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Communities of Excellence in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention (CX 3 ) Santa Clara County: Partnerships with local leaders, agencies, and community Santa Clara County Public Health Department Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention Division. Outline.
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Communities of Excellence in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention (CX3)Santa Clara County: Partnerships with local leaders, agencies, and communitySanta Clara County Public Health DepartmentChronic Disease & Injury Prevention Division
Outline Santa Clara County CX3 Project Approach to fostering partnerships with local leaders, agencies and community Focus on Edenvale/Great Oaks Neighborhood Outcomes and benefits
Background on Santa Clara County, CA and the Network for Healthy California's Communities of Excellence in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention (CX3)
CX3 Neighborhoods In Santa Clara County, mapping has been completed in four neighborhoods: San Jose – Washington, University, Five Wounds/Brookwood Terrace South County – East Gilroy Three new neighborhoods two in San Jose and one in north county (Mountain View) are in process of completion.
How did we choose our neighborhoods? Partnerships & Collaborations Healthy Silicon Valley Community Groups City of SanJose Strong Neighborhoods Initiative SCC PHD Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention Division Kaiser CDIP Coalitions & Collaboratives Network for a Healthy California Steps Leadership Team First 5 of SCC Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention Division
How did we choose our neighborhoods? Short and long-term goals: reasons we are doing CX3 and what we want to do with the data Natural overlap looking at both blue zones and existing initiatives Looked at neighborhoods that were part of San Jose’s Strong Neighborhood Initiative (SNI)
Local Leaders Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor Public Health Administration Community leaders within city government City Council representatives
Local Agency Partners SIREN The Health Trust Stanford Medical School Catholic Charities La Biblioteca Latinoamericana City of San Jose Strong Neighborhoods Go Kids! First 5 Girls Scouts Kaiser Many other!!!
Community in Action Team Castro School Service Area of Mountain View Community • Engaged the community in the CX3 process by recruiting the help of promotoras or “community health educators” from local Community Based Organizations and grassroots' community groups
Edenvale & Great Oaks Neighborhood Population 12,354 (5 census tracts)
CHiN uP! Coalition for Health, Nutrition & Physical Activity
Fact sheets with localized data Community based coalition Farmers Market in downtown San Jose New food distribution site Sidewalk improvement project Community garden Nutrition classes Engaging city council CX3 Outcomes
Benefits and Value of Participating in CX3 • The maps and surveys provide hard evidence to support what we may know intuitively about the relationship between food access, marketing and media, and poverty in the community. • Opened door to other opportunities and enhanced partnerships. • Engage local residents in advancing community change to the built environment.
Contacts • Maritza Rodriguez Maritza.Rodriguez@hhs.sccgov.org (408) 793-2714 • Bonnie Broderick, MPH, RDBonnie.Broderick@hhs.sccgov.org (408) 793-2706 Santa Clara Public Health Department Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention Division 1400 Parkmoor Ave, Suite 120B, San Jose, CA 95126