Community Health Nursing I (Nursing 430)

Finding demographic information using Census 2000 data:

Go to American FactFinder (http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en)

• Enter city/town or county in the "Fast Access to Information" address box .
• Next to General Characterictics, click on "show more."
• Enter the required demographic information into your table. (Sample table) If you want to copy/paste the data, follow the download directions from "Print/Download" in the blue bar above the table.
• Use "back" to return to the Fact Sheet. Repeat the same process for the "show more" links next to Social Characteristics and Economic Characteristics.
• Return to the Fact Sheet and use the address boxes to enter your comparison geography.
• Use the "show more" links next to General, Social, and Economic Characterisitcs to access the required demographic information for your table.
  
  **Note: Launching the table works best if the computer has Microsoft Word installed. The table is best viewed using Internet Explorer (IE) as the web browser. If you have trouble accessing the table, contact Lisa Brunick (lisa.brunick@augie.edu or x4921).

Visually representing information using thematic maps can help give meaning to data. American FactFinder offers many thematic maps. The Fact Sheet is one way to access the thematic maps by clicking on the "map" link next to the demographic characteristic you wish to portray visually.

If you choose to include a thematic map in your paper, right click on the map and choose "Save picture as..."

Finding Vital Statistics

Birth and death rates plus the infant mortality rate for SD and SD counties as well as the U.S. can be found in the 2005 South Dakota Vital Statistics Report (Ref. RA151.V7 2005). This report will also give leading causes of death information for SD and SD counties. The most current data on leading causes of death for the U.S. can be found using the WISQARS Leading Causes of Deaths Reports, 1999-2004 from the CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control web site. Use the most recent date available for each location (U.S., state, and county) and note the year.

Use the custom age range option in the "advanced options" section of the WISQARS Leading Causes of Deaths Reports, 1999-2004 from the CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control web site to find the five leading causes of death for children ages 5-14 in the United States.

Links to the Dept. of Health web sites for other states are available from the CDC.

The following Reference titles will be available at the circulation desk.

2005 South Dakota Vital Statistics Report: A State and County Comparison of Leading Health Indicators (Ref. RA151 .V7 2005) Selected vital statistics for SD can also be found online at the SD Dept. of Health web site.

Health Behaviors of South Dakotans: 2005 (Ref. RA407.4 .S6 H42 2005)

South Dakota: An Assessment of the Health Disparities in South Dakota: Paving a Way for Better Health (Ref. RA407.4 .S6S68 2004)

Finding Data Concerning Youth Risk Behaviors

South Dakota Youth Risk Behavior Survey Report: 2005 (Ref. RJ47.53 .S68 2005)

Youth Risk Behavior Survey data for SD and other states is available online from the CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

2006 South Dakota Kids Count Factbook (Ref. HV742 .S8 S693 2006)

Information on the status of children for other states can be found on the KIDS COUNT web site.

Additional Resources

Help!Line Center will identify the available health and human service agencies and programs in the state of South Dakota. You can search for assistance using keywords. You can also limit your search to show only those resources within a specific city or county. 2-1-1 Search is a search engine that finds 2-1-1 call centers or other information and referral related sites in the United States. There are 190 active 211 systems covering all or part of 38 states.

America's Health Rankings from United Health Foundation

Healthy People in Healthy Communities: A Community Planning Guide Using Healthy People 2010
Scroll toward the bottom of the page, choose PDF (must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed) or HTML.
"A guide for building community coalitions, creating a vision, measuring results, and creating partnerships dedicated to improving the health of a community." Includes Appendix A: Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators and Appendix B: Select Healthy People 2010 Objectives for Communities. A print copy of this publication is also on reserve at the library.