Healthy Living Community Engagement Strategies Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support
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Healthy Living Community Engagement Strategies
Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support
Creating a Healthier Minneapolishealthy eating + physical activity + smoke-free living
Department of Health and Family SupportVision: Health, equity and well-being for all people in their communities
Mission:To promote health equity in Minneapolis and meet the unique needs of our urban population by providing leadership and fostering partnerships
Health Department Goals & Initiatives• Strong Urban Public Health Infrastructure
– Emergency Preparedness– Health care safety net
• Healthy weight through active living and healthy eating– Minneapolis Healthy Living– Homegrown Minneapolis
• Healthy sexuality and relationships– School-based clinics– HIV and STD prevention
• Thriving and violence-free youth– Youth development projects– Commission Youth Violence Prevention
• A healthy start to life and learning– Lead and smoke-free homes– Thriving babies: Healthy Start Infant Mortality Prevention Initiative– School-ready children
Minneapolis Healthy Living Initiative• Comprehensive, 14-project initiative to reduce
obesity, tobacco use, and the chronic diseases they cause (examples: diabetes, heart disease, asthma)
• Focused on achieving health equity; targeted to specific communities
• Focused on policy, systems and environmental approaches
Spectrum of Healthy Living Community Engagement Strategies• Official boards and processes• Community Input
– Periodic meetings– Ongoing Community Leadership Team
• Per project engagement• Initiative-level partnership• VOICE: story-based community dialogues
Per Project engagement
Community engagement built into every projects Examples:• North Minneapolis Greenway Project• Smoke-free multi-unit housing• EBT at farmers markets
Initiative-level engagement• Expanding the reach and impact of Healthy Living
strategies in small, clearly defined populations (cultural or geographic) through community-based and neighborhood organizations
• Partnering with organizations to: – Increase the concentration of healthy
opportunities– Increase target population’s participation in and
use of these opportunities
A community engagement strategy that connects with cultural communities that are at high risk for obesity
• Story Based Community Dialogue
• Fosters Partnerships
• Shares Knowledge
• Promotes Sustainability & Community Buy-In
• Promotes Greater Inclusion
• Strengthens understanding
What is VOICE…..
Stories from VOICE…..*Food is central across cultures
VOICE is a strategy that builds upon core community engagement principles—City of Minneapolis
1. Right to be involved
2. Contribution will be thoughtfully considered
3. Recognize the needs of all - sustainable decisions
4. Seek out involvement – public participation
5. Participants design participation – consult for professional services
6. Adequate information – meaningful participation
7. Known effect of participation – affect decisions
The Voice Project(Valuing Our Individual Cultures through Engagement )