walking es caminar: engaging latinos in pedestrian advocacy presented by genoveva islas, mph...
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Walking es Caminar: Engaging Latinos in Pedestrian Advocacy
Presented by Genoveva Islas, MPHDirector, Cultiva La Salud
Cultiva La SaludOur mission is to engage, inform and inspire residents in the San Joaquin Valley who are low-income and live in disadvantaged places to become actively involved in promoting their personal health, the health of their families and broader community through the adoption of healthy lifestyles and through advocacy for policy, system and environmental changes that promote healthy eating and active living.
Background
• Latinos• Immigrants• Poverty• Economy• Infrastructure• Resources
Obesity Rates for Adults in Fresno County
• 2011-2012, 78.6% of Latino adultin in Fresno County are overweight or obese, more than 3 out of 4 and greater thatn the rate for White adults (64.9%).
-Source: California Health Interview Survey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Equity
Transportation Equity
Shoes that Fit Systems that Work
Challenges
• Limited Power• Participation– Language– Meetings
• Data• Practical – solutions
that matter
• Education– Cultural & Linguistic
Appropriateness
• Experience
Greenfield Walking Grouphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9fRACrCIZs#action=share
Walk to School Day – Orange Cove
Powerful People: Building Leadership for Healthy Communities
• Residents self-identifying projects
• Supporting capacity building.
• Cycle of advocacy
Civic Engagement
• General Plan• Active Transportation
Plan• Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Committee• School Wellness
Committee – Safe Routes to School