Posted: March 2nd, 2022

Select a vulnerable population in your community— Jacksonville Florida, zip code 32256.

Due Date: March 9th, 2022, by 5pm est.

Directions:
• Select a vulnerable population in your community— Jacksonville Florida, zip code 32256.
• To do this, conduct a windshield survey in your community. A windshield survey is completed by observing a population by looking out of a window of your car to identify a vulnerable population in your community.
• Conduct research on your chosen population via the Internet and by calling or visiting your local health department.
• Develop a maximum of 10 slides using PowerPoint to communicate your observations and research. An example listing of vulnerable populations has been included for your consideration.

• From the vulnerable population observed, research the population.
o Identify the vulnerable population in detail.
o Identify health risks and needs of the vulnerable population.
o Identify resources that are available and those needed but not available.
o Describe service gaps/interventions that could be used (primary, secondary, tertiary) that could fill gaps in resources.
o Summarize your findings for each of the different categories.
• Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (maximum of 10 slides, minimum 6, not including title or references) to communicate your observations and research.
Examples of vulnerable population
Poor and homeless persons
Pregnant adolescents
Migrant workers and immigrants
Severely mentally ill individuals
Substance abusers
Abused individuals and victims of violence
Persons with communicable disease
People at risk of disease transmission
Persons who are HIV positive Populations at risk of a sexually transmitted disease
Other suggestions:
Elderly
Children
Battered/abused women
Women with high-risk pregnancies
Women with no risk to prenatal care
Recovering substance abuse
Substance abuse
How the PowerPoint should be organized:
Prepare a power point presentation (10 slide max) that identifies each of the following.
• Include and introduction, citation and reference slide.
• Population; Describe in detail:
1. Demographics
2. Religion
3. Ethnicity
4. Culture
5. Employment
6. Socioeconomic status
7. Health/Lifestyle Behavior
• Health Risks; Identify and explain:
 Health promotion
 Health risks
• Resources; Identify and describe the following availability in the community
1. Resources to meet population need
2. Programs to meet population need
3. Services to meet population need
• Service Gaps/Interventions.
o Identify services that are not currently available but would be valuable and improve outcomes for the vulnerable population. List as:
1. Primary interventions
2. Secondary interventions
3. Tertiary interventions
• Summary: Summarize research plans to address
o Health promotion
o Health risks