Healthy Communities Assessment Report
Assessment of Community Collaboratives
Obesity Prevention Activities
NEW! Read about strategies to promote healthy eating and active living through environmental and policy change at 80 local initiatives across California. Prepared by California Convergence (CAC) for the Department of Public Health, California Obesity Prevention Plan.
E-Profiles powered by Community Commons.
Report Downloads
Executive Summary - Download
- Executive Summary (PDF download) — 5-page summary of key assessment findings
Complete Assessment Report - Download (Volume I)
- Healthy Communities Assessment –Partners, Methods & Results (Vol I)(PDF download)
Obesity prevention environmental and policy change strategies and evaluation methods for local governments and communities in 6 California Convergence regions and surrounding areas. Report includes:- CAC Policy priority areas where community and government leaders are presently working
- Opportunities identified for cross-sector collaboration
- Skills to share with others to advance policy objectives
- Technical assistance needed to accomplish policy change strategies
- Regional organization of CAC: perceived advantages and disadvantages
About the Healthy Communities Assessment
Prepared for the California Department of Public Health
The California Obesity Prevention Plan Healthy Communities Assessment Report summarizes the results of the California Department of Public Health assessment of obesity prevention efforts among community collaboratives, surveyed in August-September, 2011.
This on-line survey was conducted by California Convergence.
The survey evaluated diverse activities of current and potential members of the California Convergence network of collaboratives. The survey reached out to more than 300 community advocates statewide, with responses from 112 CAC members, and 80 complete survey responses.
E-profiles powered by Community Commons
The survey was powered by Community Commons, as an in-kind contribution from the IP3 nonprofit (co-founded by the Center for applied Research and Environmental Systems – CARES – and Community Initiatives).
The Community Commons site includes a newly populated interactive map, including 80 California Convergence member profiles. The Community Commons interactive mapping system provides data and contact information on place-based, multi-sector, equity-focused policy and environmental change initiatives in California and across the U.S.
This innovative web-based tool is a dynamic system that can provide tools for community collaboratives to share information and create a collective voice for change.
