LibGuides at Priddy Library: NURS 467: Public Health Nursing Essentials for the Registered Nurse: Community Assessment

Resources for Windshield Survey

The following books, which are available in the Priddy Library have information on windshield survey and other community assessment tools. You can find additional windshield survey tools under Course Documents in Blackboard.

Community As Partner by Elizabeth T. Anderson; Judith McFarlane
Call Number: RT98 .A533 2015
ISBN: 9781451190939
Includes information on conducting a windshield survey on pages 172-174.
Public Health Nursing by Marcia Stanhope; Jeanette Lancaster
Call Number: RT98 .C6562 2012
ISBN: 9780323080019
Provides a detailed description of windshield survey components (p. 420).
Community Assessment Reference Guide for Community Health Nursing by Mary Jo Clark
Call Number: RT98 .C54 2008
ISBN: 9780132404006
Includes information on conducting a family assessment (pp. 30-36), a neighborhood/community safety inventory (pp. 38-41) and a population economic status assessment (p. 3). Also, includes a population health assessment and intervention guide (pp. 42-46).

Databases for Finding Primary Research Articles

CINAHL - UMB This link opens in a new window
Embase - UMB This link opens in a new window
Health Source: Nursing - UMB This link opens in a new window
MEDLINE - Ovid (1946- Present) - UMB This link opens in a new window

Public Health Journals

Additional Helpful Resources

Advocacy Resources

Resources for Community Demographics

The following websites are good sources of demographic data. You can also refer to Box 15-5 "Sample Sources of Health and Population Data" on pp. 413-14 in the textbook for this class. Use the Community Health Indicators Excel Template located under Course Documents on the course Blackboard page to compile, organize and compare information at local, state and national levels.