Community Landscape Asset Mapping (CLAM) Health Systems committee helped design three surveys: Looking Around, Eating Out, and Grocery Shopping 12 Chicago Lawn residents (recruited through community organizations and schools) were hired and trained to conduct the surveys 385 blocks, 44 grocery stores, 56 restaurants
CLAM: Looking Around Block Watch: 42% of blocks have houses with block watch signs 15% of blocks have block club watch signs 11% of blocks have both houses and block club watch signs 45% of blocks have either a block club sign or houses that have block watch signs.
CLAM: Looking Around Vacant Lots: –27% of all blocks have at least one vacant lot 220 total vacant lots and/or buildings 5 vacant lots and/or buildings were identified as “being developed” –82% of blocks with at least one vacant lot and/or building have some or lots of street garbage –29% of blocks with at least one vacant lot and/or building also have dilapidated windows
CLAM: Looking Around Street Garbage: –72% of blocks have some or lots of street garbage Of those: –33% have liquor bottles – 7% have drug paraphernalia
CLAM: Looking Around Graffiti: –7% of blocks have at least one graffiti marking Of those: –37% are identified as gang tags –52% (14 blocks) are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs –22% (6 blocks) identified as gang tags are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs
CLAM: Looking Around Dilapidated Windows: –28% of blocks have dilapidated windows Of those: –79% of blocks with dilapidated windows also have some or lots of street garbage –28% of blocks with dilapidated windows have vacant lots and/or buildings
CLAM: Looking Around Housing Stock: –89% of blocks have SFH Of those: –30% have vacancies –74% of blocks have MUH Of those: –22% have vacancies
CLAM: Looking Around Health Care: –1 Primary Care Physician –2 Alternative health providers –0 Specialty Care –9 Dentists Of whom: –3 spoke a language other than English »2 spoke English and Spanish »1 spoke English, Spanish, and Eastern European
CLAM: Looking Around Schools: –5% of blocks (21) have schools Of these: –14% are located on blocks with vacant lots –43% are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs –71% have some or lots of street garbage »Of those that have garbage, 26% (4 blocks) have liquor bottles
CLAM: Looking Around 9% of blocks (31) have churches 10% of blocks (37) have beauty salons or barber shop 14% of blocks (55) had at least one Police car present The “YMCA” and the “race track” were identified as the only 2 places to exercise.
CLAM: Grocery Shopping 44 stores total –4 supermarkets –23 corner stores –2 Walgreens –9 convenience stores –2 other 25% (11) are ethnic –81% of those are Latino
CLAM: Grocery Shopping Services: –3 had pharmacies within 2 Walgreens, 1 Jewel –2 had working blood pressure machines Jewel and A & M food mart –3 had signs with nutritional information –3 had aisles for low salt/low fat/low sugar foods
CLAM: Grocery Shopping 30% sold liquor, beer or wine 70% sold tobacco 27% sold both 59% had “We Card” signs –85% of those that sold liquor, beer or wine had “We Card” signs
CLAM: Grocery Shopping 25% carried both fruits and vegetables 34% carried fresh fruits –67% of which were of high quality 27% carried fresh vegetables –50% of which were of high quality
CLAM: Grocery Shopping 27% sold several choices of fresh beef 20% sold several choices of fresh chicken 16% sold several choices of fresh fish 20% sold several choices of fresh pork
CLAM: Eating Out 56 total –34% sit down –16% fast food –46% take out –2% (1) coffee shop
CLAM: Eating out 26 smoke free 50% of those not smoke free have non- smoking sections
CLAM: Eating out 43% offer vegetarian entrees 16 offer any type of salad –6 offer salad with dark green veggies –7 offer salads with romaine or leaf lettuce –8 offer salad with iceberg lettuce 10 offer a vegetable dish
CLAM: Eating out Chicken –11% offer baked –54% offer grilled –54% offer fried Fish –11% offer baked –27% offer grilled –48% offer fried Beef –7% offer baked –68% offer grilled –20% offer fried