C229 Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing Field Experience

C229 Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing Field Experience 2 Nestled on the east side of the San Francisco Bay Area, you will find the county of Alameda. With Oakland, Ca being the largest metropolitan city in this county, Alameda County also consist of the following incorporated cities: Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Piedmont, Pleasanton, San Leandro, and Union City (County of Alameda, 2016). With a population of 1,638,215, Alameda County is one of the most diverse urban areas with White (51%), Black or African American (11.8%), Asian (29.5%), and Hispanic (22.6%) (US Census Bureau, 2016). Although from there were only a 4.6% growth within Alameda County Hispanic/Latino increased 24.1% and Asian ethnicity increased by 33.4% (Bautista et al., 2014). According to County of Alameda (2016), “53 languages spoken by English language learners in the K-12 public school systems”. Out of the 10 leading causes of death in Alameda County, cancer (24.5%) & heart disease (21.7%) are the highest. However, the greatest improvement in mortality was stroke which dropped 47% from . The overall life expectancy in Alameda County is 81.9 years. (Bautista et al., 2014). Alameda County has a wide variety of regional parks, wild life, vineyards, wi