Stakeholder Perspectives on a Culture of Health: Key Findings

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“…Similarly, increased access to healthy food sources may make a healthy diet more attainable (Bell et al, 2013). Just as importantly, food retail investments in areas that need access to healthy options may improve residents' satisfaction with their neighborhood as a place to live and promote additional economic investment at a community and neighborhood level (Dubowitz et al, 2015). At the same time, perceived and actual safety issues, such as blight, lack of street lighting, vandalism, and poorly maintained landscaping, prevent residents from taking advantage of opportunities within their neighborhoods (National Complete Streets Coalition, 2015).…”

“…Perspectives on a Culture of Health: Key Findings (Acosta et al, 2015), we briefly describe key themes here that informed the action areas and the selection of drivers.…”

“…As noted earlier, this included extensive literature review, using key words related to the action area and drivers, along with stakeholder analysis (Acosta et al, 2015) We created spreadsheets for each action area, sorting the initial measures by drivers and listing information on each measure's source and prior use. We then scored these measures against the measures criteria summarized above.…”

“…Action areas are the core areas in which investment and activity are needed to activate and cultivate a Culture of Health broadly, while drivers indicate where the nation needs to accelerate change within those action areas specifically. The report also documents the first phase in developing the Culture of Health measurement strategy and serves as a complement to other reports, including the RWJF publication From Vision to Action: A Framework and (Plough et al, 2015) and the RAND report (Acosta et al, 2015). The report draws on an environmental scan, diverse stakeholder engagement, and a series of inputs from core RWJF partners.…”