PRC Community Assessment Results
The Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center conducted a Community Health needs and Assets Assessment. As a neighborhood resident of Neighborhood Planning, your opinion about the health concerns and resources in your community is important to us. This web page displays the results of the survey for Public viewing.
Q9. For each of your top three choices, please tell us why the health Issues are important ?
| 291 Total Responses of Important Issues . . . . . . . . . . P6 of P20 | |
|---|---|
| Mental health is a concern because of the growing number of homeless people that I see on the streets of NPU-X. Obesity has people on the path to a short life span and a poor quality of life as they age. The repeal of environmental restrictions has me concerned about increased corporate pollutions. | NPU 2 |
| I am a retired person | NPU 1 |
| Cancer is wide-spread and seems to affect every person in one form or another. Nutrition and obesity are an ever-ongoing problem in America and need improvement. | NPU 7 |
| Many people smoke around me, at work, train stations, neighborhood, etc. | NPU 2 |
| I would like to know how the environment of my own community can benefit me or affect me. I would like to learn more about better nutrition and possibly how to provide better food choices through community farming. | NPU 2 |
| The houses in the community are small and many are being rented to section-8 residents who bring the criminal element into / their homes (sons, nephews, grandchildren) who have criminal histories, cannot get jobs, etc. Subsequently, we are plagued with a number of drug houses in the community. / / Our seniors and other homeowners cannot live peacefully and comfortably in their homes because of fear of break-ins and other violence. Thus, hypertension, diabetes and other systemic illnesses are affected. | NPU 4 |
| More information is needed in dealing with these issues. | NPU 4 |
| I prefer to keep this private. | NPU 2 |
| Too repetitive! | NPU 5 |
| I would like to know more about how my health is being affected by the environment. Due to my allergies. / / I want to know about how stress affect the elderly, especially women. / / What can we learn to prevent violence against women and children. | NPU 6 |
| A healthy mind, promotes a healthy body which promotes a healthy life. | NPU 7 |
| Nutrition is the basis for internally caused health issues & pollution for externally generated health problems. | NPU 7 |
| Too many black people suffer from them. I think it would be interesting to learn how to prevent such health issues. | NPU 3 |
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