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HCCCH Research Minutes 10-09-01

Attending: Jim Fisher, Barbara Peppey, Helena Peterson

Agenda:
Statewide Committee on Research

Statewide Measures

Dialog Guide - Database and codes

Implementing Focus Groups

I. State wide committee on Research - Barbara Peppey

A) Not enough discussion of the statewide

B) Person who created the school system has been hired to create the community system.

C) Barbara suggests HCCCH sponsor a legislator's breakfast

II. Community indicators

A) Mary Beth Welton - PTM -may be introducing a new indicator

B) Action: Jim will contact PTM about indicator

C) Revise post card - especially garden question

D) Target - mail by 10-16-01, follow up two weeks hence

III. Dialog data base

A) New codes (alphabetized brainstorming list, to be streamlined!)

1) Healthy community

(a) access to healthcare and medications

(b) building of historic or public value

(c) coordinates resources

(d) crisis help

(e) health and social institutions and programs (e.g. social services)

(f) healthy people

(g) people connecting

(h) people who care for their own health

(i) voluntary associations (charitable, fraternal, recreational)

2) Issues

(a) business failure

(b) Change - vistas to sprawl

(c) Child - spouse abuse

(d) disparities - "haves" and "have-nots"

(e) disrespect for history

(f) divisiveness - local v. from away, community control

(g) Families under stress

(h) Geography - Isolation

(i) Kids

(j) Latch-key kids

(k) Risk behaviors

(l) Stress

(m) Substance abuse

(n) tax, cost of living

(o) Transportation

· Safety

· Traffic

· Transit

(p) Violence

3) Barriers

(a) Away v. Local

(b) Class-ism

(c) Dependency

4) Involve and Motivate

(a) Benefits for elderly

(b) Benefits for youth

(c) Can make a difference

(d) Crisis

(e) One-to-one contact

(f) Other people working on something

(g) Personal or family benefit

(h) Specific project - time limited

IV. Focus Groups

A) Kim and Barbara will each do two focus groups with kids

B) Need to have a design for these- something like the dialogue guide

C) Barbara will refine a script

D) May do another group or groups with adults

Next Meeting: Tuesday November 13th, 8:30 am, Downeast Health