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| Service/ learning Experience/ Location | Hours | Knowledge | Behaviors | Reflection |
| Met with the director of District population census and enumeration. | 3 | Used content from the Hillsborough community Atlas (2007) to align the populations with percentage representation on illnesses. | Discussion of the demographics of the region and the affected trend of illnesses within the groups. I addition, the prevalent stereotypes were analyzed. | The director helped analyze percentage applications to the effect of illnesses and choosing of a suitable project. |
| Assessed the prevalence of diseases in the county especially on communicable diseases and those that can be prevented by vaccines. | 2 | Used content from the Windshield Survey- Used resources as listed in table 11.2 | Visited the library at the town hall to study on the historical information as well as the NCBI Journals for insight. | Achieved a better understanding on the handling of infectious diseases, preventative actions enabled within the county, reported cases, and possible solutions put in place. |
| Observed the flow of patients within the county at various health centers, marking the racial inferences and assumptions. | 6 | Observation from the health centers together with information from the age groups, racial backgrounds obtained from Windshield Survey (Pedram et. al., 2013). | Local and county health centers provided for the allowed timings in observations, studies on assumptions and developed research | Acquired the vital significant data sets on races, illnesses, targeted assumptions, and actual responses on the affected members. In addition, contraception use was also evident. |
| As part of my research, I studied on the significance of obesity and food addiction among the population in Hillsborough | 4 | Used content from County Health rankings, Hillsborough Health Data Centre and information from journals and library | Discussion of the race-related inferences of obesity and food addiction within the county. Disparities within the lifestyle concerns of the races. | Realized that the white population had significant impact in terms of food addiction and obesity, whilst the gender disparity also contributes to the same. |
References:
Hillsborough Community Atlas. (2007). Demographics Retrieved September 22nd 2015 from http://www.hillsborough.communityatlas.usf.edu/demographics/default.asp?ID=12057/
Pedram, P. et al. (2013, September 4). Food addiction: Its prevalence and significant association with obesity in general population. NCBI