STRATHCONA COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK
Health: Social Determinants
HOW WE WORK
The Table of Partners works within a robust governance structure under the guidance of a Terms of Reference. There are three permanent members: • Strathcona Regional District Governance • First Nations Health Council • Island Health Table of Partners: The right people working with accountability and Other members on the current Table of transparency Partners include representatives from: • Laichwiltach Family Life Society • North Island Employment • City of Campbell River • KDC Health • Success by 6 • Greenways Land Trust
West Coast The Project: Childhood To establish why childhood vulnerability in SD84 is high and • recommend actions Resiliency $50k grant received from Island Health, held by School District • Project Working closely with new Gold River Children’s Health Hub • Identify local assets, external supports and future actions • Building relationships and trust through engagement and action Collaborative Steering Committee: Strathcona Community Health Network • School District 84 • Nuu ‐ Chah ‐ Nulth Tribal Council (NTC) • Island Health • Success by Six •
REGIONAL HOUSING PLAN
Access to appropriate, affordable housing impacts: Ability to access affordable, healthy food • Access to school and education • Health & Employment opportunities • Wellbeing Access to mental health and substance use services • Ageing in place • Regional housing availability and affordability Communities with housing plans: Village of Cumberland • Naniamo • Comox Valley • Port Alberni • Chilliwack •
Housing In 2015 46.1% of renters in • LHA 72 and 52.6% of renters in LHA 84 are spending more than 30% of their income on housing Combined population • growth for both regions is projected to increase by 11% over the next 25 years ‒ 75+ age bracket to increase 250% ‒ 20 ‐ 44 age bracket to increase by 20%
Address affordable housing across the region and across the housing continuum • Identify projected trends • Develop shared data measurements • Identify policy interventions • Develop multi ‐ sectoral partnerships and collaborative planning • Positioning communities to leverage external funding and support • Research evidence ‐ based best practice in comparable communities • Identify opportunities to increase the availability of appropriate, affordable • housing across the region
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE TRANSPORT
Access to affordable, reliable transport contributes to mental health, physical health and regional prosperity. It is linked to other priority areas such as: ‐ Access to healthy, affordable food ‐ Access to affordable, appropriate housing ‐ Ageing in place Transport ‐ Employment, income and education ‐ Social connectivity and mental wellbeing Transport: Improve access to affordable, reliable transport Transport was identified as a high priority at both Health Network forums Other Health Network initiatives: BC Transit inter ‐ community bus service between Port Hardy • and Port McNeil Dialogue to Action project and Transportation Study in Port • Alberni
HEALTH AND WELLNESS DATA
Health and Wellness Data Evidence ‐ based decision making • Tracking population ‐ level changes • Informing strategic direction • Evaluating impact •
COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING
Providing capacity to leverage funding and • support Community Grant writing support and training Capacity • Strategic interventions to leverage funding Building • Cross ‐ regional sector ‐ specific training • Support long ‐ term, sustainable • interventions
STRATHCONA COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK
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