Safety and Transportation
A community assessment begins with a basic windshield survey where each community subsystem is explored. Explore the relationship of safety and transportation to determinants of health.
Click on the Enter Sentinel City® and continue your virtual experience by taking a bus tour of Sentinel City®. Since this is your second tour, feel free to choose any bus speed and/or get off the bus at any time to walk around. As you take the tour, write down your observations, specifically focusing on the following subsystem: safety and transportation. Meet with Mayor Hill to discuss the subsystems: Safety and Transportation. Meet with Officer Cooper in Acer Tech about neighborhood crime rates. Compile your observations and any demographic information addressing each item listed in the first column of the rubric. We encourage you to add other relevant characteristics you observe that may not be listed in the first column as you complete this activity.
Reading and Resources
Harkness & DeMarco (2016) Read Chapters 4 & 5
Visit
World Health Organization – Determinants of Health
- Visit Healthy People 2020 Determinants of Health
- Visit Healthy People 2020 Objectives
- Visit Health Disparities
Find the health rankings for the county where your practice learning site is located by visiting: “
Health Rankings for Your State & County
”
Watch the
Levels of Prevention Video
Additional Instructions:
Adhere to the chosen
Submission Option
for Delivery of Activity guidelines.
Submission Option
Paper
- 1 to 2-page paper. Include title and reference pages.
Population Health – Safety and Transportation
Description: The baccalaureate graduate nurse will apply leadership concepts, skills, and
decision making in providing care in a variety of settings.
Course Competencies: 7) Conduct a windshield survey. 8) Develop a plan to meet an identified
need in the community.
QSEN Competencies: 1) Patient-Centered Care 5) Safety
BSN Essential II
Area Gold
Mastery
Silver
Proficient
Bronze
Acceptable
Acceptable
Mastery not
Demonstrated
Observations
Police presence?
What are the chances
of becoming a crime
victim in this city?
How do people get
around the city? Is
public
transportation
available and how
frequent? Is there
a
highway nearby?
Condition of
streets/roads.
Handicap
accessibility?
Fire station/hydrants?
Clearly
addresses and
discusses all of
the listed
observations in
a
comprehensive
and detailed
manner with 2
or more specific
examples.
Addresses
additional
issues, not
listed.
Three or more
of the listed
observations are
not present or
discussed in
depth
Two or less of
the listed
observations are
not present or
discussed in
depth
Does not
address section
Identify
two additional
safety and two
additional
transportation features
that
should be in this
community
Identify two
additional
safety and two
additional
transportation
features that
should be in this
community
Identify one
additional
safety and one
additional
transportation
features that
should be in this
community
Identify one or
two additional
safety or one or
two additional
transportation
features that
should be in this
community
Does not
address section
APA, Grammar,
Spelling, and
Punctuation
No errors in
APA, Spelling,
and
Punctuation.
One to three
errors in APA,
Spelling, and
Punctuation.
Four to six errors
in APA, Spelling,
and Punctuation.
Seven or more
errors in APA,
Spelling, and
Punctuation.
References Provides two or
more
references.
Provides two
references.
Provides one
references.
Provides no
references.