because megacity staff expect the population to keep growing. Because it was easier to get to caffs and dine-in areas, public health was at risk for a wide range of problems, including rotundity, diabetes, and heart disease.

NURS FPX 6218 Assessment 2 Assessing Community Health Care Needs  

The limitations of this check included a lack of funds to do a full windshield analysis, time constraints, and community members’ reluctance to talk openly because of safety concerns. So, more research is needed using additional data to find the most important parts of health needs and available installations that will help the community grow in a sustainable way by planning its structure, allocating resources fairly, and making it easier to offer more services.

 Environmental Analysis  

Social Determinants of Health 

Environmental factors, including population density, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, recreational areas, and infrastructure, influence public health and the overall well-being of the community. Our windshield analysis of Jordan showed that it was a small city with 7,000 native people and that its population was expected to grow by 150 people each year. Also, the City of Jordan had a strong school system that the people who lived there could use to learn more about health and fitness. They could do this every morning. The City of Jordan has a strong education system, which helps people in the community learn more about health. About 70% of ISD #717 graduates go on to college or university. This will improve the health of the whole community because the educated people in the community will stick to healthy habits and actions (Nutbeam & Lloyd, 2020).

Furthermore, equitable access to diverse healthcare organizations influences population health and enhances life expectancy (Hao et al., 2020). The fact that famous hospitals in Jordan are only ten to fifteen minutes away means that health needs are met quickly and properly, which is good for the health of the population. The potential opportunities involve improving Jordan’s infrastructure by utilizing 30 acres of available artificial land. This can be used to meet the community’s health needs for good access to health care and education (City of Jordan, Minnesota, 2015). Health-promoting environments, such as workplaces and gyms, serve as social determinants of health by encouraging healthy habits through regular physical activity within the Jordanian community (Wang et al., 2021).

NURS FPX 6218 Assessment 2 Assessing Community Health Care Needs 

Additionally, Jordan’s recreational areas, like the Minnesota River Valley, have 25 long trails for hiking and other physical activities that are good for the health of the people who live there. Additionally, adequate water and sanitation services foster an aseptic and secure environment, enhancing public health (Morante-García et al., 2022). Churches in the megacity of Jordan show how the community’s religious activities affect their spiritual and mental health. The health problem that people in Jordan are most worried about is the steady growth of the population, which is putting a lot of stress on the community’s limited health and education resources.

In Jordan, there isn’t enough good transportation for people to get around, which is a health problem in emergencies when quick care is needed. The underlying premise posits that social determinants of health significantly influence the overall health status of the community. The inquiry also encompasses the absence of understanding regarding the population’s socioeconomic status and social ethics influencing health behaviors.

Conclusion 

The check results for the Jordan community show that the City of Jordan is a small but well-fed city in Minnesota. There are schools, hospitals, parks, grocery stores, and other places to go for fun that make it a good, stable community. The community still has a lot of health problems because the population keeps growing and there isn’t enough money for health and education. This makes it harder for the community to expand its services by improving infrastructure and growing its operations in a way that is good for the environment.

NURS FPX 6218 Assessment 2 Assessing Community Health Care Needs 

Nutbeam, D., & Lloyd, J. E. (2020). Understanding and responding to health literacy as a social determinant of health. Annual Review of Public Health, 42(1), 159–173. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-090419-102529  

Wang, X., Zhou, Q., Zhang, M., & Zhang, Q. (2021). Exercise in the park or gym? The physiological and mental responses of obese people walking in different settings at different speeds: A parallel group randomized trial. Frontiers in Psychology, p. 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.728826  

Appendix 

Table 1: Windshield Survey and Environmental Analysis