Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment
My subject community is Richardson, Texas.
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Richardson is a community found in Texas. According to the American Community Survey, it had a population of 116, 783 as of the year 2017. Its population is 67% white Americans, 17.7% Asians, 9.7% African Americans, 0.3% Native Americans, 17.9% Hispanic Latino and 4.3% from other races.Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment The education level of the community members is as follows: less than 9th grade 5.12%, 9th-12th grade 8.5%, high school graduates 31%, college 20%, Associate degrees 9%, Bachelor degrees 14% and graduate degrees 8.13% (Richardson Tx Population, 2018). The predominant religion is Christianity with different denominations such as Methodists, Baptists, Catholics and Presbyterian. There is also a Jewish population of Jehovah witness faith among others. One of the most popular support groups in this community is Alcoholic Anonymous. The community values sports, art and family. Over the weekends, families can be seen visiting AMF Bowling center and Breckenridge Park. The latter has a huge sports complex comprising of 2 fields for softballs and 12fileds for soccer. There is also Studio Martica and Fun Asia where art and photography are done. Most members of the community spend their money on food, maintenance of their cars, education and entertainment which suggests that the funds are adequate. However, there are some homeless alcoholics who usually beg for money on the streets.
The predominant health problems in Richardson are road traffic accidents, asthma and allergies, hypertension, smoking and alcohol. Most people are immunized since it is a mandatory requirement before attending public school or college. The leading cause of deaths is cardiovascular diseases although some cases of preventable deaths from abusing opium (Walker & Crotty, 2015). From a personal perspective, I am certain the most deaths can be prevented especially skin cancers, heart diseases, road traffic accidents and deaths related to the use of drugs. A common community program within Richardson is that which helps with addition to alcohol and narcotics which liaises with the police department and mental health facilities. Methodist Richardson Medical Center is the largest healthcare institution which operated two branches: Campus for continuing care which provides acute care services and the Renner branch which is adjacent to a Cancer Center. It is a four storeys-125 bed capacity hospital with close to 900 healthcare providers and 400 physicians from more than 30 specialties. Most of the referrals are commonly made to mental healthcare facilities, cancer treatment centers and dental care.