Miami Dade Research Paper

How Various Factors Affect the Miami Dade Community Miami Dade County is a high crime community in Florida horribly affected by drugs, low income communities, low employment rates and an astonishingly high amount of gang violence. According to Miami’s Healthy Communities Institute, over the past five years Miami Dade County has experienced an increase in infant mortality rates, an increase in deaths related to diabetes, an increase in deaths related to heart disease, breast cancer and prostate cancer, an increase in almost all sexually transmitted diseases, an increase in childhood and teenage obesity, as well as an increase in drug use. These major health and social issues are major problems for the Miami Dade area that are a direct result …show more content…
Not only is it the most populated county in Florida, but Miami Dade is the seventh most densely populated county in all of the United States. This high volume of people makes Miami Dade a hotbed of crime, disease, corruption and more. As of 2011, 51.2% of Miami-Dade residents were foreign born and 63.77% of the population spoke only Spanish at home. The median income for a household in the county was $35,966, and the median income for a family was $40,260. Males had a median income of $30,120 versus $24,686 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,497 (U.S. Census Bureau, …show more content…
There are healthy alternatives out there. Yes, the Miami Coalition for the Homeless does wonders to get the people off the streets, but what then? The citizens need to be educated on how to bounce back from an economic downturn and not let it impact their health.
One bright spot for the citizens of Miami Dade County regarding their health care is the Miami Dade Action Network. “The Miami-Dade Health Action Network is a multi-sector cross collaborative, which includes over 2,000 interested Community Partners, guided by a Steering Committee, serving as the neutral convening platform to address issues regarding the promotion of an integrated safety-net system and access to health care in Miami-Dade County. (Miami Health Communities Institute)”
Although Miami Dade has made some efforts to help the growing number of sick and suffering citizens in the community, the health of the people in Miami Dade County continues to be an issue. Finding new and innovative ways to teach and educate the public, as well as treat and help the lower income families is a big challenge, but will greatly benefit not only Miami Dade, but much of the United