Case Study Of C. W. Jeffery's Collegiate Institute

C.W. Jeffery’s Collegiate Institute is a high school, located in the Jane and Finch area, more specifically by Sentinel and Finch. It is placed in a relatively low to middle class neighborhood and it is quiet during school hours. The assessment of this community started with conducting a windshield survey. A windshield survey is used to be able to identify the kind of resources available in the community. This is done when an individual drives, rides on public transport or walks around the neighbourhood and uses all five senses to get all the information from the community to form their assessment (Stamler, Yiu, & Dosani, 2016, p. 250). Performing this allowed for the identification that the school is surrounded by five bus stops, two gas …show more content…
Jefferys is mental health due to the area in which the school is located. The mental health problems the students experience are anxiety, stress and depression. The significance of this issue is that if students do not seek help, it could lead to being bullied and violence. This creates a lack of social support and causes social exclusion. These are the aspect of social determinants of health that are affected. The Toronto Charter for a Healthy Canada (2002), identifies that social determinants of health such as education, employment and job connections, health care services, housing, level of income and social exclusion are directly affected by physical, social and economic environments. African Americans and immigrants are vulnerable to the health-threatening effects of these deforming conditions (Toronto Charter for a Healthy Canada, 2002). This demonstrates the importance and the relevance as to why the students at C.W. Jeffery’s might be experiencing these mental health issues that are not school-related. Research shows that youths living in low income neighbourhoods are at a relatively high risk of being exposed to violence, which in turn affects their mental health. Its shown to cause post-traumatic stress, failure in school, depression and engaging in risky sexual behaviour (Spano, Rivera & Bolland, 2006). Children exposed to violence are more likely to engage in violent behaviour and if exposed to it for a long period of time, they lose the sensitivity of it happening in their environment and increases the likely hood of other violent behaviour (Spano, Rivera & Bolland, 2006). The violence in which the children are exposed by living in a low income environment have been linked to depression, anxiety and behavior problems (Dashiff, DiMicco, Myers, & Sheppard, 2009). There has been a history of violence that impends the