1. “Be Well” Survey
Presentation for Health Promotion and Community Development
Developing Health Promotion and Community Development Measures That Matters
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2015

2. 2
Medium and Long-term Outcomes:
• Improved capacity of communities to be involved in decision-making about their
health;
• Improved Health Equity across Sectors;
• Improved functioning, health, resilience and wellbeing of Individuals, families
and communities;
• Improved level and distribution of population health and wellbeing.
Direct Outcomes:
Increased civic
engagement and
social capital
Direct Outcomes:
Increased community
capacity-building with
empowered clients to
address the determinants
of health elements of
their health needs
Direct Outcomes:
Increased
community
partnerships
Model of Health and Wellbeing Logic Model

3. Anticipated Trillium Project Outcomes
1. Align CHC Model of Health and Wellbeing with the CIW
framework and develop CIW survey tools.
2. Improve ability of health centres to measure and
strengthen wellbeing initiatives for clients and
communities served using adapted CIW survey tools.
3. Enhance ability of centres to deliver and evaluate
effective health promotion and community
development initiatives.
4. Increase and improve community-based collaborative
initiatives.

4. Purposes of the “Be Well” Survey
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• Understand and start to collect data (baseline) on
the wellbeing needs of our clients and communities
using survey questions based in large part on the
validated Canadian Index of Wellbeing framework.
• Develop standardized core questions for wellbeing
data comparability over time across member
centres & where possible with CIW’s provincial data
sources.

5. Purposes of the “Be Well” Survey (Contd.)
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• Maintain comparability, validity, and reliability of
the core and customized wellbeing questions.
• Inform decisions around local, regional and
provincial healthy public policy and advocacy work.

6. Surveys Collected in Phase 1 (N=2,332)
# Organization Surveys # Organization Surveys
1 Bluewater Area Family Health Team 46 15 Mississauga First Nations 44
2 Carlington Community Health Centre 175 16 North Lambton Community Health Centre 26
3 Chatham Kent Community Health Centres 44 17
Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health
Centre
281
4
Centre de santé communautaire de
Kapuskasing et région
10 18 Port Hope Community Health Centre 140
5 Centre de santé communautaire de l’Estrie 190 19 Rexdale Community Health Centre 42
6
Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and
Community Health Centre
77 20 Sagamok Anishnawbek 178
7 Garden River First Nations 117 21 Serpent River First Nation 12
8 Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre 137 22 Somerset West Community Health Centre 64
10 Guelph Community Health Centre 97 23 South Riverdale Community Health Centre 81
11 Kawartha North Family Health Team 32 24 South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre 163
12 Kingston Community Health Centres 104 25 Windsor Family Health Team 222
13 Mary Berglund Community Health Centre 50

7. Highlights of the survey (N=2,332)
• Adult PC client biased (29.7% of 25-44Yr, and 36.8% of 45-64Yr)
• Nearly one-third of them have secondary, and another one-third
have post-secondary education
• 67.8% of them were born in Canada, and all of them came to
Canada before 2011
• Two-third of them were female, over half of the respondents
were White
• 32% of respondents earned <20K, while 15.6% ≥ 60K
• 69.5% has strong sense of belonging (Ont 68.2%, Can 66.4%)
• 36.5% has close family and friend to ask for help
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8. Qualitative Information
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9. 5.2 What is the impact of community development activity?
from Sector Evaluation Framework
Community
survey
CIW
5.2.4 Increase in % of
community members
reporting participation in
organized activities (O)
Future Greater level of community
engagement and reduction
in social isolation
Community
survey
CIW
5.2.5 Increase in % of
community members
with a sense of belonging
to the community (O)
Possible Greater level of community
engagement and reduction
in social isolation

10. Next steps for Phase 2 & there after……
• Phase 2 data collection was planned to begin in April and
continue until September 2016.
• Some improvements (based on Phase 1 experience)-
– making survey questions more understandable for clients and
community members [hyperlink]
– Standardizing some of the open-ended choices to improve
data quality.
• Some questions to be added on-
– Physical activity
– Food security
– Access to transport
• Establish a community health and wellbeing indicator bank, after
Phase 2.

11. Thanks
11
Questions?

12. Other Information About You
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13. Other Information About You -
Please select all of the ones that apply:
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13.9
46.3
21.2 19.8
21.6
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
New client
(Less than 6
months)
Primary care
client
Other
individual
service client
Participate in
group services
and/or
programs
Participate in
community
activities

14. What is your current age?
14
2214 responded to this question of 2332 total participants = 95% response
rate
Minimum age = 18 Max age = 95
Average age (standard deviation) = 50.42 (17)
6.6
29.7
36.8
22.2
4.7
18-24
25-44
45-64
65+
Missing

15. What is the highest level of education you have
completed?
15
3.2
7.3
30.4
31.6
3.5
15
6.2
2.7
Some elementary school
Elementary school
High school
Post-secondary certificate
College diploma
University degree
Graduate degree
Missing

16. Were you born in Canada?
16
28.6
67.8
0.9 0.7 1.9
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
No Yes Prefer not
to answer
Do not
know
Missing

17. Were you born in Canada?
If NO, what year did you arrive in Canada?
17
1.2 7
7.9
8.9
10.9
16.2
20.7
27.2
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010

18. Which of the following best describes your
racial or ethnic group?
18
3.8
4
0.6
3.1
2
4.9
11.7
0.5
1.5
0
2.9
0.4
5
9
38.3
5
0.9
0.6
2
3.8
Asian – East
Asian – South
Asian – South East
Black – African
Black – Caribbean
Black – North American
First Nations
Indian – Caribbean
Indigenous/Aboriginal
Inuit
Latin American
Métis
Middle Eastern
White – European
White – North American
Mixed heritage
Other(s) Please specify:
Do not know
Prefer not to answer
Missing
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

19. What is your gender?
19
64.7
0.3
29.9
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.6
0.1
3.4
Female
Intersex
Male
Female to Male
Male to Female
Two-spirit
Other
Do not know
Prefer not to answer
Multiple Response
Missing
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

20. What was your total family income before taxes
last year?
20
22.6
9.4
6.8
4.8
4.1
3
9
15.9
6.1
13.6
0.1
4.7
$0-$14,999
$15,000-$19,999
$20,000-$24,999
$25,000-$29,999
$30,000-$34,999
$35,000-$39,999
$40,000-$59,999
$60,000 or more
Do not know
Prefer not to answer
Multiple Response
Missing
0 5 10 15 20 25

21. How many relatives and close friends do you
have who you feel close to?
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Total Survey,
N=2,332
Response
rate
Mean Median Mode
Number of
Relatives
2,179
(93.4%)
13.8 4 2
Number of
Friends
2,155
(92.4%)
8.13 3 2

22. How many close friends do you have who you
feel close to? (Comparison)
Ontario, 53.7%
Be Well Survey,
36.5%
Canada, 51.8%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
22
Response (n) Percent
Ontario 5,986,492 53.7
Be Well Survey 786 36.5
Canada 14,882,663 51.8

23. How long have you lived in your community?
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Total Survey Response Mean (year)
(Average length
of stay in the
community)
Median Mode
N=2,332 n= 2,271
Response
rate= 97.4%
19.2
± 18.2
12 10

24. How would you describe your sense of
belonging to your community (Percent)?
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• Sense of belonging: n=2,296, response rate
98.5%
9.1
21.4
47
22.5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Very Weak Somewhat Weak Somewhat Strong Very Strong

25. How would you describe your sense of belonging
to your community? (n=2,296; response 98.5%)
25
9.1%
21.4%
47%
22.5%
Very Weak Somewhat Weak Somewhat Strong Very Strong
Response (n) Percent
Ontario 7,736,538 68.2
Be Well Survey 1,596 69.5
Canada 19,435,211 66.4

26. Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be
trusted or that you cannot be too careful in dealing with
people? (n=2,291, response 98.2%)
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44.6%
42.7%
12.7%
You cannot be too
careful in dealing with
people
Most people can be
trusted
Do not know

27. Percentage Reporting that most people can be
trusted (n=979, 42.7%)
27
Response (n) Percent
Ontario 6,331,731 57.3
Be Well Survey 979 42.7
Canada 15,295,627 53.5

28. How often do you feel uncomfortable or out of place in your
community because of your religion, culture, ethnicity, skin colour, or
sexual orientation?
28
42.7
18.2
14.3
16.9
4.1
2 1.8
Never Very Rarely Rarely Sometimes Frequently Very
Frequently
Always
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
(N= 2,297, response rate 98.5%)

29. How often do you feel uncomfortable or out of place in your
community because of your physical appearance, disability,
mental health or other health condition?
29
43.1
16.5
13
16.2
5.4
3.4 2.4
Never Very Rarely Rarely Sometimes Frequently Very
Frequently
Always
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
(n=2,285, response rate
98%)

30. Thanks
30
Questions?