Health and Wellness Focus Group
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Health and Wellness Focus Group
Date of focus group : January 6 , 2021 Facilitators : Hailey Phillips Demographics of the group
• Gender : Female ( 2 ), Male ( 2 )
• Race / Ethnicity : White ( 1 ), African American ( 2 ), Other ( 1 )
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Summary : Overall , all members showed moderate concern for the current health accessibility for Arlington , transportation being the consensus issue . One participant , a doctor , showed the strongest opinion . His answer indicated urgency of the matter . How would you describe your health and well-being and what could you do to improve it ?
• Concerns mainly around lack of transportation .
• Other solutions proposed : - Adding inserts in water bills . - City website page . - Word of mouth , social media . - Digital health screening through zoom as temporary measure . - Utilizing schools as locations for city events ( health fairs ). Does your health impact your ability to enjoy a better quality of life and to contribute to the overall success of the City of Arlington ? Why ?
• Answers indicated combination of hereditary , culture , and income .
• Restrictions on what teachers can and cannot teach proved concerning .
• Income was also cited .
Solutions proposed from Dr . Godwin :
• “ Bring the resources to the people at least as a short-term solution , until we can figure out transportation … partner with UTA ”
• Some sort of mobile clinic . Do you recognize the disparities in mental and physical health among different socio-economic groups ? Please explain ?
• Consensus yes .
• “ We need to make the healthy choice the easy choice .”
• “ City officials need to embrace healthy lifestyle and lead by examples … I never see officials at local parks or encouraging the public .”
• He said “ have Doctor ’ s teaching kids directly ” and mentioned AISD school partnerships .
How can the City of Arlington promote health and wellness ?
• One participant attributed the decline in satisfaction to “ stress , inflection , increased occurrences of chronic diseases like obesity ”
• Another attributed construction , road blocks , no paved sidewalks around apartment complexes as factors .
• Another attributed it to Arlington ’ s entertainment district “ swallowing people ” mentioned how YMCA membership price is high , grand prairie EPIC center .
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