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Engaging a Community-Academic Partnership to Implement Community-Driven Solutions
TOOLS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE — Volume 22 — February 13, 2025
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Community priorities for making the Near West Side a healthier community. Content is grouped into 9 domains: health and wellness services, vibrant social spaces, investments in young people, strong and inclusive neighborhoods, sustainable businesses, high-quality and affordable housing, community-engaged public safety, public infrastructure, and alternative modes of transportation.
Figure 1.
Group concept mapping cluster map showing solutions within 9 domains. The map displays ideas for improving community health and quality of life contained in each domain. The smaller in size the cluster, the greater the interrelationship between ideas within the cluster.
The top-right quadrant represents high importance on both dimensions and contains 38 items. The bottom-right quadrant represents high importance on “healthier community” but lower importance on “live, work, play stay.” It contains 2 items. The top-left quadrant represents high importance on “live, work, play, stay” but lower importance on “healthier community.” It contains 5 items. The bottom-left quadrant represents lower scores on both dimensions and contains 26 items.
Figure 2.
Go zone for Milwaukee’s Near West Side with points depicting average rating of importance for each idea. Four quadrants represent categories of community priorities based on 2 dimensions: “live, work, play, stay” (vertical axis) and “healthier community” (horizontal axis). Each quadrant represents a specific combination of high or low scores on these dimensions. On the vertical axis, the higher scores indicate greater importance within that dimension. On the horizontal axis, higher scores indicate greater importance. Ratings for importance for live, work, play stay (y-axis) range from 2.80 to 4.62 (mean 4.14) on scale of 1 to 5. Ratings for importance for healthier community (x-axis) range from 2.83 to 4.76 (mean 4.14) on scale of 1 to 5. Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient r = 0.98.
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