2. Achieving Health & Wellness: Building Physically Active Communities Through Neighborhood Cohesion Presentation by Ana Espinosa Rydman, Maya Gillingham-Chung, Rachel Poulain, and Belinda Wong Master of Public Health Program San Francisco State University

3. What was our project about? Being healthy Being active And your neighborhood

4. What is Physical Activity? Volunteerism Civic participation Give and take Trust Community communication What is Social Capital? Moving your body to whatever extent you are capable of

5. Purpose of this Community Health Assessment A Community Health Assessment means doing research with people in the community to find answers to questions about health Our purpose : To improve individual health status and community health & well-being by increasing levels of physical activity and social capital

6. Health Indicators Health indicators measure diseases in an area and tell you about the health & wellness of a community For example in North Oakland, African Americans have 1.5 – 2 times higher rates of the following health conditions as compared to Alameda county: Coronary Heart Disease & Stroke Diabetes Low birth weight Asthma (all ages) (Source Alameda County Public Health Department- CAPE Unit www.co.alameda.ca.us/publichealth )www.co.alameda.ca.us/publichealth

7. Agency Descriptions Greenlining Institute John Yuasa, Health Policy Director M. Robinson Baker YMCA Terre Logsdon, Program Director

8. What do you like about the MRB YMCA?

9. Community Description NW Oakland, CA, US Census tract 4014 Known as Ghost Town Population 4,765 64% African American, 16% Latinos, 9% API, 7% White Average age 30.1 years 82% rent 10% unemployment 73% of pop. makes <35K Supervisory District 5 Former area of commercial enterprise named Golden Gate District

10. Time for a mini survey Everybody up! If you like pizza reach for the sky! If you don’t like pizza do the twist! How many of you have ever taken a survey?

11. Methodology Why Survey? Ability to reach more people Better response rate Provide better coverage of a more representative sample Availability of survey interviewers

12. Methodology Lack of Training English-only interviews Door-to-door survey interviews (n=46) Nine 2-person teams 15-20 minutes to complete Incentives (Starbucks coupon, YMCA of the East Bay family day pass, raffle entry) Affects: Internal and external validity Reliability Study AdministrationStudy Limitations

13. Methodology  Are community residents doing physical activity?  Are there barriers to using the MRB YMCA?  Do residents know about the MRB programs?  How do residents view neighborhood conditions? We did a survey with four main questions:

14. Findings & Analysis Are neighborhood residents doing physical activity? DemographicCensusStudy n=46 Ethnicity/ Race: AA 64% API9%11% Caucasian7% Latino16%5% Mixed/other4%14% Age (Seniors)9%20% Years in comm.14.6 Gender M=49% F=51% M=33% F=67% Household size2.993.4

15. Now it’s your turn… How much do you exercise? Not much Sometimes A lot

16. Findings & Analysis Are there barriers to using the MRB YMCA?

17. Findings & Analysis Do community residents know about the MRB YMCA programs and services? How do residents view neighborhood conditions? Neighborhood Friendliness

18. Recommendations MRB YMCA Awareness Campaign Create an MRB YMCA newsletter On services the MRB YMCA offers On community health factors and prevention Utilize face-to-face outreach Reinforces feeling of friendliness that already exists Builds social capital (trust, civic participation, give and take, volunteerism, and community communication).

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20. Conclusion People Creating Connections