Community (C01-C04) Flashcards
What does the Community concept aim to do?
Support access to essential healthcare, build a culture of health that accommodates diverse population needs and establish an inclusive, engaged occupant community
What percept of US Companies report racial diversity as a priority?
55%
Women’s earnings are only ___ of men’s in the UK.
82%
What are ways a project can collect stakeholder input?
\+ charrettes \+ establish health-oriented goals early on \+ utilize post-occupancy surveys \+ supporting working caregivers \+ emergency preparedness
What does health literacy refer to?
C01 Health and Well-being Promotion
A person’s cognitive and social ability to ACCESS, INTERPRET and UNDERSTAND basic health information, as well as the ABILITY to ACT on that understanding to MAINTAIN health.
Low health literacy is linked to lower use of preventive care (e.g., flu shots), poor management of chronic conditions (e.g., high blood pressure) and lower self-reported mental and physical health.
How much does low health literacy cost the US Economy each year?
C01
$70-240 billion/yr
What are ways to promote health literacy and increase positive health outcomes?
C01
multi-modal programming, educational. materials, and communications
For ALL spaces, provide a WELL feature guide as a physical or digital copy made widely available / on display to all occupants. In addition to this, what else is required?
quarterly communications (emails, modules, trainings) about health resources, programs, amenities, etc.
What topics should a stakeholder charrette address at a minimum for all spaces?
C02 Integrative Design
a. health and well-being goals
- occupant health and well-being needs
- project’s objectives for health promotion to meet stakeholder needs
b. environmental and sustainability goals
In addition to the stakeholder charrette, what a tour of the space will be made available to all stakeholders that communicate what?
C02 Integrative Design
how planned or existing building operations, maintenance, programs and policies will support adherence to WELL.
The project establishes a health-oriented mission that meets the following requirements:
C02
a. outlines the project’s OBJECTIVES for HEALTH PROMOTION
b. CONNECTS supporting and improving occupant health to the organizational objectives or mission statement
c. incorporate relevant project GOALS or strategies established in the STAKEHOLDER CHARRETTE
d. incorporates the 10 WELL CONCEPTS
e. Health-oriented MISSION is made AVAILABLE to all occupants
How many deaths are there from natural disasters? How many people are affected in the world?
C03 Emergency Preparedness
90,000 people die
160 million are affected
What percent of US small-business close after a natural disaster due to lack of comprehensive disaster preparedness and proper mitigation strategies?
C03
40-60%
Robust emergency preparedness and response measures can help to prepare for unforeseen events, minimize occupant confusion, improve coordination and safety during emergency situations, slow the spread of infectious disease and minimize ____.
secondary mortality
A risk assessment is undertaken to address at a minimum:
C03 Emergency Preparedness
- identify project assets
- establish an emergency pathway and needs for vulnerable occupants or groups
- evaluation potential impacts of relevant hazards and identify high-risk hazards
- determine emergency management planning priorities