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Windshield Survey Assignment Section I: For this assignment, students will take about an hour to explore a particular district/ or community. Drive around and really look around the community to assess what resources are available. From your observations, complete the following form providing substantive examples to support your answers. If you were unable to visually locate answers, please research and find where these nearest resources are and cite the reference utilized appropriately. Section I: Windshield Survey What is the name of the community/city/county? West Side of Racine, Wisconsin Area What are the boundaries of this city or where is this community located? Is it obvious where the community starts and ends? And you know that how? The place that is located within Racine district to the west of Wisconsin. The West Racine district occupies the shore of Lake Michigan at the south of the Root River. The place is located 22 miles south of Milwaukee and 60 miles from the lake. How would you best describe the setting of the community? (rural, suburban, urban) Describe. The community is urban based on the people that frequently visit. Is the city/community safe to children to play and walk to school? Describe. The community is safe especially based on the fact that there is sufficient security. Do the schools appear inviting to students? Are the buildings in good condition or are they run down? Are the playgrounds current or old? Describe. The schools are perfect with space for extra- curriculum activities. Due to the frequent exposure to real-estates the schools frequently engage in making the conditions of the place better making them look recent. Is there lots of real estate for sale? Are they mostly houses or is there evidence of closed businesses? Describe. The area has a lot of business. The real estate business is booming with a lot of people investing in the space because of the scenery it has from Lake Michigan. The business is mostly real-estate but there are other

businesses including rentals, schools, and apartments. What type of stores/businesses are available (shopping centers, neighborhood stores, convenience stores, grocery stores, pharmacies?) Are they in one area or spread out within the community? Can people walk there? Describe. The stores in the area offer a diverse of goods. However, industrial goods dominate the rea with grocery stores, pharmacies, and convenience stores all available to the available estate occupants. The shops are found within the mall and people can easily walk to the same place. Any ethnic stores/markets? If not local, how far would residents have to travel? Describe. There are a lot of ethnic stores around Racine area including a middle eastern grocery store. The experts must, therefore, not engage in traveling to access goods. Are there churches present? Do those buildings appear to be well maintained or are they run down? What is the predominate type of church building seen? Describe. The place has a lot of places of worship including churches and mosques. The churches vary. Some of the churches are new, while others are old. The new churches are quality, well built, and the old ones are not yet renovated. Are there any restaurants or fast food in the community/neighborhood? Describe. There more than five restaurants well-built to offer more than one delicacy. The Bulkan restaurant is a quality restaurant built to offer family friendly services.

Are there sidewalks and stoplights in the community/neighborhood? Describe. There are a lot of sidewalks that help in the movements and the delivery of community help. Is there any open public spaces? Recreations centers? Green spaces? Public gardens or parks? Do the parks seem to be in good repair or are they run down? Are there lots of trees? Describe. The place contains many public spaces including the West park garden that holds a square of 1100 acres. There are more than five community gardens which are recreational and help create interactional communication. Are there any baseball fields, soccer fields? (The schools may have these) Describe. The area has more than ten fields including basket balls, veteran’s park, and soccer fields. Is the community/neighborhood clean or is there litter? Any abandoned cars or junk visible to the public? Describe. The community is clean especially since people engage directly on making the environment better and best. The abandoned cars are only found on garages. What is the overall air quality appear to be? Any smog, stink? Does the water in lakes or ponds appear reasonably clear? Describe. The overall air quality is clean since not a lot of industrial activities takes place within the same space. The water within the Lake is clear attracting recreational experts from various places.

How to people get around in the neighborhood? Do the cars appear well maintained or are they old? Are there buses, sidewalks, any bicyclists? Is there a train? Are there bicycle lanes or bicycle racks in many places? Describe. People move around by cars that are well maintained. Cyclists, and sidewalks are maintained properly so that there is ease of movement and engagement. Are the roads in good repair or are they in poor condition? Describe. The roads are well maintained. Few spaces have potholes but they are not in use. How is the traffic? Is it mostly commercial traffic or local traffic? Describe. The area only experiences commercial traffic on the weekends when many people are seeking recreational aspects. However, the rest of the spaces are adequately used. Do you see any law enforcement officers? Is their presence felt in the community? Describe. The area is occupied by police officers as the main enforcers. Are there major highways/roads through the neighborhood/community? Describe. There are two main highways which join the community to the rest of the counties. Can you find a fire station? Notice any fire hydrants around the town/neighborhood? If not seen, where is the nearest fire station? There are more than six fire stations with water hydrants erected in spaces of more than 500 kilometers within the spaces that aid contain the fire. Any ambulance garages present? (The local hospitals or fire stations may have this if not Hospitals have ambulances and the fire stations are operated by the county

teens in your area? Describe the activities directly offered for the children in your area? Children use the parks and the playground to experience fan. Discuss the types of jobs held in your community. The restaurant job is the most common job in the area. Describe the available healthcare in your area. Primary and preventive healthcare are available in the area. What type of acute care/Emergency services are offered in your area? Describe. The care for accidents is offered within the hospital in the area. What type of urgent care/walk-in-clinic services are offered in your area? Describe. The area has three ED department facilities that offer walk in clinic services. What type of primary care services are offered in your area? Describe. All primary care services including diagnostic, testing, and surgery are offered at the main hospital. What type of “Other”/specialty healthcare providers are offered in your area? (dentist, chiropractor, breast care clinic, lab testing, orthopedics, OBGYN, etc.) Describe. Orthopedics and GYN services are offered at the main healthcare organizations. What type of alternative/Holistic medicine services are offered in your area? Describe. The ethnic clinics including the Arab community clinic offers alternative treatment model. What type of community healthcare is offered in your area? Describe. There are mass education services offered through notices, educational services and other methods. The organization are perfect in delivering public health education. Miscellaneous observations (here is where you describe the situation that led you to choose the community project you will be doing, if the observations do not fall into one of the above categories. The area has always been avoided as it is near the lake. However, it is one of the perfect areas for recreation and interaction. In recent times, it is one of the places noticed for the real-estate businesses. As a result, it is a new space for settling. It is for these reasons that the area was selected for the targeted demographic analysis.

Section II: Data/Observation Analysis: 1. What did you see in your survey that you consider to be the community’s weaknesses or challenges? (150-200 words) The main challenge within the community is the lack of communism. Most of the people living within the area do not know each other ( Swire-Thompson & Lazer, 2020) . As a result, they rarely engage at the level of wanting to know the welfare of each other and how it could be possible to help each other. As a result, the level of interaction remains at business and not personal. 2. What is the most pressing problem you identified, in your opinion? (150-200 words) The most pressing problem is the sedentary lifestyle that most people in the area live. The sedentary lifestyle means that most people engage in activities that are likely to lead them into suffering healthcare conditions (James & Martin, 2020). For example, many young people engage in intentional vaping. The high rate of vaping is a sure way of suffering lung related challenges. There is need to educate the experts on the importance of dealing with each of these chronic illnesses. 3. Propose a solution to this problem that is realistic and relevant. Discuss who would address this and how. (150-200 words)

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