Sandshoe survey

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CNA 126- Health care where people live and work

SANDSHOE SURVEY

“Health is a resource for everyday living”

A. Neighbourhood boundaries

Newnham is a suburb of . Newnham link is a council road beginning from the ramps leading off the East Tamar Highway for its entire length to where it meets George Town Road1. Both the and the have a campus in Newnham.
George Town Road can be categorized as commercial area. Parking is located to the side of or the rear of buildings, broken up into interspersed with landscaping and buildings.

Contributing to health:

Commercial areas are designed with sidewalks, lighting, and other amenities that are conducive to pedestrian activity.
The neighbourhood has an identity, visible and not having an alternative/informal name. It will be easy to find a certain places from reading a sign in the street. It can reduce stress for people when they would like to find an address.

B. Housing (Table 1)

C. Open space

Inhibiting to health:

There are limited amount of open space in the neighbourhood. Tasman Park is the only park in the suburb without playground area for children. It is just an open field. It is open for public. It is not good for community health. The reasons are:

Park availability encourage people especially students to be outdoors and active promoting good health in the community.
Open space that encourages physical activity is a community asset. Physical activity is associated with improvements in four broad areas: enhanced mood, stress reduction, a more positive self-concept, and a higher quality of life3.

Parking:

Inhibiting to health: because there are more cars than available spaces this inhibits health by creating stress and arguments for spaces between neighbours.
Contributing to health: car parking spaces benefit the communities’ health by allowing vehicle owners to park near their homes or shops, lowering stress and making life easier for them.

D. Shopping areas

Additional comments: Fast food services can provide benefits to mental health and time management of community members, but in the long run the poor physical health associated with eating fast food will be far greater than that of the short term gains. Additionally, the availability of fast food retails may contribute to the development of deficiency diseases and increased morbidity.

E. Schools

There are two public universities in Newnham, University of Tasmania (UTAS) and Australian Maritime College (AMC). The physical qualities of universities’ areas are well maintained.

Contributing to health:

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E. Schools

There are two public universities in Newnham, University of Tasmania (UTAS) and Australian Maritime College (AMC). The physical qualities of universities’ areas are well maintained.

Contributing to health:

The availability of universities plays fundamental role in both personal and social development.
Universities area can be inform as a safe place to study and to live.
There is no graffiti evident in and around the schools. It can be indicating that there is ‘no crime’ and no danger in the universities area. In addition, graffiti can be seen as a physical symptom of neighbourhood decline such as there might be an angry and fearful people live around a certain environmen4.
Uni gym and sport facilities are available in the universities. Most believes that when sports facilities are available, people are more likely to act on their positive habits. Sport facilities give positive media to promote healthy lifestyle for UTAS and AMC domestic and International students.

Inhibiting to health:

When students leave home, they are left to assume primary responsibility for their health. First-year students experience many changes, including coping with being away from family and friends and with a new environment. It is during this transition that students have an increased risk for making unhealthy lifestyle choices.

F. Religion (Table 2)

There are 7 churches in Newhnam including Newnham church of Christ, The Uniting, Apostolic Family, St. Barnabas, Chinese Methodist, Riverside gospel chapel, and Salvation Army church.
In the 2006 Census, the most common responses for religious affiliation for persons usually resident in Newnham (Suburb) were Anglican5. As mentioned above, Newnham is ‘label’ as university area with many International students, so the international students have different beliefs such as Hindu, Buddha, and Islam. There is one mosque in Newnham located in the university area but there is no temple.
Many reports scarcely mention the impact of religion and religious participation on health. It has been argued that religion is not a true determinant of health because its effects are explainable through pathways such as a sense of belonging and social support. There is indication that participation in religious activities, and perhaps even some kinds of spirituality, are linked to better health outcomes6.
At one level, this is obvious, since some religious groups explicitly discourage, smoking and the use of alcohol and drugs, and religious participation often gives people a community providing instrumental and social support. But the effects probably transcend these pathways.

G. Human Services

H. Transportation

I. Protective Services

J. Neighbourhood life (Table 3)

Inhibiting to health:

Neighbours do not know each other very well, so it can impact the community health because they do not have a social life between their ‘close’ environments (neighbours). Meanwhile, healthy life also means having good social life. According to Birch (1993, p.1) says that “ a basic human striving and need is the need to relate, relating to oneself, to other living creatures, and to the world”
All the sign is in English, it can create misunderstanding and stress for the community who has English as their second language.

Contributing to health:

Newnham area has label as ‘university area’ with high levels of international students and its considerable ethnic diversity show heterogeneity in many aspects. The race/ethnicity is seen as an urban amenity rather than a stigma. This perception promotes social harmony by reducing social and racial tensions, encourage cultural cross-fertilisation and equality of opportunity. It can decrease the stress level and contributes to a greater feeling for social acceptance. Clearly, it is providing good neighbourhood life especially for International student.

Table 1- Housing

Table 2-Religion

Source: Australian Bureau Statistics (ABS) 2006, Census QuickStats : Newnham (State Suburb), ABS, Canberra, viewed 20 April 2010,

<http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=QuickStats&btnSelectProduct=View+QuickStats+%3E&collection=census&period=2006&areacode=SSC62051&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=LP&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=201&action=401&textversion=false>.

Reference Lists:

Launceston City Council 2010, viewed April 19, 2010 from

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‘Minister rejects Newnham public housing criticism’ 2009, ABC News Australia, viewed 23 April 2010,

<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/21/2749564.htm Posted Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:26pm AEDT>.

Morris, N 2003, Open space: the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments. Well-Being and Open Space Literature Review, Edinburgh College of Art and Herriot-Watt University, UK, pp.11-13.

Sheuya, S, Howden-Chapman, P, Patel, S 2007, The design of housing and shelter programs: the Social and environmental determinants of inequalities, Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 84, No. 1, p.102.