Windshield Survey with Educational Public Service Announcement (Hatch, New Mexico. 87937) A windshield survey is the first step, but only a small part of a community assessment. It is purely observational. This learning activity is used to familiarize yourself to a clinical community and is a very important activity to enhance your learning in the clinical setting. (This assignment is similar to your patient assessments done in preparation to hospital clinical). The student will complete a windshield survey of a selected geographical location of interest to you. Assess the area in which you will be doing your clinical rotation or an area of your choice. Make sure the area includes some commercial resources within the community’s boundaries. A summary analysis of the data collected in your windshield survey is expected. The finished product will be a comprehensive APA formatted paper Resources Schoon, P.M., Porta, C.M., & Schaffer, M. A. (2019). Population-based public health clinical manual: The Henry Street model for nurses, Third edition. Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International. ISBN 9781945157752 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010). Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation (CHANGE) Action Guide: Building a Foundation of Knowledge to Prioritize Community Needs. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/change-tool/index.html (or google CDC change tool). Community Tool Box – https://ctb.ku.edu/en/toolkits Assessing community needs and resources – https://ctb.ku.edu/en/assessing-community-needs-and-resources Analyzing Problems and Goals- https://ctb.ku.edu/en/analyzing-problems-and-goals County Health Rankings – https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ The Nation’s Health (Publication of the APHA)- Use this resource to identify possible education topics – https://www.thenationshealth.org/ https://www.apha.org/Publications/The-Nations-Health
