Chehalis Tribe City of Oakville Cynthia Gamble, M.P.H. CTG - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Chehalis Tribe City of Oakville

Cynthia Gamble, M.P.H. CTG Manager Shannon kickingwoman Tribal and community outreach specialist jhon valencia Community Coalition coordinator 2012

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Chehalis Tribe and City of Oakville

• Share the same zip code
• 30% of Oakville School students are from the

Chehalis Tribe

• Gray’s Harbor Co. Fire Station #1 serves both

Oakville and the Chehalis Reservation

• Similar demographics for population,

unemployment, and income Appear to have similar chronic disease risk factors: tobacco use, obesity rates, nutrition habits and sedentary lifestyle.

Getting started…..

• Hiring staff: Grant Manager, Coalition

Coordinator, Community & Tribal Liaison

• Presentations to community groups
• Work on building community coalition
• Invite & convene Leadership Team
• Plan for community dinner
• Media campaign: posters, Facebook, Twitter,

newspaper articles

• Community Health Needs Assessment & Policy

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Leadership Team

• Chehalis Tribal Business Committee
• City of Oakville
• Oakville School
• Chehalis Tribal Enterprises
• Chehalis Tribal Wellness Center
• Gray’s Harbor County Health Dept.
• Gray’s Harbor Fire District #1
• Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
• Governor’s Committee on Health Disparities
• State of Washington, Department of Health

Community Health Needs Assessment

• Personal Opinion Surveys (paper & electronic)
• Key Informant, Focus Groups
• Windshield Survey
• Local data: clinic, hospital, AIHC
• Portland Area Indian Health Board Epi Center
• Grays Harbor County Health Assessment
• State of Washington
• University of Washington
• CDC: County Health Rankings, Public Health Law

and Policy, Community Commons

• National Data

Personal Opinion Surveys

• Attitude and Awareness Surveys

Survey #1 questions: 1.Gender 2.Ethnicity 3. Tribe

• 4. Age 5. Place of residence
• 6. Have you heard about the CTG?
• 7. Would you be interested in receiving info.?
• 8. What is the best way to contact you?
• 9. What do you think are the most challenging

public health issues in your community? *Tobacco use *Lack of physical activity *Heart Disease *Strokes *Diabetes *Obesity *Nutrition Habits *Other

Windshield Survey

Challenges

• Participation
• Multi-sectoral and transparency
• Conflict about tobacco
• Balance between Chehalis Tribe and Oakville
• Rural
• Health Beliefs

Underlying & Recurrent Themes

• Recruitment and retention of health

professionals

• People access care when sick, not for

preventive care

• Community and leadership readiness
• Attitudes toward research and data
• Racism