Windshield Survey Assessment Paper

Windshield Survey Assessment Paper
Physical
The city of Victorville began in 1962 and started off with a population of 8,000 that has grown to be a population of 121,000, and continues to grow (92392 Zip Code Population and Races, n.d.). The condition of the houses appear to be in mint condition with the exception of some homes in the area of El Evado and Pacoima that have lawns that are dead and full of weeds. The paint on these homes are chipped and not well kept. There are many apartments in Victorville that appear to look old on the outside, but each apartment building has been renovated to look more twenty first century. There aren't many abandoned houses in the city of Victorville but there abandoned vehicles in front of houses that have oxidized paint and dust covering them. The houses in the neighborhoods are very similar in their layout, the only difference each house has is the color of the paint on outside of the house. Some residents have also added on additions to their homes such as extra rooms or in ground pools, which have raised the equity in these homes. There is one abandoned building that stands out in Victorville and that is because it is in a shopping center that has flourishing businesses within that same parking lot that use to be an Albertsons. This building has been empty for a couple years and is located on Bear Valley and Amargosa. There is a large number of stray dogs in Victorville due to the faulty wooden fences that surround most of the houses in Victorville. There are many open spaces in Victorville and easements behind most of the houses. The easements and open fields are where most of the stray dogs are found when animal control is called. There is one agricultural department located in the 92392 zip code, called “US department of Agriculture” (92392 Zip Code Population and Races, n.d.). The closest river to Victorville is the Mojave Narrows River which is also a national park where the residents of Victorville can hang out and bring their families. Within the city of Victorville the quality of air is considered good with a percentage of 46 out of 50 (92392 Zip Code Air Quality, n.d.).The water pollution of Victorville is reported from the EPA as being 55 which is within the non-pollution limit (92392 Zip Code Air Quality, n.d.). There appears to be no pollution risk of water or air in the city of Victorville as of 2014 (92392 Zip Code Air Quality, n.d.).
Economic
Within the Victorville zip code 92392 there is a population of 54,858 and a total of 121,096 in the city of Victorville (92392 Zip Code Population and Races, n.d.). Victorville, 92392 is separated by its boundaries of Palmdale road, Seneca road, and Baldy Mesa. The median resident age of Victorville is 29 years old, with an estimated home income of 44,426 as of 2012 (92392 Zip Code Detailed profile, n.d.). The population of Victorville continues to increase, along with the rate of homeless. In Victorville there is a homeless shelter called “High Desert Homeless services”, where they provide 55 beds to homeless men, women and children with shelter, food, clothing, and basic necessities. They also provide other services such as; classes on life skills, employment job search, GED preparation and child care (Homeless Shelters in Victorville, n.d.). The High Desert Homeless shelter is the only resource Victorville has for providing homeless services to the local families (Homeless Shelters in Victorville, n.d.).
In Victorville there are many grocery stores to provide nutritional needs to the community. There are local Hispanic supermarkets that target the Latino and Hispanic demographics of Victorville. There are grocery stores within close proximity of each neighborhood to provide adequate grocery shopping to the community. Within each grocery store there are signs for SNAP and EBT services, which is an assistance program for low income families to provide them with economic benefits. SNAP is accepted and welcomed in most grocery stores and retail stores of Victorville (USDA SNAP, n.d.). There is a high rate of SNAP services being used by the community of Victorville due to the employment and unemployment rate. The employment rate for Victorville is 1.17 % and unemployment rate is 14% (Victorville Default, n.d.).The highest statistics for the occupations in the Victorville population is; sales, office, and administrative support (92392 Zip Code Detailed profile, n.d.). The second highest occupation in Victorville is; construction, maintenance, and repair (92392 Zip Code Detailed profile, n.d.). The third highest occupation in Victorville is production, transportation, and material moving (92392 Zip Code Detailed profile, n.d.).
Services
There are many schools in the Victorville area, however, in the 92392 area there is one elementary school, one pre-school, two middle schools and two high schools. These schools include: Silverado high school, Vista Verde, Quail valley and Mesa Linda middle school, Eagle Ranch and Hollyvale elementary. Most of them have been around for years, and have grown old, and in need of some repairs. A majority of the schools that were contacted for this survey stated that they have a school nurse on site during school hours. One of the issues that the Victor Valley school district has is their limited allocation of financial resources towards music and art. The dropout rate for Victorville has gone up to 18% between the years 2010 and 2011. The accessible library for this area is the Victorville public library and Victor Valley College library which is convenient for students and the community. These libraries provide services such as the internet, a librarian to provide references and help with research assignments. The city of Victorville has a couple of parks and recreations that are a popular hangout for residents of Victorville, also a place where sport events are practiced and played. These parks include: Sunset Ridge Park, Mojave Narrows Regional Park, Branford recreation center and Victorville Parks & Recreation that is accessible to all of the residents of Victorville as well as the High Desert (Hesperia Recreation & Park District, 2012). There are seven churches within the 92392 zip code that include: Christian covenant church, the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Saint Mary Orthodox Church, Victor Valley Baptist Church, the Gate church of the High Desert, Seventh Day Adventist church and Holy Innocents Catholic church. Victorville 92392 does not have a hospital within its zip code but have access to Victor Valley Global Medical Center and Desert Valley hospital. The closest physician's office that is in the 92392 zip code is Kaiser Permanente medical Group. Research shows that there are not any mental health/substance abuse, or PH department facilities in the 92393 zip code. With colleges like Victor Valley College and Azusa Pacific nursing school, it appears that graduating classes of nurse are able to provide services of sufficient health care. The 92392 zip code does not have social services within this zip code but do provide welfare/social workers, shelter and mental health counselling within proximity. Victorville provides a service called the “Samaritan’s Helping Hand” which is a program offering emergency assistance to stabilize low income and homeless families and individual in crisis. The community also has aging adult’s services available, WIC programs, and adoption services. Other services Victorville provides is the transitional assistance department; a San Bernardino human service that is responsible for administering the department’s financial support programs to persons in need of financial and/or nutritional and/or medical assistance.
In the Victorville area 70% of the people drive their cars alone, 20% carpool and the rest work from home. They have a public bus service but is not used because people are not aware of the bus routes and times. The local areas are not crowded with traffic, high traffic area is the major 15 freeway due to constant construction. Fatal car crashes and road traffic accident in the year 2013 is a total of eight fatalities, no new data for 2014 was discovered. The sidewalks from the tour of the city revealed that the sidewalks where not well maintained. We noticed some cracks and potholes in the sidewalk that needed repairs. There are bike path and trails at the parks. Victorville have the Amtrak station which services; fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free short-term parking, taxi stands and intercity bus service. When walking around the neighborhood we realized that not a lot of individual were walking outside. Even though the crime rate is as high as 445.7 in the year of 2006 alone, walking around the neighborhood, however, felt safe to me. The most common type of crime in this neighborhood is burglaries which is a rate of 1273.8 to a 100,000. When touring our zip code we did not see any posters, notices of meeting or predominant party affiliations, however people we talked to felt like the city hall was available if they needed to be involved in decision making by their local government. (92392 Zip Code Detailed profile, n.d.).
Social
In the 92392 there are common hangouts of the teen, and young adult population which is the Mall of Victor Valley. The Mall is also known for their Cinemark 16 Theater that has added an XD movie theater that has drawn the attention of many. Restaurants near the mall are also a common hangout for all age groups of Victorville. Victorville is also known for their local radio station KAT 100.7, which is the only country radio station. There is a local newspapers that runs in Victorville, which is the Victorville Daily Press (Victorville Default, n.d.). These newspapers cover local news such as crime, news, sports, obituaries, new business openings, and breaking news for the city of Victorville. The city of Victorville use to have a local news broadcast that aired on channel 64, but since 1987 the TV station has been bought by ZUUS country which is a radio station that broadcasts nationwide (Victorville Default, n.d.). The population of Victorville consists of: 17, 344 Whites, 7,425 Blacks, 2,153 Asian, 238 American Indian, and 25,768 Hispanic or Latino (92392 Zip Code Detailed profile, n.d.).When walking the streets of Victorville 92392, there are mostly Hispanic and black families outside either walking or hanging outside of their homes. Some residents of 92392 will walk their dogs during the day and evening hours when there is still daylight. The statistics show that Victorville has a very high population of Hispanic residents, which makes the prominent language of Victorville Spanish but also English because of the high population of whites and blacks. The residents of Victorville are usually dressed very casual with blue jeans and a t-shirt, there aren't many businesses in the 92392 zip code where people wear business attire. Victorville has many restaurants, grocery stores and shopping centers, but there are no businesses that require professional attire.
During the tour of the city we talked to some people in the store about how they felt about living in the area and their answers were mixed with pros and cons. We realized that people that lived their whole lives saw it to be good living and blamed the prison systems for the high crime rates. Another individual that had been living in the area for about one year felt that the area was not fun and was thinking about leaving to go back to LA. Some of the strengths that were noted from the individuals that had lived there for a while is how close the community is and how everyone come together whenever there is a disaster. We noticed a lot of obese people during our tour and that made sense when doing the research for this project. The hypertension rate was 49.6% in the year 2014 alone (healthycities.org).
Nursing Diagnosis
The nursing diagnosis that relates to the city of Victorville 92392 zip code is: Deficient community health related to high prevalence of hypertension as evidence by limited resources (Ackley, B., & Ladwig, G., 2014). The goal for the community of Victorville is to provide programs for healthy behaviors (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014). The interventions that will be used to implement this goal is to assist community members in raising awareness of health problems and concerns. The rationale for this intervention is that by setting goals within the community will create programs that show promise to increase health behaviors (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014).
Conclusion
The assessment of this community revealed the zip code 92932 is deficient in community health related to the high prevalence of hypertension as evidenced by limited resource. This zip code show promise of growth due to arrivals of new residences. The city is currently working on some project for the neighboring cities and the hope from most of the residents we talked to was they are hoping this changes extended to their community. Overall this community is a tough place to live due to the low income rate. The people we spoke to, however are hopeful for better thing ahead.

References
92392 Zip Code Air Quality, (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2015, from http://www.usa.com/92392-ca-air-quality.htm
92392 Zip Code Detailed profile, (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2015, from http://www.city-data.com/city/Victorville-California.html
92392 Zip Code Population and Races, (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2015, from http://www.usa.com/92392-ca-population-and-races.htm
Ackley, B., & Ladwig, G. (2014). Nursing diagnosis handbook (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Elsevier
Hospitals in Victorville, (n.d.). Retrieved May 20, 2015, from http://www.healthycity.org
Homeless Shelters in Victorville, (n.d.). Retreived May 21, 2015, from http://www.healthycity.org/c/search?k=homeless+shelter&kg=92392
USDA SNAP, (n.d.). Retrieved May 23, 2015, from http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap Victorville Default, (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2015, from http://ci.victorville.ca.us/Site/CityDepartments.aspx?id=78&ekmensel=c580fa7b_8_0_78_8
Victorville Recreation & Park District (n.d.). Retrieved May 20, 2015, from http://www.Victorvilleparks.com | | | | | | | |

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