Today in several cities around the country there is a place within the city that is producing lower health outcomes. It is very common to find neighborhoods within much larger cities that have higher levels of poverty than the city it surrounds. In West Side of Syracuse, New York there are many environmental, physical, social, and service problems that contribute to the quality of the neighborhood. In a city of almost 145,000 people, there are many things that can be fixed such as poverty. However, there are also many good things that have contributed to the growing population, such as good education, (United States Census Bureau, 2015). On the North West side of Syracuse, NY, over 70 percent of people have a high school education or higher,
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Personally, I am in a placement now that works with young kids in elementary school. Many of them face issues everyday with getting food on the table, or never having the ability to see their parents because they are constantly working in order to put a roof over their heads. Many of them have anger issues and get kicked out of the program daily for being disruptive or suspended from school. In this school district there were 9,086 out-of-school suspensions in the 2014/2015 school year, (Syracuse Schools, 2015). At such a young age this trend will likely continue. This is a large issue in ensuring that the education rate stays high and in attempting to give them a life to set them on the right track. Today in Syracuse, there are 6,109 children under the age of 18 who have asthma, and almost 17,000 adults (CDC, 2015). It is unlikely their life will change in the next few years through their home situation, which means that the high school drop out rates will increase, and in turn make poverty levels rise. The way to make sure this is changed is to encourage good educational skills, and to get them out of harmful situations. In the video we watch in class today, many of the homes were changed and the community made a huge turn around. The community was striving for healthier food with farmers markets, while also replacing housing that could be harmful for its
Personally, I am in a placement now that works with young kids in elementary school. Many of them face issues everyday with getting food on the table, or never having the ability to see their parents because they are constantly working in order to put a roof over their heads. Many of them have anger issues and get kicked out of the program daily for being disruptive or suspended from school. In this school district there were 9,086 out-of-school suspensions in the 2014/2015 school year, (Syracuse Schools, 2015). At such a young age this trend will likely continue. This is a large issue in ensuring that the education rate stays high and in attempting to give them a life to set them on the right track. Today in Syracuse, there are 6,109 children under the age of 18 who have asthma, and almost 17,000 adults (CDC, 2015). It is unlikely their life will change in the next few years through their home situation, which means that the high school drop out rates will increase, and in turn make poverty levels rise. The way to make sure this is changed is to encourage good educational skills, and to get them out of harmful situations. In the video we watch in class today, many of the homes were changed and the community made a huge turn around. The community was striving for healthier food with farmers markets, while also replacing housing that could be harmful for its