COMMUNITY WELLNESS ASSESSMENT REPORT NAICAM · • June 2011 applied for an SGI grant and held a...

COMMUNITY WELLNESS ASSESSMENT REPORT

NAICAM

May 6, 2011

Naicam Community Wellness Assessment Report

2011 COMMUNITY WELLNESS ASSESSMENT REPORT

NAICAM

What is Primary Health Care?

Primary Health Care is a framework for providing everyday health care services. Health care professionals work proactively with intersectoral partners and community groups to address broader community needs.

Primary Health Care works towards:

• preventing people from becoming ill or injured

• managing chronic conditions

• making the most effective use of health care provider expertise

• treating acute and episodic illness

• efficiency and co-ordination of services

• accessing the right service at the right time

• individuals playing an active role in their own health care

• understanding that factors outside the health system influence individual and community health (Determinants of Health)

Introduction

A Primary Health Care Provider Team has been in existence in Naicam since 2003. The Team consists of health professionals and community representatives who meet on a regular basis to address wellness needs within the community.

One way to identify wellness needs is through the use of a Community Wellness Assessment. The first assessment was conducted in May 2007 utilizing a community forum to identify areas of concern with 12 community members attending. The Team took the information gathered and developed action plans to address some of the identified needs. Any needs that were beyond the team’s ability to resolve were forwarded to the appropriate agency.

In 2009, a different approach was taken to conduct the assessment to connect with a wider cross-section of the community. The team went to the community to gather information versus expecting the community to attend a public meeting. A booth was set up at the two local grocery stores and shoppers were encouraged to voice their opinions on survey questions. In total 51 community members completed the survey questionnaire. The team also shared the information gathered with the local Mayor. The team then developed action plans to address some of the identified needs. Needs that were beyond the Primary Health Care Team’s ability to resolve were forwarded to the appropriate agency.


Primary Health Care Team and partners have accomplished the following since the last assessment:

• April 2010 partnered with community agencies to offer PARTY Program (Preventing Alcohol Related Trauma in Youth) in the school

• July 2010 Clinic staff hosted “Kiddy Kollege” tours of the clinic

• October 2010 offered Hypertension presentation

• September 2010 developed and circulated within the community, the Naicam Community services Directory pamphlet

• “Faces of Primary Health Care” posters posted within the community

• May 2011 presentation to the Seniors group regarding the upcoming Community Wellness Assessment

• May 2011 held a Diabetes Meter Clinic and Information Day

• May 2011 Noon Walking program

• June 2011 applied for an SGI grant and held a Bike Rodeo in partnership with the school and every child from grades 1 – 4 participated.

In 2011, members of the Primary Health Care Team were present at Naicam Shop Easy in the morning and Naicam Co-op in the afternoon to conduct the Community Wellness Assessment. Community members shopping at the stores were invited to complete the survey questionnaire. In total 119 surveys were completed.

The Team will be reviewing the survey results, develop action plans to address some of the needs and those beyond the scope of the Team will be forwarded to the appropriate agency/group. The final assessment report will once again be shared with the Mayor of Naicam.

New to the survey this year was the addition of questions 5. (e) and (f) – refer to attached survey questionnaire. The information gathered from these two specific questions will also be shared with Primary Health Care Program Awareness Team who are now investigating how community members are currently finding out about health information as well as how community members would prefer to find out about this information. This team will be making recommendations to health care teams on how best to create awareness of health information, programs and services within our KTHR communities.


Information received was categorized according to three Population Health Promotion Pillars:

• Accessible Nutritious Foods

• Active Living

• Mental Well-Being/Substance Use and Abuse

• and an additional category entitled “Other” (ideas beyond the scope of the Team)

Method

Location: Shop Easy - 9 am to 12 noon and

Naicam Co-op – 1pm to 5 pm

Date: May 6th, 2011

*In May the Primary Health Care Clinic staff had asked clients accessing services at the clinic to complete the survey and team members had also taken surveys to various businesses and groups within the community of Naicam to complete.


Naicam Primary Health Care

Community Wellness Assessment 1. Postal Code: S0K 2Z0 (Naicam) x 104 S0E 1A0 (Melfort) x 1

S0K 3H0 (Pleasantdale) x 4 S0K 4V0 (Watson) - 1 S0K 2G0 (Lac Vert) x 2 S0K 0G0 (Annaheim) x 1 S0K 4C0 (Spalding) x 4 No Answer - 2 2. Please state your age category by placing an “X” in one of the following boxes:

10-14 - 0 15-19 - 2 20-29 - 5 30-39 - 14 40-49 - 17 50-59 - 24 60-69 - 21 70-79 - 22 80+ - 14 3. Please state your gender by placing an “X” in one of the following boxes: Female - 90 Male - 29 4. Are you aware of the Naicam Primary Health Care Provider Team? Yes - 99 No - 15 N/A - 5 5. Do you access health services at Naicam i.e.) Dr or Nurse Practitioner, Public Health, Addiction

Services Yes - 106 No - 13 6. Please answer the following questions:

a. What is HEALTHY about living in your community?

Accessible Nutritious Foods

Active Communities Mental Well Being/

Substance Use & Abuse Other Issues Beyond the

Scope of PHC - Excellent Co-op

groceries (very fresh & healthy)

- Big gardens

- Walking trail x 8 - Arena x 2 - Ball x 2 - Nice playgrounds for

kids x 2 - Parks x 2 - Biking x 2 - Numerous physical

fitness activities x 2 - Lots of places to walk x

2 - Water park for children

and visitors x 2 - Fitness opportunities x

2 - It is just the right size

for walking everywhere

- Ski trails - Soccer

- Nurse/nurse practitioner x 19

- Ambulance x 11 - Doctor comes x 10 - Great home care x 5 - Health care services at

Naicam x 4 - It is really great to have

the people in our community that show great pride in our health care

- I use the provincial healthline – it’s awesome

- Good care - Public health nurse - Excellent opportunities

for social interaction (emotional health)

- Fresh/clean air x 28 - Minimal pollution x 6 - Friendly people x 5 - Safe x 4 - Everything x 3 - Fire department x 3 - Slower pace life style x

3 - We have great services

close at hand x 3 - Thrift store x 2 - Low stress – i.e. no

traffic jams x 2 - town council - Healthy water x 2 - Good neighbors x 2 - Safety - Wide open spaces - Non-smoking facilities - Lack of crowding





Scope of PHC - School sports

- There are fitness classes offered there are fitness classes offered

- Yoga - Community seniors

centre - School gym - Exercise class - Activity during winter –

volleyball, etc - Active town - There is a place for

sports activities - Outdoor activity, i.e.

lakes close by - Downtown within

walking distance - Campgrounds - It is small so you can

walk anywhere - Active seniors club - Lots of sports - Opportunities to be

active x 2 - School has strong phys-

ed program, students are very active

- Sports - Active community with

lots of recreational sporting opportunities

- Curling - Many good things,

active community

- Close access to health team

- Pharmacy to access medication

- The lodge - AA group

- Ability to move freely without feeling crowded

- Small town - Environment - Not much - Relaxed atmosphere - Not too many people - Great community - Nothing - Family - Safe for children - Peace of mind - Great town - Love the community - Art group


b. What is NOT healthy about living in your community?




Scope of PHC - Food at rink booth - Not as good a selection

in the fresh food area - Nutrition options for

eating out - Café’s are mostly

unhealthy food

- Not enough activities (ages 0 – 10) – mommy & me x 2

- Not enough exercise options for people 18 – 65 - would like community fitness

- Walking trails are needed for people in town, bike paths are also

- Fitness groups cost a lot

- To access fitness programs you have to drive to a bigger centre

- Few adult programs - Long winters (won’t

exercise outdoors)

- Driving to the hospital x 6

- Drugs in schools and homes x 4

- Not having a doctor in town x 2

- Doctor wait - Lack of mental health

access - Alcohol issue with

young people – still viewed with too much social acceptance

- Too many smokers

- Sidewalks x 16 - Nothing x 13 - Broken glass/ garbage/

dog droppings - 11 - Quality of streets which

prevents physical activity x 6

- Crop spray/chemicals X 4

- Speeding, noisy vehicles X 2

- Better police patrols - Not enough people to

help organize activities (always the same people doing everything)

- Ice by the arena - Highway by the school -

needs lights - Trees that are losing

branches - Drinking water - Safe - The weather - Street sweeping (dust) - Hall access - Odor from the pig farm - Without a newspaper

that comes to our home, it is difficult to get information sometimes

- Farmers burning fields - Healthy living is a

choice – it does not depend on the community

- Loose cats/dogs - Noise – parties-

country – dust


c. What can the Primary Health Care Provider Team and community representatives work on to make your community a healthier and safer place to live, work, and play? - Nothing/ adequate/great job now/not sure x 20 - Repair side walk x 10 - Street cleaning/repair x 5 - Promote things like healthy eating x 2 - Mommy and me x 2 - Having a chiropractor come once/week x 2 - Bring speakers in to talk about different things/to let people know what we do have x 2 - Exercise programs - A community fitness center - Community fitness program - Let’s prevent our seniors from falling everywhere - More information about programs - As a team, work with all people in the community to make sure all people can take part in

something - PARTY - Children should be supervised at the school playground (parent responsibility) - Insure ambulance services, continue nurse practitioner (very important) and hopefully doctor - Walking program - Educating youth - Encourage a community cleanup day annually - Always keep making people aware of health issues (H1N1) - More access to resources - Keep providing services in our community - Education - By supplying information to the public - Show community what pet diseases can do to them - Education sessions at school - A little more sand or gravel in front of grocery stores. - Learn more about drugs which we all use - Keep up new programs for all ages - Report to town admin - Snack machines taken out of public places (i.e. school) or have healthy choices included - Information put in Wholesome Bean - Blood pressure clinics, diabetes awareness, weight loss tips - Better farmer education - Take down Rider flag in Spalding that advertises beer - It would be nice to know who is on the Primary Team for care. Posters with photos of local

team members would be helpful - Make sure people clean up dog droppings - Types of bad drugs in the community - Non-smoking clinic - Bike rodeo - Cholesterol clinic


d. What type(s) of information or education do you require to live a healthy life? - Healthy eating/diets x 16 - We have adequate/none x 13 - Exercise programs x 7 - How to deal with stress x 2 - Computer info is the best - Access to information - Pamphlets and seminars that are available - Diabetes and heart health - Info on various diseases that affect family and friends, when needed - Classes in town - You need councilors for people addicted to drugs, alcohol, proper nutritionist, stress, etc. - TV, radio, computer - Access to blood pressure reading - Education on hygiene - High school education - Where to get help - Heart care - From kids - What to do when my kids are ill - Fitness - What vitamins are good for what ailments - I’d like some more information on mental health issues - More education on lifestyle impacts, food, etc. - Doctors - Grade 12 - Don’t know - Booklets and pamphlets is good - TV and newspaper ads on true stories that happen to people - Magazines, pamphlets - Heart healthy, COPD, bronchitis information - I know where to go for information – main source (wife) - Learning to live with a chronic condition - On more natural remedies - Get health speakers in - Learn more about drugs - Pamphlets - Good water - Speaking to the seniors to alert us about new programs, etc. - Information on reading food labels - Foods that boost energy, help in weight loss, prevent disease - What I should be eating and taking to stay healthy - More support for individuals willing to lead, e.g. aerobics, Pilates, yoga - The information is there if people wish to hear it. - That’s your job to tell us x 2 - Info about my diabetes x 2 - Can cigarette smoke bother me? How? - Asthma


e. How do you find out about local health program information (Diabetes, Home Care, Addiction

Services, Public Health, etc?) - Naicam Medical Clinic – 81 - KTHR Web-site – 9 - Free newspapers – 23 - Wholesome Bean – 73 - Posters – 53 - Phonebook - 14 - Radio – 22 - Face book – 7 - Other – 12 - word of mouth x 2

- diabetes education centre - bulletin board - coffee shop - school - friends - wife - Seniors – we get speakers

f. How do you prefer to find out about this program information? - Wholesome Bean x 25 - Posters seem to be the best x 15 - Clinic/nurse x 12 - Newspaper x 7 (1 comment “however we don’t have a newspaper anymore”) - Have it mailed out x 6 - Same as above x 5 - Radio x 4 - Word of mouth x 3 - Flyers x 3 - Website x 3 - Internet/facebook x 3 - E-mail x 4 - Newsletter x 2 - Like getting it from Diabetes Education Centre - Bulletin board - Phonebook - As many means as possible - Pamphlet x 2 - Phoning or information from Public Health program x 2 - Met me in the grocery store - Public notices - What is available is good for us - At our seniors meetings - As is

- East Central Connection - Ok now


- Reading - Locally

e. Would you be interested in participating on a sub-committee to address your suggestions? Yes - 9 No - 97 NA - 13

- Weekly mom & tot days for toddlers 1 and up (entertainment for kids cause there is only stuff for kids to do 3 +)

Other comments: Fortunately I’m a healthy person so far. I would hate to lose any of the services we currently have. I think we are one of the more fortunate rural communities but I believe to maintain our current health services we need to support ALL our local services/businesses.


Naicam Primary Health Care 2011 Community Wellness Assessment

1. Postal Code 2. Please state your age category by placing an “X” in one of the following boxes:

10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ 3. Please state your gender by placing an “X” in one of the following boxes: Female Male 4. Are you aware of the Naicam Primary Health Care Provider Team? Yes No 5. Do you access health services at Naicam i.e.) Dr. or Nurse Practitioner, Public Health, Addiction Services? Yes No 6. Please answer the following questions:

a. What is healthy about living in your community?

b. What is NOT healthy about living in your community?

c. What can the Primary Health Care Provider Team and community representatives work on to make your community a healthier and safer place to live, work, and play?

d. What type(s) of information or education do you require to live a healthy life?

e. How do you find out about local health program information (Diabetes, Home Care, Addiction Services, Public Health, etc?)

Naicam Medical Clinic KTHR Web-site Free newspaper Wholesome Bean

Posters Phonebook Radio Face book Other f. How do you prefer to find out about this program information? g. Would you be interested in participating on a sub-committee to address your suggestions? YES NO If you checked yes, please fill in the following information so you can be contacted:

NAME: PHONE NUMBER:

Thank you for your time! You have made an important contribution to your community.

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