Case Study Briefs
Reports:
Building Healthy Communities - Del Norte and Tribal Lands
Building Healthy Communities (BHC) was a 10-year, $1 billion statewide campaign funded by The California Endowment (TCE) dedicated to creating and supporting health equity, services and opportunities in neighborhoods and schools in 14 different communities throughout California. Del Norte and Tribal Lands (DNATL) was the most rural of all communities TCE supported in this initiative.
BHC DNATL brought diverse groups of residents, youth, community partners, government agencies, and nonprofits together to work on initiatives and projects to guarantee that growing up in DNATL fosters lifelong health and success for all.
CCRP conducted research and developed five case studies on individual initiatives that were part of BHC DNATL. The case studies identified the work that was done, the methodologies used in completing the work, and key insights into what was learned.
Reports:
Community Health & Wellness Survey – Del Norte & Tribal Lands
The Community Health and Wellness Survey was conducted by the California Center for Rural Policy in 2013.
The purpose of the survey was to assess community health indicators in the Del Norte and Tribal lands
region.
The eight page written survey contained questions about wellness indicators pertaining to economics, education, healthcare, neighborhood built environment and community cohesion.
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Del Norte County USD School District: School Suspensions, 2012-2013
Application of “zero tolerance” policies have led to a dramatic increase in school suspensions and expulsions across the country. These exclusionary discipline practices have sparked concern as a growing body of research provides evidence that frequent suspensions and expulsions are associated with negative outcomes for students, families, schools, and communities. Moreover, there is evidence of discipline disparities along racial, gender, and socioeconomic lines with students of color, males, and low socioeconomic status receiving a disproportionate amount of suspensions. There is no evidence to support the supposition that these subgroups of students have higher rates of misbehavior or violence. Rather, research suggests that the observed discipline disparities may be due to lack of teacher training in classroom management skills, cultural competency, and possibly “conscious or unconscious racial and gender biases at the school level.”
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Del Norte County: A Look at Childhood Obesity, 2013
Del Norte County and Tribal lands is one of fourteen places in California participating in Building Healthy Communities, a ten-year initiative of The California Endowment. The goal of BHC is to “support the development of communities where kids and youth are healthy, safe and ready to learn” (more information at The California Endowment). The California Center for Rural Policy is assisting the initiative with data and evaluation needs. The following reports, briefs, and protocols provide information directly and indirectly related to the initiative.
Childhood obesity has become one of the most pressing public health issues. An extensive body of research shows that being overweight or obese is associated with multiple diseases and high health care costs. Del Norte County and Tribal lands is one of fourteen places in California participating in Building Healthy Communities, a ten-year initiative of The California Endowment. The goal of BHC is to “support the development of communities where kids and youth are healthy, safe and ready to learn.”6 One of the big results the initiative is aiming for is a decrease in childhood obesity. This report was prepared to provide some baseline information about childhood obesity in Del Norte County.
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