Rolesville, North Carolina, Wake County : an action-oriented community diagnosis : findings and next steps of action
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Hammarth, Ashley, et al. Rolesville, North Carolina, Wake County : an Action-oriented Community Diagnosis : Findings and Next Steps of Action. 2004. https://doi.org/10.17615/kbsy-5t20APA
Hammarth, A., Lyons, L., Munro Leighton, K., Piltch, E., Williams, T., & Woodell, A. (2004). Rolesville, North Carolina, Wake County : an action-oriented community diagnosis : findings and next steps of action. https://doi.org/10.17615/kbsy-5t20Chicago
Hammarth, Ashley, Liz Lyons, Kristin Munro Leighton, Emily Piltch, Tammy Williams, and Amy Woodell. 2004. Rolesville, North Carolina, Wake County : an Action-Oriented Community Diagnosis : Findings and Next Steps of Action. https://doi.org/10.17615/kbsy-5t20- Last Modified
- January 13, 2022
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Hammarth, Ashley
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
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Lyons, Liz
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
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Munro-Leighton, Kristin
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
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Piltch, Emily
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
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Williams, Tammy
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
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Woodell, Amy
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
- Abstract
- In the fall of 2003 six students from the UNC School of Public Health were requested by Wake County Human Services to work with the Rolesville community through the spring of 2004 to conduct an Action Oriented Community Diagnosis (AOCD). The team interviewed twenty-five community members and twelve service providers in the area, and then organized a committee of interested residents to plan the Rolesville Community Forum. The Forum was a venue for people to discuss the team's findings and generate ideas about action that can be taken to address the findings. Rolesville has remained small and rural since it was settled during the Revolutionary War, despite being only fourteen miles from Raleigh, the state capitol.1 However, in the last ten years, Rolesville has been undergoing rapid growth and suburbanization, and may see its population increase more than tenfold in the next twenty years.9 This unprecedented growth presents challenges to the generational families of the community, but also creates opportunities for individuals and the community as a whole. In order to effectively confront these challenges and create change, a community must have many assets, and Rolesville certainly does. Among them are: community spirit and dedication to volunteerism, its small size, the town’s emphasis on providing opportunities for youth, particularly through the Parks and Recreation programs, and its vibrant local institutions, such as the churches, EMS, and the Fire Department. Five areas in which community members expressed concern were: Community Identity and Involvement, Diversity and Change, Health and Other Services, Planning Growth, and Traffic. Several overlapping themes emerged among these five concerns, resulting in two overarching themes: rapid growth and the new diversity that growth has brought. The main action step determined at the Forum is for community members, town officials, and church leaders to increase pressure on officials at the state-level to increase funding for the U.S. 401 bypass and services for Rolesville. It was also strongly recommended that the town to diversify its communication channels to publicize town events, meetings, and planning sessions to reach long-time residents, newcomers, and Spanish-speaking residents. Another important action step is to create a public relations or welcoming committee to assist in incorporating newcomers into the community and improve communication between the town government and town residents. Finally, the AOCD team concluded that Rolesville has many resources and strengths that could be mobilized to meet the challenges being brought by exponential growth and changing demographics. With leadership from its town government and its churches, the Rolesville community can embody its motto: “Small town, bright future.”
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Woodard, Jeff
- Other Affiliation: Wake County Human Services
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Petteway, Regina
- Other Affiliation: Wake County Human Services
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Eng, Geni
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
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Moore, Karen
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
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- Master of Public Health
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- 2004
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- 47 pages, 60 pages : illustrations, charts, forms ; 28 cm.
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