Healthy Active Communities for Portland’s Affordable Housing Families
Strategic Focus on the Prevention of Childhood Obesity Healthy Community Planning Access to Healthy Food Active Living Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Nutrition Policy Breastfeeding
Why HEAL in affordable housing matters • Childhood and adult obesity are the number one public health epidemic • Social, economic, and physical environments account for 50% of health outcomes
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (50 Grantees) HKHC Leading Site Communities King County/Seattle, WA Multnomah County, OR Houghton, MI Benton County, OR Fitchburg, MA Rochester, NY Milwaukee, WI Buffalo, NY Somerville, MA Kingston, NY Flint, MI Kane County, IL Philadelphia, PA Chicago, IL Omaha, NE Oakland, CA Hamilton County, OH Washington, DC Denver, CO Watsonville/Parajo Valley, CA Kansas City, MO Charleston, WV Central Valley, CA Columbia, MO Louisville, KY Nash/Edgecombe Counties, NC Cuba, NM Baldwin Park, CA Knoxville, TN Moore/Montgomery Counties, NC Rancho Cucamonga, CA Boone/Newton Counties, AR Chattanooga, TN San Felipe Pueblo, NM Greenville, SC Spartanburg, SC Desoto/Marshall/ Tate Counties, MS Jefferson County, AL Phoenix, AZ Milledgeville, GA Silver City, NM Jackson, MS Cook County, GA El Paso, TX New Orleans, LA San Antonio, TX Duval County, FL Houston, TX Lake Worth/Greenacres/ Palm Springs, FL Caguas, PR Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
HKHC Steering Committee • Bureau of Planning and Sustainability • Community Cycling Center • Hacienda Community Development • Janus Youth, Inc. • Kaiser Permanente • Northwest Health Foundation • Oregon Opportunity Network • Rose Community Development
HKHC Strategic Goals Goal 1 Enhance multi-family affordable housing sites to accommodate Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL ) amenities, such as bicycle parking and storage, play facilities and garden space. Goal 2 Increase connected pedestrian and bicycle networks in lower income communities. Goal 3 Promote the establishment of healthy food retail options near multifamily housing sites.
Site Amenities: Goal 1 Site Audit Photovoice Code Scan
3 questions for the site audits: 1. What would we want to see ( HEAL best practices)? 2. To what extent have HEAL amenities been included in existing development? 3. How do residents experience and value HEAL amenities?
Amenities for Healthy Eating Food storage and production Gardening Vending machines
Amenities for Active Living Moving around the site Bike and stroller storage Outdoor play areas Indoor exercise areas
To what extent have HEAL amenities been included in existing development? Manger surveys…
Manager pilot survey results: • All amenities, except indoor exercise facilities were present on at least some sites, but usually not at most sites. • This points to barriers other than/in addition to code. • Remodeling offers the opportunity to add features (Bellrose).
How do residents experience and value HEAL amenities? Resident surveys…
Resident pilot survey results: • Presence of a feature is not often sufficient for it to be well-used. • Common facilities such as play area and bike storage rooms need to be managed/programmed.
Next steps: • Refine audit tools • Audit additional sites, including market rate affordable housing sites
The Zoning Code is the set of regulations that tell us how land can be used and developed 1. Regulations in the Zoning Code reflect community values 2. Market-driven decisions can trump zoning code regulations 3. Implementation of the regulations depend on the behavior of individuals
Elements in Zoning Code Scan • Bike storage (bike long and short term storage) • Moving around the site (pedestrian standards) • Outdoor play/recreation (r equired outdoor areas) • Indoor play/recreation (none) • Gardening (none) • Cooking and kitchen amenities (amenity bonus for interior kitchen storage)
PhotoVoice I. Method & process II. Findings: I. Hacienda II.Leander Court III. Advocacy
PhotoVoice Methodology “PhotoVoice is a method that enables people to define for themselves and others, including policy makers, what is worth remembering and what needs to be changed.” - Caroline Wang creator of PhotoVoice
1.Take photos Residents photographed to “record and reflect their community’s strengths and concerns” - Carolyn Wang
2. Analyze data Residents participated in small and large group discussions and interactive activities to analyze the photos, code and categorize concepts and themes, and write captions, developing a critical consciousness of their community.
3. Engage in actions “to reach policymakers” - Carolyn Wang
PhotoVoice Partners Hacienda CDC Community Cycling Center Rose CDC
Hacienda Photovoice Project October 2010 - March 2011 What are the barriers to physical activity in our affordable housing community?
Research Team Yolanda Cabrera Susana Cervantes Carlos Rivera Jennifer Rivera Claudia Gonzalez Jose Dillon Galicia Hassan Muse Special thanks to the following staff at Hacienda -Tanya Wolfersperger, Jaclyn Sarna, Anna Gordon, Ruben Santiago, Ruvi Zamora and Community Cycling Center staff Laura Koch.
Findings at Hacienda 1. Play structures 2. Physical Structures 3. Sidewalks and Connectivity 4. Bike Storage 5. Open Spaces 6. Lighting and Safety
(1) Play Structures “La canasta de baloncesto fue “The basketball hoop was removed removida por las razón que personas by management several years ago afuera de la comunidad entraban a when people from outside the usarlas. Nunca fue reemplazado el community were entering the canasta.“ – Tanya courtyard and playing basketball. The hoop and net were never reinstalled.” – Tanya
(1) Play Structures “El juego es muy peligroso para los “This play structure is very niños. Las mayoría de los niños que dangerous for kids. The majority of viven aquí son chiquitos y se pueden kids that live here are small and can caer. Han habido muchos accidentes y easily fall. There have been lots of ahora las mamas no las dejan que sus accidents and now the moms won’t niños juegan allí .” – Claudia let their kids play there.” - Claudia
(2) Physical Structures “Puede ser que la gente no sabe para que “It could be that people don’t know what sirve. En México no existe, ni tenemos un this bike rack is for. In Mexico they don’t nombre para este tipo de estructura. Sería exist, nor do we have a name for this type mejor poner un letrero diciendo para que of structure. It would be good to put a sign es.” – Claudia to explain what it is.” - Claudia
(3) Sidewalks and Connectivity “Mi hija sac ó esta foto para mostrar lo “My daughter took this photo to show how difícil de usar la carriola. Esto muestra hard it is to use a stroller. This shows the la necesidad para mejorar este need for improved sidewalks since this is a camino porque la gente lo usa well used path.” - Yolanda mucho.” - Yolanda
(4) Bike Storage “Es probable que esta familia recibar ía un “It’s likely this family would get a ‘14/30’ aviso ‘14/30’ si tiene mucha cosas en su notice if they have a lot of clutter on their balcón. Cuando reciben la noticia, tiene 14 balcony. Once they get the notice, families días para corregir el problema y si no, have 14 days to correct the problem, after recibirán un aviso de desalojo. Si se repite which they get an eviction notice. If they el problema entre los 30 días, igual recibirá repeat the problem within 30 days, they will un aviso de desalojo.” -Tanya also get an eviction notice.” Wolfersperger -Tanya Wolfersperger
(4) Bike Storage “Muchas personas solo dejan sus “Lots of people just put their bikes out bicicletas en frente de sus casas. Pero in front of their houses. Sometimes it's a veces no es una buena idea, porque a bad idea because they can get pueden robarlas.” stolen.” - Luis, 10 – Luis, 10
(4) Bike Storage “Esta familia pone todas sus bicicletas en un “This family puts all their bicycles in the pequeño espacio atrás del sofá y eso no deja small space behind their sofa, which espacio para que los niños juegan. Es un doesn’t leave any room for their kids to apartamento de un cuarto y tiene un salón play. This is a small one bedroom muy chiquito. Nos gustaría tener un lugar apartment with a really small living room. segura donde podremos dejar las bicicletas We would like to have a safe space to put sin estorbar a nadie.” - Yolanda bicycles where they wouldn’t be in anyone’s way.” - Yolanda
(5) Open Space “Esto es un peligro. Lo que pasa es, un niño “This is dangerous. What happens is, kids trata de manejar su bicicleta y puede caer try to steer their bike and they can fall in porque es hondo. Además es un espacio sin because it is deep. Also, this unutilized uso. Si se pudiera poner un parqueo de space that could be used for bike parking or bicicletas o nivelarlo y poner plantas para to make it level to put plants on to eliminar este peligro.” - Yolanda eliminate this danger.” - Yolanda
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