Completing a Community Assessment
Health Determinants and Risk Factors The ten health determinants that I identified are as following: children are uninsured or underinsured, unemployment rate, only one clinic that offers a sliding scale flexible payment, high rate of teen suicide, teen smoking and alcohol are at a high rate, high levels of absenteeism from school, single parent house hold, five hours of watching television and social networking, the nearest grocery store is in a nearby suburb, and sports and extracurricular activities have low levels of participation within the schools.
Risk factors are traits of a person or community life practices or environment that may make it more likely that a person or community will develop a health problem for example high rate of suicide and employment. Protective factors are …show more content…
How Health Determinants Affect the Health of the Community
Being uninsured or underinsured affects the health of the community by people not being able to receive preventive treatment, acute treatment or chronic care treatment for their health problems which without treatment will result in poor health outcomes for the community. Unemployment rates can affect the health of the community by affecting physical health, loss of medical coverage, increase stress, increase chances of unhealthy behaviors such as substance abuse, increase mental health problems related stress or depression and other mental health issues. Having only one clinic that offers a sliding scale flexible payment affects the community health because it limits how many patients can be seen and treated, which leaves others without treatment which increases health problems and poor health outcomes. High rates of suicide affect the community health status by increasing stress levels, substance abuse, fear, increased mental health issues, increase chances of family trait suicides. Teen smoking and alcohol use affects the community health by increasing
Health Determinants and Risk Factors The ten health determinants that I identified are as following: children are uninsured or underinsured, unemployment rate, only one clinic that offers a sliding scale flexible payment, high rate of teen suicide, teen smoking and alcohol are at a high rate, high levels of absenteeism from school, single parent house hold, five hours of watching television and social networking, the nearest grocery store is in a nearby suburb, and sports and extracurricular activities have low levels of participation within the schools.
Risk factors are traits of a person or community life practices or environment that may make it more likely that a person or community will develop a health problem for example high rate of suicide and employment. Protective factors are …show more content…
How Health Determinants Affect the Health of the Community
Being uninsured or underinsured affects the health of the community by people not being able to receive preventive treatment, acute treatment or chronic care treatment for their health problems which without treatment will result in poor health outcomes for the community. Unemployment rates can affect the health of the community by affecting physical health, loss of medical coverage, increase stress, increase chances of unhealthy behaviors such as substance abuse, increase mental health problems related stress or depression and other mental health issues. Having only one clinic that offers a sliding scale flexible payment affects the community health because it limits how many patients can be seen and treated, which leaves others without treatment which increases health problems and poor health outcomes. High rates of suicide affect the community health status by increasing stress levels, substance abuse, fear, increased mental health issues, increase chances of family trait suicides. Teen smoking and alcohol use affects the community health by increasing