North Shore Community Wellness Survey

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is conducting a survey across the north shore beginning at the end of November 2012 (Nov. 24-Dec 16).

They would like PAC assistance to promote the survey in newsletters etc.

The survey can be found at: www.vch.ca/NorthShoreSurvey

The survey is designed to assess, at a population level, not an individual level, the health and wellness of our community across several parameters. Additionally, and most particularly part of the survey will attempt to elicit the “Child and Family Friendliness” of the north shore community. This is a direct follow on to the municipalities, school boards and other institutions having signed the North Shore Charter for a Child and family Friendly Community in October 2011.

The results of this survey and the results of a second survey that will assess the same issue but from a service provider perspective (under the auspices of the North Shore Neighbourhood House) will be presented at the North Shore Congress in February or March 2013.

The wellness survey will be conducted both “in the field” using volunteer interviewers as well as online. The expectation is to achieve 5,000 respondents and that the sample will be powerful enough to reflect, in some instances, geographic neighbourhood areas. The oversight committee for the survey includes members of the planning staff of the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver and the District of West Vancouver. This survey approach has been successfully implemented by VCH earlier this year in partnership with the City of Richmond in support of their community wellness strategy.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Megan Oakey, Healthy Communities Coordinator, Vancouver Coastal Health, North Shore on 604-904-6469 or megan.oakey@vch.ca.

Sincerely,

Brian O’Connor, MD, MHSc
Medical Health Officer, North Shore
Vancouver Coastal Health