“Be Well” Survey

Presentation for Health Promotion and Community Development Developing Health Promotion and Community Development Measures That Matters

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2015

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Medium and Long-term Outcomes: • Improved capacity of communities to be involved in decision-making about their

health; • Improved Health Equity across Sectors; • Improved functioning, health, resilience and wellbeing of Individuals, families

and communities; • Improved level and distribution of population health and wellbeing.

Direct Outcomes: Increased civic

engagement and social capital

Direct Outcomes:Increased community capacity-building with empowered clients to

address the determinants of health elements of

their health needs

Direct Outcomes:Increased

community partnerships

Model of Health and Wellbeing Logic Model

Anticipated Trillium Project Outcomes

1. Align CHC Model of Health and Wellbeing with the CIW framework and develop CIW survey tools.

2. Improve ability of health centres to measure and strengthen wellbeing initiatives for clients and communities served using adapted CIW survey tools.

3. Enhance ability of centres to deliver and evaluate effective health promotion and community development initiatives.

4. Increase and improve community-based collaborative initiatives.

Purposes of the “Be Well” Survey

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• Understand and start to collect data (baseline) on the wellbeing needs of our clients and communities using survey questions based in large part on the validated Canadian Index of Wellbeing framework.

• Develop standardized core questions for wellbeing data comparability over time across member centres & where possible with CIW’s provincial data sources.

Purposes of the “Be Well” Survey (Contd.)

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• Maintain comparability, validity, and reliability of the core and customized wellbeing questions.

• Inform decisions around local, regional and provincial healthy public policy and advocacy work.

Surveys Collected in Phase 1 (N=2,332)

# Organization Surveys # Organization Surveys1 Bluewater Area Family Health Team 46 15 Mississauga First Nations 442 Carlington Community Health Centre 175 16 North Lambton Community Health Centre 26

3 Chatham Kent Community Health Centres 44 17 Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre 281

4 Centre de santé communautaire de Kapuskasing et région 10 18 Port Hope Community Health Centre 140

5 Centre de santé communautaire de l’Estrie 190 19 Rexdale Community Health Centre 42

6 Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre 77 20 Sagamok Anishnawbek 178

7 Garden River First Nations 117 21 Serpent River First Nation 12

8 Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre 137 22 Somerset West Community Health Centre 64

10 Guelph Community Health Centre 97 23 South Riverdale Community Health Centre 81

11 Kawartha North Family Health Team 32 24 South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre 163

12 Kingston Community Health Centres 104 25 Windsor Family Health Team 222

13 Mary Berglund Community Health Centre 50

Highlights of the survey (N=2,332)

• Adult PC client biased (29.7% of 25-44Yr, and 36.8% of 45-64Yr)• Nearly one-third of them have secondary, and another one-third

have post-secondary education• 67.8% of them were born in Canada, and all of them came to

Canada before 2011• Two-third of them were female, over half of the respondents

were White• 32% of respondents earned <20K, while 15.6% ≥ 60K• 69.5% has strong sense of belonging (Ont 68.2%, Can 66.4%)• 36.5% has close family and friend to ask for help

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Qualitative Information

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5.2 What is the impact of community development activity? from Sector Evaluation Framework

Community surveyCIW

5.2.4 Increase in % of community members reporting participation in organized activities (O)

Future Greater level of community engagement and reduction in social isolation

Community surveyCIW

5.2.5 Increase in % of community members with a sense of belonging to the community (O)

Possible Greater level of community engagement and reduction in social isolation

Next steps for Phase 2 & there after……

• Phase 2 data collection was planned to begin in April and continue until September 2016.

• Some improvements (based on Phase 1 experience)-– making survey questions more understandable for clients and

community members [hyperlink]– Standardizing some of the open-ended choices to improve

data quality. • Some questions to be added on-– Physical activity– Food security– Access to transport

• Establish a community health and wellbeing indicator bank, after Phase 2.

Thanks

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Questions?

Other Information About You

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Other Information About You -Please select all of the ones that apply:

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01020304050

13.9

46.3

21.2 19.8 21.6

What is your current age?

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2214 responded to this question of 2332 total participants = 95% response rate

Minimum age = 18 Max age = 95Average age (standard deviation) = 50.42 (17)

6.6

29.7

36.8

22.2

4.7

18-24 25-44

45-64 65+

Missing

What is the highest level of education you have completed?

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3.27.3

30.4

31.6

3.5

15

6.22.7

Some elementary schoolElementary schoolHigh schoolPost-secondary cer-tificateCollege diplomaUniversity degreeGraduate degree Missing

Were you born in Canada?

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No Yes Prefer not to answer

Do not know

Missing01020304050607080

28.6

67.8

0.9 0.7 1.9

Were you born in Canada?If NO, what year did you arrive in Canada?

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1.2 7

7.9

8.9

10.9

16.220.7

27.2

19401950196019701980199020002010

Which of the following best describes your racial or ethnic group?

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Asian – East Asian – South

Asian – South East Black – African

Black – Caribbean Black – North American

First NationsIndian – Caribbean

Indigenous/Aboriginal Inuit

Latin American Métis

Middle Eastern White – European

White – North American Mixed heritage

Other(s) Please specify: Do not know

Prefer not to answerMissing

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 453.84

0.63.1

24.9

11.70.51.5

02.9

0.45

938.3

50.90.6

23.8

What is your gender?

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Female

Intersex

Male

Female to Male

Male to Female

Two-spirit

Other

Do not know

Prefer not to answer

Multiple Response

Missing

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 7064.7

0.329.9

0.20.10.30.30.20.60.1

3.4

What was your total family income before taxes last year?

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$0-$14,999$15,000-$19,999$20,000-$24,999$25,000-$29,999$30,000-$34,999$35,000-$39,999$40,000-$59,999$60,000 or more

Do not knowPrefer not to answer

Multiple ResponseMissing

0 5 10 15 20 2522.6

9.46.8

4.84.1

39

15.96.1

13.60.1

4.7

How many relatives and close friends do you have who you feel close to?

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Total Survey, N=2,332

Response rate

Mean

Median

Mode

Number of Relatives

2,179 (93.4%)

13.8 4 2

Number of Friends

2,155(92.4%)

8.13 3 2

How many close friends do you have who you feel close to? (Comparison)

Series10

10

20

30

40

50

60 Ontario, 53.7%

Be Well Survey,

36.5%

Canada, 51.8%

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Response (n) PercentOntario 5,986,492 53.7

Be Well Survey 786 36.5

Canada 14,882,663 51.8

How long have you lived in your community?

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Total Survey

Response Mean (year)(Average length of stay in the community)

Median Mode

N=2,332 n= 2,271

Response rate= 97.4%

19.2± 18.2

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How would you describe your sense of belonging to your community (Percent)?

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• Sense of belonging: n=2,296, response rate 98.5%

Very Weak Somewhat Weak

Somewhat Strong

Very Strong05

101520253035404550

9.1

21.4

47

22.5

How would you describe your sense of belonging to your community? (n=2,296; response 98.5%)

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Very Weak Somewhat Weak

Somewhat Strong

Very Strong

9.1%

21.4%

47%

22.5%

Response (n) PercentOntario 7,736,538 68.2

Be Well Survey 1,596 69.5

Canada 19,435,211 66.4

Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you cannot be too careful in dealing with

people? (n=2,291, response 98.2%)

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You cannot be too careful in dealing

with people

Most people can be trusted

Do not know

44.6% 42.7%

12.7%

Percentage Reporting that most people can be trusted (n=979, 42.7%)

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Response (n) Percent

Ontario 6,331,731 57.3

Be Well Survey 979 42.7

Canada 15,295,627 53.5

How often do you feel uncomfortable or out of place in your community because of your religion, culture, ethnicity, skin colour, or

sexual orientation?

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Never

Very

Rarely

Rarely

Someti

mes

Frequ

ently

Very

Frequ

ently

Always

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1015202530354045 42.7

18.214.3 16.9

4.1 2 1.8

(N= 2,297, response rate 98.5%)

How often do you feel uncomfortable or out of place in your community because of your physical appearance, disability,

mental health or other health condition?

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Never

Very

Rarely

Rarely

Someti

mes

Frequ

ently

Very

Frequ

ently

Always

0

10

20

30

40

5043.1

16.513 16.2

5.4 3.4 2.4

(n=2,285, response rate 98%)

Thanks

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Questions?