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Tucson Community Assessment

Census Tract
2300

The City of South Tucson

Boundaries

West: South 12th Ave.

South: West 40th St.

East: Railroad tracks

Population

Inside The City of South Tucson

Population statistics

Age of Population

82.1% Hispanic or Latino

73.3% Caucasian
9.1% American Indian
3.6% African American

Majority of housing single family, built in 1959 or earlier

16 boarded up/vacant homes
43 well-maintained structures
0 new constructions

7.0% <5 years old

27.4% 5-19 years old
54.6% 20-64 years old
10.9% 65+ years old

1.8% Asian

Housing/Development

Boundaries

North: West 25th St.

Trash/Rubble

28 vacant lots
0 vacant cars along streets
Multiple junk yards
31 areas with graffiti

6 remodeling

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Healthcare Services

No hospitals, long-term care, or urgent care facilities

1 pharmacy with clinic Walgreens
2 medical offices providing primary care
1 complementary/integrative care center providing
chiropractic care

1 clinic providing dialysis

3 mental health service centers

Worship

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish

Southside Presbyterian Church
Gentile Church of Christ
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist
Centro Cristiano Nueva Creacin
Santa Cruz Church

Education

Ochoa Community Magnet School

Mission View Elementary School
Nellie P. Covert K-12 School
Pima Vocational High School

Businesses

Community
Key Informant/Data Collection
Who did we meet and why?

Retrieved from: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/preservation/individuallydesignated-historic-properties

6 fast food restaurants

3 bars
4 farmers markets
7 convenience stores
4 gas stations
2 discount stores

2 laundry/dry cleaners
4 liquor stores
8 neighborhood markets
5 community gardens
1 supermarket
Numerous restaurants

Key Informant Interviews 9

Ray Alvarez, Fire Chief

Abe, Firefighter
Mark, Firefighter
Michael, Firefighter
Sergeant Cajas, Police officer

Sterling, homeless man

Jennifer Parlin, Garden Kitchen
Melissa, Ochoa Elementary School
Nurse

Meg Cota, Mission View School

Principal

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Data Collection
3 Windshield Surveys
Conducted on January 22nd,
29th, and February

5th

Mornings, mid-afternoon, and

late-afternoon

Other data obtained from:

Crimereports.com
Southtucson.org
Factfinder.census.gov
icrimewatch.net
pimasheriff.org
govtrack.us
azleg.gov
webcms.pima.gov

Strength #1: Tight-knit Community

Residents all know each other
Community helps one another
Principle stated, Parents from the same school know their neighbors
kids and help look after the communitys children.

Information to assist authorities

Strength #3: Services

Government system
Court
Police Department
Fire Department
Library

Community Strengths and Concerns

The best of Census Tract 2300 and the room for improvement

Strength #2: Culture

Many cultural restaurants
Many cultural groceries stores
Cultural art: tile mosaics of horses, Aztecs art, animals, scenes of nature, and
the faces of South Tucson heroes Cesar Chaves.

Maintained a strong and unique character of their cultural heritage

1940: Pueblo within a City

Priority Concern #1: Drug abuse

Four smoke shops within 1 mile radius
Key informant interviews indicated homeless population is primary users of
synthetic marijuana (Spice, K2)

Fire fighters indicated a lack of enforcement of laws due to underfunding

Normalization/desensitization of children to drug abuse

Many small markets

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Priority Concern #3: Large homeless

population mental illness

Priority Concern #2: Safety

High crime associated with
homeless population

Large amount of sex offenders

(146 within 2 mile radius)

Fraud: 2,269
Assaults: 1,948

Criminal
Damage: 1,999
Sex Offenses: 489
DUI: 1,264, Substance related: 1747

Nursing Diagnosis

Not enough homeless shelters (Primavera and Gospel Rescue Mission)

Lack of law enforcement attracts homeless population
Public urination/defecation and drug use
Increase in crime rate
Potential businesses do not want to move into the area
Large quantity of homeless have mental health problems

Intervention
Drugs Ruin Lives: Make Wise Choices
1) Activity worksheet

At risk for drug abuse among the children living in the City of South
Tucson related to availability of drugs, positive perception of drugs,
having friends who use drugs, lack of parental support, stress, family
history of addiction, and mental illness as demonstrated by
environmental factors, and statements about high drug use from police,
firemen, and community members interviewed.

2)

Break into groups of 2-3 children. Children answer questions on sheet, as best as possible. Aid and clarify as needed.

Discussion
Students are then asked to provide answers. Addressing one question to the next and explaining/clarifying as needed.
Poster broad was used in conjunction with questions such as: Can you name a drug? Students then answer and a visual
of the drug was provided.

3) Games
Popcorn, students are asked a question such as, What do you want to be when you grow up? A ball is passed around
and when a student catches the ball, they answer the question and pass to next student.

Hangman with quotes such as: Dont do pot, your brain will rot.
Throughout discussion, candy will be passed out for participation. During popcorn, we ensured everybody received
candy for their response.

Evidence to Support
Our Intervention
Article titled, School-based programmes to reduce and prevent substance use in

different age groups: What works for whom? Systematic review and meta-regression
analysis.

Addressing primary developmental challenges such as basic skills and helping them

master academic and social situations can be beneficial (Onrust, Otten, Lammers, &
Smit, 2016).

The analyses of programs for high risk students suggested that drawing the attention

to substance use can even be harmful in this developmental stage, as several substance
use prevention strategies addressing substances were related to adverse outcomes in
high risk students (Onrust, Otten, Lammers, & Smit, 2016).

Healthy People 2020

Overarching goal: To promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy
behaviors across all life stages.

Topic area- Educational and community-based programs with a goal to increase

the quality, availability, and effectiveness of educational and community-based
programs designed to prevent disease and injury, improve health, and enhance
quality of life.

Objective ECBP-10.5 is to, increase the number of community-based

organizations (including local health departments, Tribal health services,

nongovernmental organizations, and State agencies) providing population-based
primary prevention services substance abuse (Healthy People 2020).

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Evaluation
Did we meet our goal?

Evaluation Tool
Before Intervention:
Who here knows about drugs? - 20/30 students raised their hands
After Intervention:
Who here knows more about drugs? - 28/30 students raised their hands

References

Goal Met!

Healthy people 2020. (2016, February 15). Educational and Community-Based

Programs | Healthy People 2020. Retrieved from
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/educationaland-community-based-programs

Onrust, S., Otten, R., Lammers, J., & Smit, F. (2016). School-based

programmes to reduce and prevent substance use in different age groups:

What works for whom? Systematic review and meta-regression
analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 44, 45-59. Retrieved from
file:///C:/Users/Martha/Downloads/Clinical%20Psychology%20Review.pdf