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Effective URL: https://dashboards.mysidewalk.com/louisiana-state-health-assessment
Submission: On October 02 via manual from US — Scanned from DE
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ASSESSING HEALTH & EQUITY
* Assessing Health & Equity Assessing Health & Equity
* Assessing Health & Equity
* How to Use This Dashboard
* Find Data by Region
* Get involved! Get involved!
* Get involved!
* Online survey
* Virtual Regional Meetings
* Feedback
* Find Your Role in Building Health
* Demographics Demographics
* Demographics
* Region 1
* Region 2
* Region 3
* Region 4
* Region 5
* Region 6
* Region 7
* Region 8
* Region 9
* Foundations of Community Health Foundations of Community Health
* Foundations of Community Health
* Region 1
* Region 2
* Region 3
* Region 4
* Region 5
* Region 6
* Region 7
* Region 8
* Region 9
* Behaviors and Exposures Behaviors and Exposures
* Behaviors and Exposures
* Region 1
* Region 2
* Region 3
* Region 4
* Region 5
* Region 6
* Region 7
* Region 8
* Region 9
* Medical Conditions Medical Conditions
* Medical Conditions
* Region 1
* Region 2
* Region 3
* Region 4
* Region 5
* Region 6
* Region 7
* Region 8
* Region 9
ASSESSING HEALTH & EQUITY
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SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS BY TAKING A SHORT SURVEY!
We want to hear from you! Help us better understand what impacts health the
most in your community by taking this 10-minute survey by October 20, 2021.
HEALTH SURVEY – ENGLISH
HEALTH SURVEY – ESPAÑOL
HEALTH SURVEY – TIẾNG VIỆT
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EVERYONE IN LOUISIANA DESERVES TO LEAD A FULL, HAPPY LIFE.
Health is more than the absence of illness—it's the whole story of well-being
for our minds, bodies, and communities. That's why we built this State Health
Assessment (SHA) dashboard. By assessing the current status of health across
the state, we can work together to create plans that improve well-being at
every scale.
No matter who or where we are, the situations we're in throughout life all
shape our health. What we can afford, how safe our neighborhoods are, and how
easy or difficult it is to get medical care all affect the opportunities we
have to make healthy choices. This dashboard explains how health in Louisiana
requires a solid community foundation.
We'll begin by exploring the factors that affect our choices in the
Foundations of Community Health section. The second section will explain how
our communities influence our Behaviors and Exposures. Finally, we'll review
the Medical Conditions that result from the foundations of health, our
behaviors, and the things we are exposed to in life that define good or poor
health. Each section is available for the whole state and for the nine public
health regions. Both state and local data can be useful when planning to
improve health in your community.
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HEALTH IS A JOURNEY
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Adapted from Davis, R., "Measuring What Works to Achieve Health Equity:
Metrics for the Determinants of Health." Prevention Institute and Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation. 2015.
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So what does the above diagram mean? We all grow, live, work, learn, and play
surrounded by resources and relationships that affect our opportunities and
choices. For example, when we struggle to afford safe housing, we focus on
meeting that basic need over other things, like healthy food or preventive
medical care. We make choices based on the opportunities available in our
community, like whether or not quality jobs are available. This dashboard
refers to the factors that affect opportunity from the ground up as the
Foundations of Community Health. Like the foundation of a house, sound
community health requires a strong foundation. Intervening here can prevent
health issues in a community before they even begin.
The next step in this journey is our Behaviors and Exposures. Our behaviors
are our personal choices, and exposures are the things we come in contact
with which may not be in our control. Based on the circumstances created by
the foundations of community health, we start to make choices. Stressed by
financial concerns created by low-wage employment, do we go to the fast food
place down the street, or travel ten plus miles to the nearest grocery store
to buy fruits and vegetables we then have to prepare? Over time, exposures
and behaviors reinforce barriers or opportunities created by foundations of
community health.
Finally, we have Medical Conditions. Medical conditions are a sign that the
foundation of health in our community needs attention. Based on the options
available in our communities, the choices we make, and our exposure to risks,
what kind of health outcomes are we experiencing? Who is healthy? Who is ill?
And how are health and illness affected by our experience in the community? A
house can weather almost any storm if it stands on a solid foundation. We can
be healthy and resilient when we build strong foundations for health in our
communities. We can make better community health inevitable through policies
and interventions. The further upstream we aim our efforts, the better our
whole community’s health will be.
INDIVIDUALLY, WE STRIVE TO MAKE THE BEST CHOICES FOR OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED
ONES. TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE SURE THE HEALTHIEST CHOICES ARE THE EASIEST
CHOICES FOR ALL LOUISIANANS.
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