Date

5-2020

Document Type

Capstone Project (Open Access)

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Department

Health, Human Services and Public Policy

Major

Collaborative Health and Human Services

First Advisor

Elena Pantoja

Abstract

Monterey County Health Department’s Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Unit provides agency-wide support in promoting health equity. Obesity and diabetes rates in Monterey County are too high and there needs to be an increase of accessible data, which may help increase targeted prevention services. A health brief was developed for the purpose of increasing access to county-wide obesity and diabetes data and increasing knowledge of the role of how social determinants of health may affect health outcomes. A survey was conducted to measure the effectiveness of the health brief with results demonstrating that 100% of respondents agreed that the brief was effective in displaying data and was easily understandable. Recommendations for the agency are to continue developing health briefs and make them accessible through a centralized website to help increase targeted services and meet the needs of the community by addressing health inequities, thus, improving the health of the community.

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FINALDiabetes and Obesity Health Brief Final_5-11-2020 (1).pdf (339 kB)

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