Social Factors
Including Violence
Focused Assessment Teaching
Module
Kaysie Hutson, Kecia King, Cetessa Mack & Rebecca McCurry
Social Factors is the connection between
economic activity and social life. Social
economic factors, often called
socioeconomic factors, are used to equate
social life and economic activity. Included
are such aspects as education, wealth and
employment.
• It is thought of as the higher your
education the better your social
standing. For example, a physician has
the opportunity for more impact on
society than a high school dropout.
• Private schools
• Public schools
• Pre schools
• Greene county high school graduation rate is 80% (snapshot 2010)
• Is higher education available?• Community College• Universities
• Ex. 12% of those older than 25 yrs have a 4 yr college education in Greeneville.
• Healthier populations that capitalize on
public health initiatives (using public and
private sector dollars) inspire healthy
behaviors, which results in lower death
rates.
• The condition of being sound in body,
mind, or spirit.
Examples:
• Chlamydia rate in Greene county was 138 per 100,000 (snapshot 2010).
• Teen pregnancy rate? 62 per 1,000 for females age 15-19 (snap shot 2010).
• Greene county is rated 41 out of 95 in
the state of TN for health
outcomes(snapshot 2010) and the
estimated household income for
Greeneville is $31,198 in 2009 (city-
data).
• Areas of poverty in the community
• Support programs and outreach for
those that live in poverty
• Food banks, soup kitchens, and local
ministries that contribute to those living
in poverty.
• Ex. One in Greeneville called Food
Bank
• What jobs are available?• Disability Percentage• Unemployment rate • Transportation available
• Example: Greene county unemployment rate is 9%(snap shot 2010)
• Substance abuse and it’s impact on a community and it’s population.
• Are treatment centers available?
• Is Community social support available and easily accessible ?
• AA (alcoholics anonymous) or NA (narcotics anonymous)
• Caring and Sharing Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Lunch Bunch Eastview Recreation Center ,(AA Open
Meetings)
• St. James Episcopal Church and White Block Building holds open meetings one to two days a week (NA Open
Meetings)
Ex. Approximately 21% of people in Greene County have no social support. (Snapshot 2010)
National Centers for Victims of Crime defines
domestic violence as “the willful intimidation,
assault, battery, sexual assault or other abusive
behavior perpetrated by one family member,
household member, or intimate partner against
another.” (ncvc, 2010)
• Does the community have any outreach programs for abused women?
• A collection site for used cell phones that will be used to supply battered women with a phone?
• What are the statistics for domestic violence 911 calls and the rate of conviction?
• What type of system do local hospitals and emergency response personnel use to screen for domestic violence?
Ex. Greene county hospitals use a short questionnaire that is filled out on admission.
World Health Organization defines Violence as
"the intentional use of physical force or power,
threatened or actual, against oneself, another
person, or against a group or community, that
either results in or has a high likelihood of
resulting in injury, death, psychological harm,
maldevelopment, or deprivation.“ (WHO, 2010)
Examples of Police reports for Violence
Snapshot 2010: Greene. (2010). County health rankings [data file]. Retrieved from http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/print/tennessee/greene City-data. (2009). Greeneville Tennessee profile [data file]. Retrieved from http://www.city-data.com/city/greeneville-tennessee.html
Greeneville, Tn. NA meetings (2010) . Retrieved from http:// www.drugstrategies.org
AA meetings in Greeneville, Tn. (2009) . Retrieved from http://www.discoveret.org
WHO definition of violence. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/violenceprevention/approach/definition/en/index.html
National Centers for Victims of Crime. Definition of domestic violence. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.ncvc.org
National Domestic Violence. Hotline Number. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.thehotline.org