City of Mayfield Heights
Posted: September 3rd, 2013
City of Mayfield Heights
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City of Mayfield Heights
- A community is defined a group of people inhabiting a place, socialize with each other and share various norms and values (Carpenito-Moyet, 2008).
- Community health refers to the process that enhances the survival of a given community. These are identified as the various efforts aimed at identifying problems within a given community and managing them (Dunn, & Decker, 1990).
- The community is the client when a health practitioner attempts to help the community.
- A community is a group of people who live in the same area, interact with each other (Drevdahl, et al, 2001).
| Housing and zoning |
- The structure and set up of the houses in the suburbs of Mayfield are of the same class of a general slum environment.
- Zoning in the community is not properly managed and uncoordinated. The houses seem to have been built without a laid out plan (Drevdahl, et al, 2001).
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| Open space
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- The planning department of the state of Mayfield has made the effort of ensuring an open space for recreational purposes.
- However, there lies an underlying problem as the increasing population may create a stress on the open space available.
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| Boundaries
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- The areas’ boundaries are not clearly demarcated hence the community normally uses the different streets traversing the area.
- The existing boundaries can only be identified around the cities and the suburbs.
- However, the community uses a river as a boundary even though it is not officially recognized by the state.
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| Commons
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The area has several common areas that include the sunrise of Willoughby, Woodside village and the Mary mount place. |
| Transportation |
- The area is well supplied with means of transportation. Taxicabs, buses and a train assist in transporting the inhabitants. The area is considerably well tar marked.
- The community mainly opts to use the sub-way train and public transport buses (Dunn, & Decker, 1990).
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| Service centers |
- Three government health care centers cater for the community in the area. These centers are fairly well distributed around the neighborhoods.
- Although there are government schools within the region, very few can be considered to be up to standard. The available school facilities are overstretched by the increasing rate of overcrowding.
- There is one fire station in the suburbs although it cannot be considered to be up to task in the event of a significant fire disaster.
- The police post only concentrates in the suburbs by increasing their patrols their as opposed to the ghettos (Carpenito-Moyet, 2008).
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| Stores and street people
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- Most of the stores present in the area are privately owned by the different members of the community. Since most of them are traders, they individually own most the stores.
- The streets are mostly populous during the day especially around the stores.
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| Signs of decay
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- The increasing unemployment has led most the youth into indulging into criminal activities. The most common harmful habits practiced by the youth include drug and substance abuse and prostitution.
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| Race and ethnicity
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- The suburbs are mostly interracial depicting mostly African Americans, Latinas and white Americans.
- However, these races occasionally mix since they tend to be separated in the neighborhoods.
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| Religion and politics
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- Christianity is practiced by the largest number of the region’s inhabitants.
- However, other religions that can be identified within the community include Muslims.
- Politics in not very popular among the members of the community
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| Health and morbidity
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- Morbidity has increased in the area. This is attributable the lack of enough and accessible healthcare centers in the area.
- Morbidity is also increased by the lack of health care seeking within the community.
- However, healthcare practitioners are currently on a program aimed at sensitizing the community on the benefits of seeking professional health care services outside the suburbs.
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| Media |
- There are many radio stations that can be accessed in the area, plus, one radio station located in the area dedicated to the needs of the society.
- The health care workers are currently using this facility to sensitize the community on the pertinent health related issues.
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References:
Carpenito-Moyet, L. J. (2008). Nursing diagnosis: application to clinical practice, 12th edition. United States of America, USA: J.B. Lippincott Company.
Dunn, A. M. & Decker, S. (1990). Community as Client: Appropriate Baccalaureate- and Graduate level preparation. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 7 (3): 131-139.
Drevdahl, et al. (2001). Integrating principles of community-centered practice in community health nursing practice. Nurse Educator, 26 (5):234-239.
