TABLE 1—
Neighborhood Environment |
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HEAL Priority | Physical | Resource | Social | Evaluation |
Affordable accessible food | Gardening | Education | Support networks | Food retail scans |
Neighborhood garden network (192 backyard gardens, 13 community gardens, 1 urban farm and orchard, 3 school-based gardens) | Hands on gardening training and support led by residents and organizations | Garden mentor network | Food access surveys | |
Retail | Garden leader network | Garden evaluation to assess change in skill, capacity, and diet | ||
Produce in corner store | ||||
Opportunities for active living that build relationships | Space | Group exercise activities | Leadership | Tracked repeat participation, retention, and growth of class size and number offered |
5 community centers, 1 church, 3 parks host free exercise activities | Year-round free exercise classes (≥ 40 volunteer-led activities/week for all ages) | Exercise classes and walking groups led by resident volunteer instructor (80% of instructors are from the neighborhood) | ||
Silver Sneakers gym | ||||
3 marked walking routes | ||||
Hubs and safe spaces | Space | Connectedness | Resident surveys: change in community connectedness | |
Established 6 community hubs | 1 hub in each neighborhood | |||
Strong relationships between neighbors | ||||
Safety in numbers | ||||
Opportunities to learn and practice healthy living skills | Space | Cooking classes | Resident-initiated efforts | Assessed satisfaction, change in knowledge, skill, and intent among participants |
Hands-on learning community kitchen | Year-round healthy cooking courses for adults and youths | Walking groups and events | ||
Neighborhood walking routes with route markers and maps | Adult and youth healthy weight, healthy lifestyle clinical coaching | Health forums in salons and barbershops | ||
Resident-led healthy cooking and snack demonstrations | ||||
Intraconnected and interconnected communities | Space | Communication | Leadership | Counts of reach and response rate for flyers, Web, etc. |
Kiosk at library | Multimedia neighborhood communications: flyers, mailers, Web, mobile application, video, and social media | Established HEAL Council with resident leaders from each neighborhood | ||
Cross-neighborhood community planning and workgroups | ||||
Semiannual HEAL focused community planning and resource events | ||||
Branding and awareness | HEAL cobranding | Communication | HEAL events | Brand awareness survey |
Signage connecting partner programs and establishments | Interactive HEAL Web site and social media | HEAL and the arts HEAL wristbands HEAL partner events |