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Community Assessment Process - CHANGE A tool for assessing worksite environments and policies

Community Assessment Process - CHANGE A tool for assessing worksite environments and policies. Why is assessment so important?. Policy Development. Assurance. *Assessment. *start here. Worksite Sector.

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Community Assessment Process - CHANGE A tool for assessing worksite environments and policies

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  1. Community Assessment Process - CHANGEA tool for assessing worksite environments and policies

  2. Why is assessment so important? Policy Development Assurance *Assessment *start here

  3. Worksite Sector The WorksiteSector includes places of employment, such as private offices, restaurants, retail establishments, and government offices

  4. COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND GROUP EVALUATION • Identify worksite strengths and areas for improvement • Define improvement areas to guide the worksite towards strategies that create a healthier work environment • increased physical activity • improved nutrition • reduced tobacco use and exposure, and • chronic disease management • Offers suggestions and examples of policy, systems, and environmental change strategies • Provides feedback to worksites as they institute local-level change for healthy living

  5. The Worksite Assessment Tool • Worksite Modules • Demographic Information • Physical Activity • Nutrition • Tobacco Use • Chronic Disease Management • Leadership

  6. Definitions • Policy: laws, regulations and rules adopted on a collective basis to guide individual and group behavior. Examples: • Tobacco-free workplace policies • Physical activity breaks during meetings • Standardized food purchasing and preparation practices

  7. Definitions • Environment: the physical, social or economic surroundings which influence individuals’ attitudes and behaviors. Examples: • Vending machine options (physical) • Insurance incentives for participation in smoking cessation programs (economic) • Designated bike-to-work days (social) • Attractive stairwells (physical and social)

  8. Five Point Policy Assessment Scale 1 - Not identified as a problem; no policy or environmental elements in place. 2 - Problem has been identified/gaining agenda status; few environmental elements in place. 3 - Policy is being developed & adopted; some environmental elements in place. 4 - A policy has been implemented; most environmental elements in place. 5 – Policy evaluation and enforcement in place; all environmental elements are in place 99 – Not Applicable

  9. Website http://www.cdc.gov/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/change.htm

  10. Worksite CHANGE Tool

  11. Physical Activity

  12. Physical Activity

  13. Contact info: Eileen R Daley Division Manager Black Hawk County Health Department edaley@co.black-hawk.ia.us (319)291-2413 JaNan Less Community Health Coordinator Scott County Health Department jless@scottcountyiowa.com (563)326-8618

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