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Benton-Franklin Community Needs Assessment Focus: Middle School Population

Benton-Franklin Community Needs Assessment Focus: Middle School Population. By: Cynthia Fajmon , Michelle Smith, & Amanda McAlister. Assessment. Characteristics . Ages 11-14 years olds 6 th , 7 th , and 8 th grade Diverse ethnic backgrounds. National Statistics. Ages 10-14

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Benton-Franklin Community Needs Assessment Focus: Middle School Population

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  1. Benton-FranklinCommunity Needs AssessmentFocus: Middle School Population By: Cynthia Fajmon, Michelle Smith, & Amanda McAlister

  2. Assessment

  3. Characteristics • Ages 11-14 years olds • 6th, 7th, and 8th grade • Diverse ethnic backgrounds

  4. National Statistics • Ages 10-14 • 10,580,000 Male • 10,097,000 Female • 15,210,000 White alone • 4,060,000 Hispanic • 3,030,000 African American • 240,000 Native American and Alaska Native • 844,000 Asian • 44,000 Pacific Islander

  5. Statistics Franklin Benton County Franklin County Ages 10-14 5,727 Male 2,992 Female 2.527 Hispanic/Latino Children Under 18 129 African American 35 Alaska Native 208 Asian & Pacific Islander (2008, Benton-Franklin Health Department, & 2010 Washington State Office of financial Management) • Ages 10-14 • 6,545 male • 6,246 female • 2,026 Hispanic/Latino • Children Under 18 • 519 African American • 274 American Indian • 1,001 Asian & Pacific Islander Benton

  6. Special Needs of the Middle School Students • Mental Health • Nutrition • Substance Abuse • Alcohol • Marijuana • Tobacco • Sexual Behavior • Relationships • Social Media • Bullying • Exercise • Medical and Dental Services • Physical Abuse

  7. Strengths • After School Programs • Music • Sports • Clubs • Resources Available • School Counseling • School Nurse • Free/Reduced Meals • Breakfast • Lunch

  8. Health People 2020 Goals • Increase proportion of children who are ready for school in all five domains of healthy development (physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and social). • Increase proportion of children with mental health problems who receive treatment. • Reduce the portion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese. • Increase the age and proportion of adolescents who remain alcohol and drug free.

  9. Major Health Issues • Mental Health • Obesity • Nutritional Needs • School Lunches • Sexual behaviors • Substance Abuse

  10. Current Policies: Mental Health • RCW 28A.230.095 By end of the 2008-9 school year, schools must meet essential learning requirements in the areas of: • Social Studies • Health and Fitness • Mental Health • Arts Gaps • Superintendent of Public Instruction may not require schools to implement these requirements • Sara’s Story • Pasco High Schools • Kennewick Middle Schools • Richland School District

  11. Current Policies: Nutrition • RCW 28A.20.360 Schools develop a model policy regarding access to nutritious foods and opportunities for developmentally appropriate exercise. • Nutritional contents of food and beverages • School provided • Competitors • Physical education and fitness • Daily activity • 20 minutes aerobic exercise • No gaps in this policy

  12. Current Policies: Substance Abuse RCW 28A.300.801  Legislative youth advisory council. • Examines important youth concerns including substance abuse • RCW 28A.300.136 Educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee • Seeks input and advice from agencies and organizations with issues such as substance abuse prevention • RCW 28A.170.080 Grants — Substance abuse intervention. (Effective January 1, 2012.) • Intervention Specialists, Family Counseling, Assessment and Referral for Treatment, Peer Groups, Aftercare, Student/Staff/Parent/Community Drug and Alcohol teams, and Mentor Programs • No gaps in this policy

  13. CHN’s Role in Changing Policy • The public and government recognizes the nursing profession as indispensable, necessary, and a valuable national resource and they are interpreters of the health care system to the public • Nurses can lobby to help influence lawmakers to pass effective health legislation • Nurses can hold public office, a great example is the appointing of Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, administrator of the HRSA; this allows direct involvement in policy setting • Work with communities to implement projects such as Neighborhoods Matter (Nies& McEwen. 2011)

  14. References • Benton Franklin Health District. (2008). Benton Franklin Counties Demographics and Social Characteristics.Retrieved from: http://www.bfhd.wa.gov/assessment/CountyProfileReportJan09.pdf • Healthy People 2020. Retrieved from: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=2 • Nies, M.A., & McEwen, M. (2011). Community public health nursing: promoting the health of populations. Elsevier Saunders. St. Louis, MI. • Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). (2010). Under 18 child population by race/ethnicity. Retrieved from: http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/race/default.asp. • Washington State Legislature. WAC Codes retrieved from: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=28A.210&full=true#28A.210.360

  15. Thank You

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