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Community Assessment:La Romana, Dominican Republic
Nur321 – Community Health Nursing
Kristen Vital and Michael Hardy
Demographics Population: 10,349,741 (July 2014)
90.1% of total pop. over age 15 literate
Ethic Groups: black (11%), white (16%), mixed (73%)
Over 4-million laborers 1.) agriculture - sugarcane 2.) industry - tourism 3.) services About 34% below poverty line
Vulnerable Population Pregnant women Infants and children Elderly Batey workers
Health Characteristics/Problems
Morbidity Mortality
Cardiovascular disease
STIs/HIV/AIDs Tuberculosis (TB) Cholera Malaria
Cardiovascular disease (39%)
External causes (20%)
Cancer (16%) Infectious diseases
(8%) Transport accidents
(5%)
Transportation &Industry
La Romana, The Bateyes
Batey Piñita
Batey Hugera
Batey Romanita & Ochenta
Proposed Interventions Water Filtration Program
Hand/food hygiene
SMART Goals Specific
Water filtration system Measurable
Reduction of incidents in waterborne illnesses
Attainable Ongoing assessments
through health promoter and nursing mission trips
Realistic Cost effective/Self
sustaining Time Defined
Within three months Continued maintenance
Health Interventions
References Central Intelligence Agency. (2014). The world factbook:
Dominican Republic. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). CDC in Dominican Republic. Retrieved fromhttp://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/dr/pdf/dominican_republic.pdf
Healthy People 2020 - Environmental Health. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-
objectives/topic/environmental-health/objectives Unicef. (2013). At a glance: Dominican Republic. Retrieved from
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/domrepublic_statistics.html
World Health Organization. (2014). Dominican Republic. Retrieved
from http://www.who.int/gho/countries/dom/en/