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VISIONS OF A HEALTHIER NEW HAVEN: Executive Summary of Survey Responses

Visions of a Healthier New Haven Survey Responses: Executive Summary
Type Report Format PDF Author New Haven Health Department Year 2011 Related Sectors Health Topic Health Equity Alliance Organization New Haven Health Department

Dr. Mario Garcia, MPH, Director of Health

Summary and Full Report Contributors:

Jesse Reynolds, MS, Data Analyst, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

Shanta L. Evans, MBA, Project Director, New Haven Health Equity Alliance

Chisara N. Asomugha, MD, MSPH, FAAP, Community Services Administrator, City of New Haven

Mark Abraham, Executive Director, DataHaven

Excerpt

During the spring of 2010, the New Haven Health Department’s Health Equity Alliance (HEA) Director Shanta L. Evans and the City of New Haven’s Community Services Administrator (CSA), Dr. Chisara N. Asomugha, began to engage staff from other municipal departments in conversations on the concept of “social determinants of health”. The NH-HEA site also sought to bring this discussion to the New Haven community as a way to reshape the way people think about health (i.e. beyond just individuals, to include external factors such as living conditions and community safety), and to encourage a wide array of community participation, from local politicians to community residents and youth. Inspired by previous efforts in New Haven, the Visions of a Healthier New Haven campaign interviewed the New Haven community—gathering the authentic voices of New Haveners--to inform the important work of creating a healthier city. Responses were collected via video-recorded interviews and the Visions of a Healthier New Haven survey. The survey, created jointly by the New Haven Health Department’s Health Equity Alliance (HEA), Health Matters! Working Group, DataHaven and the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (YGPRC) and designed with resources from the New Haven Health Department, asked two open ended questions: “What is your vision for a healthier New Haven?” and “How do we build it?”

Sample

A total of 823 surveys were collected, of which 73 (9%) were electronically submitted and 158 (19%) came from other community locations (e.g., public libraries, restaurants, senior centers and local stores). Five hundred and ninety-two (72%) surveys were collected from high schools locations. A total of 29 (4%) surveys were collected from Spanish-speaking residents and translated to English using Microsoft WORD translate and incorporated in the overall summary.

Themes

When stratified by data collection site, high school location respondents most identified the theme “Environmental Health” (80%), which was followed by “Community Safety” (61%) and “Nutritional Health” (28%). With respect to the themes from the surveys collected from locations in the community, "Community Safety” (62%) was the most prominent, followed by “General Health” (40%) and “Environmental Health” (37%). Internet survey respondents cited the theme “Improved Transportation” (86%) the most, followed by “General Health” (66%) and “Nutritional Health” (60%).

Insights gathered from this campaign and a short video documentary were shared at the Visioning a Healthier New Haven Conference.

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