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Walking: Engaging Latinos in Pedestrian Advocacy

Join Genoveva Islas, MPH, Director of Cultiva La Salud, in promoting healthy lifestyles and advocating for policy, system, and environmental changes to improve the health of Latino adults in the San Joaquin Valley. Learn about the challenges faced, experience the power of community leadership, and discover ways to engage in civic participation for a healthier future.

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Walking: Engaging Latinos in Pedestrian Advocacy

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  1. Walking esCaminar: Engaging Latinos in Pedestrian Advocacy Presented by Genoveva Islas, MPH Director, Cultiva La Salud

  2. Cultiva La Salud Our mission is to engage, inform and inspire residents in the San Joaquin Valley who are low-income and live in disadvantaged places to become actively involved in promoting their personal health, the health of their families and broader community through the adoption of healthy lifestyles and through advocacy for policy, system and environmental changes that promote healthy eating and active living.

  3. Background • Latinos • Immigrants • Poverty • Economy • Infrastructure • Resources

  4. Obesity Rates for Adults in Fresno County • 2011-2012, 78.6% of Latino adultin in Fresno County are overweight or obese, more than 3 out of 4 and greater thatn the rate for White adults (64.9%). -Source: California Health Interview Survey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

  5. Equity

  6. Transportation Equity Shoes that Fit Systems that Work

  7. Challenges • Limited Power • Participation • Language • Meetings • Data • Practical – solutions that matter • Education • Cultural & Linguistic Appropriateness • Experience

  8. Greenfield Walking Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9fRACrCIZs#action=share

  9. Walk to School Day – Orange Cove

  10. Powerful People: Building Leadership for Healthy Communities • Residents self-identifying projects • Supporting capacity building. • Cycle of advocacy

  11. Civic Engagement • General Plan • Active Transportation Plan • Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee • School Wellness Committee – Safe Routes to School

  12. Thank You GENOVEVA ISLAS, MPH Genoveva@CultivaLaSalud.org www.CultivaLaSalud.org @CultivaLaSalud #VivaCultiva

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