Attend the Riverside County Healthy Cities Network event April 11, 2016 -- Register here

CV/Link--Health Impact Assessment (Rev.12/8/15)

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• • Focus Group and Survey Methodology and Results
  • Community Workshop Summaries
  • Additional Data Tables and Figures

Healthy Eating is "Farm-to-Fork" and access to healthy food.
How is your community and dinner table checking out?

• What is "Healthy Eating"?
  • Is fresh, local and healthy food available and affordable in all communities
    and neighborhoods?
  • Are healthy foods and beverages promoted at your local market, restaurants
    and entertainment venues?
  • Does your school offer and promote only healthy foods and beverages to students?
  • Does your workplace or employer offer and promote access to healthy foods
    and beverages?
  • Do you have healthy vending options?
  • Do you have a farmer's market or community garden near home or work?
  • Does your childcare including preschool, afterschool and early childhood setting
    offer and promote only healthy foods and beverages?
  • Do you know someone who is hungry and can benefit from an extra bag of groceries?

Active Living is about being active throughout the day at work, school and home. How is your community and worksite checking out? What is "Active Living"?

• Is your neighborhood safe? Does your community support physical activity as a part of everyday life?
• Does your school promote healthy physical activities and incorporate them throughout the day, including before and after school?
• Does your school know about Safe Routes to School?
• Does your workplace or employer offer opportunities for physical activity?
• When was the last time you utilized a local park or recreation center?
• Does your worksite or employer offer breastfeeding accommodation?
• Check out your neighborhood to see if it is a Healthy Eating Active Living City at www.healcitiescampaign.org

The main goal of our built environment initiative is to design environments where our communities are living, working and playing in places that are harmonious with and conducive to optimal health.

Our physical, mental and social health is impacted and dependent upon how our homes, workplaces, schools, streets and open spaces are designed. In essence, where we live, work, and play affect the outcome of our health. 

Tobacco use not only negatively affects the health of the the user, but secondhand and thirdhand smoke is harmful to those in close proximity to smokers.  Here's how you can assist in making Riverside County tobacco-free:

• Join the Coalition for Tobacco-free Communities Serving Riverside County
• Advocate for smoke-free environments and get involved
• Encourage a loved one to quit smoking
• Set a quit date to stop smoking:  1-800-NO-BUTTS

For further information on involvement in any of these activities, please call the County of Riverside Tobacco Control Project at 951.358.4977.