How Do We Build a Healthy Community? Serena Yang, MD, MPH Department of Pediatrics UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 9/10/19 Objectives During this interactive session, attendees will: 1. Discuss the building blocks of a healthy community 2. Partner with others in creating your dream community of health 3. Identify ways you can help improve the health of your community 9/10/19 1 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
What is a Community? Types of community • Where we live: urban, suburban, rural • Group with shared values, beliefs, interests, needs 9/10/19 What is a Healthy Community? “A community that is continuously creating and improving physical and social environments and expanding community resources that enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and in developing to their maximum potential.” https://health.gov/news/blog/2010/10/healthy-communities-means-healthy-opportunities/ 9/10/19 2 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
In a healthy community… Everyone has the opportunity to • Obtain proper health care services • Receive a good education • Play • Be social • Be intellectually stimulated • Be physically active • Be safe https://health.gov/news/blog/2010/10/healthy-communities-means-healthy-opportunities/ 9/10/19 Connect to wifi endpoint ucsfguest. 10/8/2019 3 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
What does your Healthy Neighborhood look like? 9/10/19 Pick the most important part of your Healthy Neighborhood Post it (one word) to Poll Everywhere 9/10/19 4 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
10/8/2019 Living in the San Joaquin Valley A Region of Unequal Opportunities • 1 in 3 children live in poverty • 1 in 2 children in Fresno live in neighborhoods with high poverty • More children of color live in poverty • 1 in 4 schools have unsafe tap water to drink • 1 in 4 children don’t have access to healthy foods • Lowest number of doctors to population in the state The Center at Sierra Health Foundation https://www.shfcenter.org/assets/SJVHF/Equity_on_the_Mall_Press_Release_020818.pdf 9/10/19 5 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
Building a Healthy Community Photo credits: www.positiveworkplacepartners.com, reddit.com 9/10/19 What do we do? 9/10/19 6 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
“The most important question [we] can ask, is not 'What do I do?' but 'What am I part of?’ ” Donald Berwick, MD Founder, Institute for Healthcare Improvement 9/10/19 School Involvement 9/10/19 7 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
Partner with Organizations Photo credits: www.rchsd.org; www.revcycleintelligence.com 9/10/19 Multi-sector partnerships Fresno County Health Improvement Partnership 400 individuals representing 150+ entities Workgroups: Food security, trauma/resilience, tobacco-free, diabetes, health literacy, land use 9/3/19 8 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
Health Professions Education Pipeline Diagram credit: http://www.slcc.edu/crossroadscenter/ 9/10/19 9/10/19 9 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
Example of community partnership Community Blue and Green Space Summer Program 9/10/19 Advocacy at all levels School Board of Education Meeting Photo credits: www.wilson.sgusd.k12.ca.us; phadvocates.org/event/equity-on-the-mall / 9/10/19 10 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
Best Practices: Advocacy 1. Know who your region’s leaders are. 2. Tell your stories, they matter. 3. Enlist allies. 4. Be persistent. Advocacy Guide , American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007 9/10/19 California’s First Surgeon General Nadine Burke-Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP 9/10/19 11 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
Who will you partner with TODAY? Photo credit: https://contentsquare.com/blog/spotlight/why-work-at-contentsquare/ 9/10/19 Think of one partner you will work with. Post it (one word) to Poll Everywhere 9/10/19 12 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
10/8/2019 In closing… • Community partnership is critical to building a healthy community. • You can be the voice of our community! Photo credit: www.Bakersfield.com 9/10/19 13 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb Photo credit: https://www.petersburg.k12.va.us 9/10/19 Thank you! Questions? 14 9/10/2019 UCSF Fresno Mini Med School 2019
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