Goal: Healthy People

Creating an environment that promotes physical

social, and mental health and health equity

Content Expert: Sharon Zalewsky, MC Primary Care Coalition

M-NCPPC Healthy and Sustainable Communities Workshop

June 25 & 26, 2008
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% of Housing with 1/4
mile of a Park or School Acres Per 1,000 People
19

0
10
20
30
40
50

100

0
20
40
60
80
19 70
90 19
73
19 19
92 76
19
19 79
94
19
82
19
96 19
85
19 19
98 88
19
20 91
00 19
Years

94

Year
Access to Parks

20 19
02 97
20
20 00
04
20
Park Land Acreage Per 1,000 People

03
20
06 20
06
20 20
08 09
20
20 12
10
Indicators
 Proposed Indicators
Physical
• % of obesity in schools
• % of park utilization
• % with asthma
• degree of physical activity
Social
•
Mental
• % with stress
• Depression rate
 Story Behind the Trend lines
Prioritized Factors of an Obesity Indicator

• Factor #1: Sedentary lifestyle

• Factor #2: Poor nutrition

• Factor #3: Community attitudes and/or

behavior (Culture)

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 Key Partners with a Role to Play

• Recreation Department
• Health professionals
• Transportation
• County government
• MCPS School system (education nutrition)
• Churches
• “the media”
• health professionals
• Public health
• Civic Groups
• Residents
• Gyms
• Planning Department

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 What Will Work to Make a
Measurable Difference
Factor #1: Sedentary Lifestyle

Potential Strategies/Actions

• Provide active exercise program in facilities

•Re-introduce people to nature or self-directed activities

•Create facilities that accommodate all ages and abilities

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 What Will Work to Make a
Measurable Difference
Factor #2: Poor Nutrition

Potential Strategies/Actions

•Education and counseling to outcomes

•Modeling of healthy food purchases on a budget

•Exercise

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 What Will Work to Make a
Measurable Difference
Factor #3: Community attitudes and/or behavior (Culture)

Potential Strategies/Actions

•Promoting healthy, livable and walk-able mixed use

communities

•Telecommuting to reduce stress

•Creating programs that encourage physical activity

•Access to healthy, nutritious food.

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