Community Analysis



Community Analysis

Introduction

This paper will be analyzing community profile and the analysis will include, geographical area, political representatives on these various levels within the service areas, population characteristics of the area, income characteristics of the area, Infant Mortality rate and types of industries and/or businesses exist in the area. The community we have chosen for this paper is Louis Strokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center is one of five facilities constituting the VA Healthcare System of Ohio. A full range of primary, secondary and tertiary care services are offered at the Cleveland VA Medical Center to an eligible Veteran population covering 24 counties in Northeast Ohio. Care is provided to more than 104,000 Veterans each year through an inpatient tertiary care facility (Wade Park), 13 Multi-Specialty Clinics, Vet Centers, and numerous community-based contract nursing homes.

Discussion

Geographical Area

Louis Strokes Cleveland VA Medical Center is present in Cleveland. It is a city in northeastern U.S. state of Ohio. It lies at the mouth of the Cuyahoga to Lake Erie and is 213.47 km ². In the 2010 census it had 396,815 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in Ohio. Cleveland is the county seat of Cuyahoga County and geographical, economic and cultural center of the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor Metropolitan Statistical Area, the largest metropolitan area in Ohio, with around two million people. With its attractive location in the city grew in the 19th Century, rapidly growing into a major transportation hub and industrial center. In 1930 they had 900,000 inhabitants and are the fifth largest city in the United States (Pachon & DeSipio, 1994). As a result of continued economic restructuring in the second half of the 20th Century, a continuous decline and a loss of meaning, they were reinforced by ethnic conflicts and a poor education system. High unemployment, poverty, crime, migration, and fallow land characterize the city today. This is offset by efforts to locate service providers to improve the education and cultural accents to set. Cleveland is home to numerous national corporations, one of the Big Five symphony orchestras, the United Church of Christ (UCC), a Catholic bishop, several professional league sports teams, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There are three universities, including the private research university, Case Western Reserve University, with its teaching hospitals. We can divide Ohio into four geographic regions:

The Plains of the Great Lakes are located along the coast of the state to Lake Erie, covering all of northern Ohio. It is a relatively narrow region, with about 8 miles wide at its eastern end, increasing to over 80 in the western end. It is characterized by very uneven ground, relatively flat and low altitudes, lower-status of 139 meters above sea level at its northeast end. It is also characterized by relatively fertile soil.

Till Plains occupy the whole of western Ohio. The elevations of these plains rise gradually as you travel in the south. These plains have few geographical features, and are characterized by low hills and broad. The highest point in Ohio, Campbell Hill (altitude of 472 m) is located in ...