If everyone at VCH got just one person to fill out the survey, you wouldn’t be reading this story right now! Public Health is surveying people who live on the North Shore. We still need about 4,000 residents to complete the health and well-being survey.
Do you know anyone who lives on the North Shore (this includes North Vancouver, West Vancouver and Bowen Island)? if so, please pass the survey link along to them. You could win an iPod for helping out. If you refer five friends to complete the survey, you’ll be entered in a bonus draw to win an iPod. Half of the people who already did the survey found out about it through their friends, family or colleagues – the power of personal communication!
If you do live on the North Shore, please take 10 minutes and complete it. You could win an iPad, Grouse Mountain passes, or a grocery gift card.
Take the survey online now
The survey can also be completed online www.vch.ca/northshoresurvey
We’re surveying North Shore residents to get a better understanding of the community’s population’s general health and well-being and the child and family friendliness of these communities. Students from North Shore high schools are volunteering as surveyors at public spaces around the community, such as rec centres, libraries, Safeway stores and Lions Gate Hospital.
Residents, aged 18 and older, from North and West Vancouver, Bowen Island and Lions Bay are being asked about:
- household characteristics (food security, dwelling type)
- neighborhood characteristics (community belonging, transportation)
- socio-demographic characteristics (employment status, ethnicity)
- and individual health and wellness (lifestyle, adverse health issues).
VCH and PHC staff who live in these communities are eligible to complete the survey.
Survey results
This survey will help both the health authority and North Shore municipalities set priorities and allocate resources, contributing to health improvements, reductions in inequalities and more efficient use of health care and municipal dollars.
The survey will also gauge the child and family friendliness of these communities.
Survey data will be presented to the North Shore Congress, a group of stakeholders which works together on shared issues that influence health, social well being and sustainability of North Shore residents, in early 2013. In October 2011, North Shore Congress’s Child and Family Friendly Community Charter was signed which positions early childhood development as a collective responsibility between parents, all levels of government, school boards, health care providers, business and community agencies. The North Shore Wellness survey results will support the monitoring and evaluation of this charter.
Deadline
The survey closes December 16, 2012.