Community Health Nursing Windshield Survey: City of Hialeah, Florida USA
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This paper presents a community health nursing windshield survey of Hialeah, Florida, examining the city's demographics, socioeconomic characteristics, and population composition. It provides historical context on the city's development and analyzes current social and economic backgrounds, including income levels, ethnic distribution, and citizenship status.
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- Background: Historical development of Hialeah from 1921 incorporation through Cuban immigration waves
- Social and Economic Backgrounds: Population statistics, median household income, poverty rates, and housing values
- Demographic Analysis: Ethnic composition with 94.7% Hispanic population and 73.78% Cuban/Cuban-American residents
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Community Health Nursing Windshield Survey: City of Hialeah, Florida USA
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Community Health Nursing Windshield Survey: City Of Hialeah, Florida USA Background
Hialeah is the sixth biggest city in Maiade-Dade county of Florida. The city is home to over 224,000 people living within an estimate of 20-square miles (https://www.hialeahfl.gov/467/About-Hialeah). Its name originates from the “Muskogee origin, meaning “pretty prairie,” by combining “Haiyakpo” (prairie) and “hili” (pretty)” (Hialeah, Florida Population, 2021). Glenn Curtiss, an aviator, and James H. Bright, a cattleman, got interested in Hialeah and started developing the town in 1921. The town opened the Hialeah Park Race Track and was incorporated in 1925 (Hialeah, Florida Population, 2021). The park's opening brought the town to the state map and attracted many people, including celebrated people in the U.S. such as Winston Churchill, the Kennedy's and Harry Truman. The Hialeah Park Race Track achieved more attention in the media compared to other sporting events in Miami. In 1926, a massive hurricane destroyed a significant portion of the city's infrastructure (Hialeah, Florida Population, 2021). The 1959 revolution by Fidel Castro changed the city's course as it was initially intended to be occupied by the wealthy and elite, where many Cuban exiles and veterans of World war two veterans freed to the area as a middle-class population (Hialeah, Florida Population, 2021).