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Douglas Mejia | Loma Linda University
City of Banning
CITY OF BANNING: TACKLING FOOD
INSECURITY AND SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE
HABITS
Three main projects:
Community Garden: Addressing Food disparity and inaccessibility due to price
Health Education Programs: Promoting healthy habits and exercise
Program Survey: Promoting more community work and unity
Public Health Issue: Food Insecurity and Sedentary Lifestyle
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From the residents sentiments collected in surveys, from comments
given in town hall meetings, and many expressing their concerns in
public forums, the City of Banning wished to tackle the issues of food
insecurity and Sedentary Lifestyles for this upcoming year.
To address the food insecurity and the lack of affordable and good
quality food, the city decided to make space for a community
garden. The first steps we addressed this year were of three main
concerns; where should the garden be built, what are the costs of
building one, what are the costs of maintaining, and how many
individuals can we reach? To answer this question we used ESRI’s
ArcGIS Pro software for selecting the best location. The main criteria
for the location was that it must be owned by the city.
To address sedentary life style changes, we analyzed the data of
participation and type of events the Department of Parks and
Recreations holds on a yearly basis. What we found is that there are
a lot of exercise programs with only a hand few having many
participants. We also found that when holding health education
events, participation for the exercise events and programs increased
drastically. We encouraged the city to plan more health education
events, as it increased the number of participants and brought in
more donations to help fund many other exercise programs.
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Experience
Working fore the city of Banning has been a great experience for me
I want to thank every individual for providing me with support and a helping hand
when I was stuck or found myself unable to find a solution forward. I am grateful
for the experience, from the interdisciplinary cooperative projects with many
personnel of the City and the WRCOG fellow, to the help of my professors and use
of epidemiological tools and methods to problem solve and better the communities
health.
Project One: Community Garden
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Location at Hargrave and E.
Theodore
Being split between Community
Garden and a new substation
Simple lessons and classes
prepared for education of the
participants
We are hoping to begin as soon
as the substation is ready
Location would reach 3,000
residents, and 10 min drive would
reach 95% of residents
Project Two: Program Survey
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We surveyed individuals from the
city, including managers from each
department.
Parks & Recs answered the most
Many want to add education-based
health programs to the exercise
events that occur year round
Project Three: Health Education
Programs
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Count of Program
by Type
20
15
19
10
5
0
2
Excersis
Health
Promotion
City of Banning has health-based
programs year-round promoting
exercise and an active life.
To strengthen the programs, they
want to add a health-based portion
Adding health education, nutritional
education, and variety in exercise.
2 Health based programs a year, 19
exercise-based programs a year
Goal? Incorporate 3 more classes
during the exercises by the end of
the year
Revenue by Type
40000
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
3657…
1125
Excersis
Health
Promotion
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