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Preliminary findings Sunshine Coast Community Dialogues 2014 Roberts Creek, October 16 th

Preliminary findings Sunshine Coast Community Dialogues 2014 Roberts Creek, October 16 th Maritia Gully, Regional Epidemiologist. Public Health Surveillance Unit, Vancouver Coastal Health email: phsu@vch.ca. Built environment. Getting to work or school. Running errands.

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Preliminary findings Sunshine Coast Community Dialogues 2014 Roberts Creek, October 16 th

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  1. Preliminary findings Sunshine Coast Community Dialogues 2014 Roberts Creek, October 16th Maritia Gully, Regional Epidemiologist Public Health Surveillance Unit, Vancouver Coastal Health email: phsu@vch.ca

  2. Built environment

  3. Getting to work or school

  4. Running errands

  5. Neighbourhood Characteristics

  6. Community resiliency

  7. Community belonging

  8. Emergency preparedness

  9. Food security

  10. Taking a closer look at specific SC populations • Parents of children 18 years and under • First Nations population* • Recent immigrants* • Seniors living alone • Residents who rent their homes *Insufficient sample to report on

  11. Differences across SC sub-populations

  12. More vulnerable SC residents?

  13. Summary • Overall Sunshine Coast residents appear to be doing similar to, if not better than, VCH overall on healthy lifestyle factors • However… • Obesity higher • Chronic disease rates higher • At a disadvantage re: active transportation • Certain populations doing better/worse

  14. Next steps • Final weighting/analysis • Community profiles for Sunshine Coast Communities (early 2015) • Further sub-analyses (if sample size permits) • Partnerships and collaboration • Getting data into the right hands to inform: • Healthy change! • Policy • Programs • Advocacy…

  15. Thank you! Jat Sandhu (Principal Investigator) Paul Martiquet (Medical Health Officer, Coastal Rural VCH) Eleni Kefalas (Analysis) Susan Hendricks (Administrative and outreach support) Pamela Richmond (MHMC Outreach) Sunshine Coast Community Foundation …and to all who participated!

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