Census Tract (CT) 37.

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Public Health Nursing Presentation
Paige Garcia, Audrey Goh, Karen Jimenez Gudino

Data Collection Method

Windshield survey
PimaMaps
U.S. Census Bureau
Key Informant Interviews

Community
Overview
North: Irvington Rd
East: Campbell Ave
South: Bantam Rd
West: 1st Ave

Community
Subsystems

Community Core
- Hispanic 85.2%
- Mexican

- Spanish Speaking 72.6 %

- Spanish Speaking with less than well
English skill 25.7%
- Catholic, Baptist, Jehovahs
witnesses

Physical Environment
-

Older homes 48.2% built between 1960-1970

Mobile Home communities

- Brentwood Mobile Home Park

- Parklane Mobile Estate
Apartment Complexes
- The Quails Apartment Homes
- Palomino Crossing apartment complex
- South Cornerstone Apartments
- Dessert Classic Apartment homes
New homes being built
-

Sunny Side Point Villas (community for seniors

62 +)

Health and Social Services

Clinica Amistad
-

a free clinic that offers services

to low-income, uninsured
patients

Economy
Low Income neighborhood
Average household
income:
23,644 CT
46,233 PC
40.7 % Percent living
below poverty

Transportation and Safety

- 11 bus stops in CT
Crime Rates:
- 16 incidents of crime in CT in Feb-Mar
2016
-

9 occurences of assaults

1 occurrence of grand theft auto

4 occurences of burglary

1 sexual offense

1 occurrence of larceny

- Fire Station #14

- Pima County Sheriff Headquarters

Key informant Concerns

RN at EL Rio:
- Identified Safety as a big issue,
especially at night with drug addicts
or drug related violence
Cherry Ave Recreation Center Manager
- Identified gang and drug activity, as
a problem
- Told story of 2 young boys found
overdosed outside recreation center

Politics and Government

US Congressional District 3 Raul Grijalva

City Ward 5
Council Member
Richard G Fimbres

Education
Percent ,9th grade
- CT: 14.5%
- PC: 5.2%
Percent HS graduate or
higher
- CT: 70.3%
- PC: 87.5%
Bachelors degree or
higher

Communication
Newspapers available outside
- Sunny Daze Cafe

Billboards
- 6 located in CT
Arizona Daily Star Headquarters
- Located just north of CT

- South Cherry Ave Center

- Super Carniceria

No Free Wifi in CT
- Free access to internet outside
CT in El Pueblo Library

Recreation
- El Pueblo Senior Club
- El Pueblo pool and youth programs
-

SchoolzOut camp

KIDCO

Youth Open Drop-in Recreation

Cherry Ave Center:

- This recreation center offers youth,
teen and senior programs.
- Indoors, they have board games,
cable TV, foosball tables, a kitchen,
pool tables, and a public computer.

Community Strengths
1.Resources at the local elementary school
a. Social worker
b. After-school 21st Century CCRC
c. Operation School Bills (provides supplies)
d. Free and Reduced Lunch

2.Senior Resources
a. Affordable senior housing community
b. Senior center at El Pueblo Rec Center
c. Cherry Avenue Rec Center

Priority concerns
1.High prevalence of drug and crime activity
a. El Rio RN feels unsafe in neighborhood
b. Multiple break-ins at local restaurant

2.Families of low socioeconomic status

a. Average income of CT= $23,664; 40.7% in poverty
b. Average income of PC= $46,233; 19.0% in poverty

3.Prevalence of uninsured individuals

a. Health businesses reported high incidences of caring for uninsured individuals
b. El Rio RN reported patients requesting information on attaining health insurance

Nursing Diagnosis
The community in CT is at risk for
decreased community safety

Demonstrated by:
-

Youth drug use/abuse

Prescription drug abuse

neighborhood watch programs,

Drug-related violence

insufficient security surveillance,

Store break-ins

Related to drug abuse, minimal

poverty and easy access to

illicit drugs

16 crime occurrences between

February and March of 2016.

Intervention
Drug education as primary
prevention
-

Ten preteens at recreation

center

Consequences of drugs

How to say no

Evidence for Intervention

Healthy People 2020 objective SA-4
Increase the proportion of adolescents who perceive great risk associated with substance abuse

Healthy People 2020 Overarching Goal

Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.

Keepin It REAL Randomized Control Trial

Sample Size = 432 middle school students in Guadalajara, Mexico
Intervention: one trial group, one control group exposed to refusal methods in classroom
environment
Statistics reported a decrease in use of tobacco and alcohol in trial group compared to control
group

Evaluation of Intervention
Pre- and post- survey to measure understanding
Increase from six preteens who didnt know side effects to nine
who did
Increase from two preteens who didnt know who to talk to if doing
drugs to nine who did

Follow-up interview with supervisor of recreation

center

References:
Ayers, S. L., Booth, J. M., Hoffman, S., Kulis, S., Marsiglia, F. F., & Nuno-Gutierrez, B. L. (2013). Short-term effects on substance use
of the keepin it REAL pilot prevention program: linguistically adapted for youth in Jalisco, Mexico. Prevention Science, 15(5), 694704. doi: 10.1007/s11121-01
Goldsmith, P. N. (2016). Public health and public health nursing [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
https://d2l.arizona.edu/d2l/le/content/467255/viewContent/3718733/View 3-0421-7
U.S. Census Bureau(n.d.-a). ACS demographic and housing estimates. 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5 year estimates
[ Census Tract 37.06, Pima County, Arizona]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy People 2020. (2014).
2020 Topics and Objectives. Retrieved from "http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/default.aspx"

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