Community Assessment:

Census Tract 38.01

BY: CHRISTINA ETCHART, JEN RIEDEL,

AND LAUREN AUSTIN
Wakefield Neighborhood
 Community-As-Partner Model
Community Core
• Total population: 3,486
people
• 89.6% Hispanic or
Latino
• 79.6% Spanish speaking
• 32.3% Spanish, speaking
English less than very well
• Majority age above 20
years old
Health and Social Services
• Banner/VA
• El Pueblo Senior
Center
• Concentra Urgent Care
• Clinica Amistad
• El Rio Health Center
• Theresa Lee Public
Health Center
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Education Recreation
 YMCA Child Care Center  El Pueblo Center
 CE Rose Elementary School  Activity center
 Hollinger Elementary
 Senior center
School
 Pueblo High School  El Rio
 24.1% below 9th grade level  Exercise classes

 59.8% graduated high  Rodeo Wash Park

school
 Rudy Garcia Park
 5.8% Bachelors degree or
higher
 El Pueblo Library
Rodeo Wash Park
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Safety and Transportation

 Tucson Police  Crime

Department  25 property crimes

 South Tucson Santa Cruz  29 Quality of Life Crimes

Substation  4 registered sex offenders

 Tucson Fire  Minimal sidewalks &

Department streetlights
 1.5 miles outside of CT  Roy Laos Transit
 Neighborhood Watch Arizona Bus Station
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Economics
 Median Household
Income: $24,215
 43 % of People in the CT
are living in Poverty
 ~13 Fast food restaurants
in/around the CT
 No farmers
markets/health food
stores
 ~3 liquor stores within
CT
Politics and
Government
 Within Tucson City
Limits
 City ward 1 and 5
 Supervisor District 5
 State Legislative
District 2 and 3
 US Congressional
District 3
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Communication Physical Environment

 Free Wi-Fi at El Pueblo  52.7% of houses were

Library built in 1959 and earlier
 87.7% are single family
 Free phone tent on W homes
Irvington Rd  Vacant and Boarded up
structures present
 Graffiti
 Fences and Signs
 Trash
Beer tree
 Key Informant Interviews

 School Nurse at Pueblo High School

 Tucson Fire Department Firefighter
 “Resilient, family oriented, and take pride in what they do.”

 “Someone could be missing a foot and they still don’t check

their sugars regularly.”
 Tucson Police Department Sergeant
 School Nurse at Rose Elementary School
 “We have a kindergartner here that is 135 pounds.”
 Key Informant Interviews

 El Pueblo Senior Center Volunteer

 “Pretty much everyone in this room right now has diabetes.”

 El Pueblo Activity Center Supervisor

 “A lot of resources for the community, a little bit of everything
for everyone.”
 Nurse Manager at El Rio Community Health Center
 El Pueblo Librarian
 Premier Auto Center Car Salesman
 “There’s a lot of pride and heart here.”
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Strengths Stressors

 Family-oriented  Poverty
 Pride  Diabetes
 Resources  Nutrition
 Supportive of each  Crime
other

Community problem being addressed: Diabetes

management in the adult population
 Health Education Project

 Diabetes management through diet modification

 February 16, 2018
 El Pueblo Library
 Providing a booth with a poster board and handouts
 Evaluation Method: Ask participants if they learned
something helpful from our booth/presentation
 Recommend working with El Pueblo
 References

 https://www.crimereports.com/
 https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/in
dex.xhtml
 https://pimamaps.pima.gov/