Census Tract 44.

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Milena Carrera, Keelie Gallagher, & Hailey Pettis
Introduction
Tucson Estates
Southern Border: South
Kinney Road
Northern, Eastern, and
Western Border: Tucson
Mountain Park
Core
Age Census Tract Pima County

Race Census Tract Pima County <5 years old 2.2% 6%

White 94.3% 81% 5-19 years 4.5% 19.2%

old

African 1.3% 4.7% 20-44 years 7.5% 32.7%

American old

American 3% 4.4% 45-64 years 22.5% 25%

Indian old

Asian 1.4% 3.9% 65 and older 63.2% 17.2%

Subsystems
Physical Environment: Well-kept
Health and Social Services: Health committee
Economics: No abandoned businesses, retirement community, 6.4%
poverty level
Safety and Transportation: Golf carts, shuttle services
Politics and Government: Pima County
Communication: Tucson Estates Newspaper, bulletin board
Education: No schools in CT, one community library, health education
Recreation: Community center, clubs, church, and exercise
How We Collected Data
Utilized GIS information for data collection prior to going
to the CT
Visited CT and completed a detailed windshield survey
Preformed key informant interviews
Two firefighters, a workout instructor, a maintenance
employee, the compliance coordinator, a member service
employee, and three community members
Community
Strengths Strong community
involvement
Neighbors helping
neighbors
Multiple ways to get
involved
Many services offered
Priority Concerns
1. No pharmacy on within the CT
2. No major grocery store within the CT
3. Theft during the summer months
Increase risk for disease and/or injury
Nursing Diagnosis
Risk for communicable diseases among those over 55
years of age related to increased susceptibility due to
age and exposure to bacteria/viruses from young
family members as demonstrated by observations of
grandchildren in the community.
 EBP Intervention
Provide education to 2nd graders on the
importance of hand hygiene
Many communicable diseases are spread
within elementary schools
Hand hygiene is a primary prevention to
combat communicable diseases
Reducing these diseases will then reduce the
risk of the community members becoming
infected
Support from Literature
Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Older Adults in
the Era of Pediatric Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Study indicates that invasive diseases in older adults decreased following
conjugate vaccine licensure for children in 2000
This shows that an intervention with young children can decrease transmission of
diseases among older adults.

Lexau, C. A., Lynfield, R., Danila, R., Pilishvili, T., Facklam, R., Farley, M. M., . . . Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team. (2005). Changing epidemiology of invasive

pneumococcal disease among older adults in the era of pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Jama, 294(16), 2043-2051. doi:294/16/2043 [pii]
Evaluation
Verbalization of when, how, and why to
wash their hands
All outcomes met