Letter from the Chief Medical Advisor, William Kim, M.D.
In 2005, Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) created a data-driven strategic planning process to prioritize funding and program implementation. The strategic plan calls for creating a community needs assessment, critically analyzing community health data and cultivating strategic partnerships to advance and realize BCHD’s vision and goals.
One such partnership is BCHD’s long-standing, successful relationship with the Blue Zones Project®. The national community well-being initiative, launched in the Beach Cities in 2010, provides BCHD with unique access to a wealth of community-level data through the bi-annually administered Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index™(WBI). The WBI is a widely acclaimed measure of community, state and national well-being which BCHD uses to inform the development of strategic programs and policies aimed at measurably improving public health and well-being in the Beach Cities. In addition, BCHD also incorporates strategic directions and target priorities from the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy and Healthy People 2020.
The Community Health Report addresses our primary strategic planning goal of measurably improving the health and well-being of Beach Cities residents across the lifespan. Based on the evidence-based process outlined above, our 2019-2022 health priorities will include:
- Nutrition and Exercise
- Social-Emotional Health
- Substance Use
- Cognitive Health
- California Healthy Kids Survey
• School Climate, Substance Use, and Well-being Among California Students 2015-2017
• Hermosa Beach City Elementary Secondary 2017-2018 Main Report
• LAUSD - CHKS Sample Secondary 2016-2017 Main Report
• Manhattan Beach Unified Secondary 2017-2018 Main Report
• Redondo Beach Unified Secondary 2017-2018 Main Report
• Statewide CHKS Elementary 2015-2017 Main Report
- Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index
• Beach Cities Blue Zones Project 2017 WBI City Level Summary Data
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health City and Community Health Profiles
• City And Community Health Profiles: Manhattan Beach
• City And Community Health Profiles: Redondo Beach
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Community Health Needs Assessment
- Southern California Association of Governments Local Profiles
• Profile of the City of Manhattan Beach
• Profile of the City of Hermosa Beach
• Profile of the City of Redondo Beach
• Profile of Los Angeles County
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
• Disability Characteristics
• Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months
• Selected Characteristics of Health Insurance Coverage in the United States
• ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: Hermosa Beach
• Population 65 Years and Over in the United States: Los Angeles County
• ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: Manhattan Beach
• ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: Redondo Beach
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