1. “Be Well” Survey Data
Presentation for Health Promotion and Community Development Developing Health Promotion and Community Development Measures That Matters
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2015

2. Purposes of the “Be Well” Survey
Understand and start to collect data (baseline) on the wellbeing needs of our clients and communities using survey questions based in large part on the validated Canadian Index of Wellbeing framework.
Develop standardized core questions for wellbeing data comparability over time across member centres & where possible with CIW’s provincial data sources.

3. Purposes of the “Be Well” Survey Con’t
Maintain comparability, validity, and reliability of the core and customized wellbeing questions.
Inform decisions around local, regional and provincial healthy public policy and advocacy work.

4. Surveys Collected Total Surveys: 2332 # Organization Surveys 1
Bluewater Area Family Health Team 46 15
Mississauga First Nations 44 2
Carlington Community Health Centre
175 16
North Lambton Community Health Centre 26 3
Chatham Kent Community Health Centres 17
Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre
281 4
Centre de santé communautaire de Kapuskasing et région 10 18
Port Hope Community Health Centre
140 5
Centre de santé communautaire de l’Estrie
190 19
Rexdale Community Health Centre 42 6
Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre 77 20
Sagamok Anishnawbek
178 7
Garden River First Nations
117 21
Serpent River First Nation 12 8
Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre
137 22
Somerset West Community Health Centre 64
Guelph Community Health Centre 97 23
South Riverdale Community Health Centre 81 11
Kawartha North Family Health Team 32 24
South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre
163
Kingston Community Health Centres
104 25
Windsor Family Health Team
222 13
Mary Berglund Community Health Centre 50
Total Surveys: 2332

5. Other Information About You

6. Other Information About You - Please select all of the ones that apply:

7. What is your current age?
2214 responded to this question of 2332 total participants = 95% response rate Minimum age = 18 Max age = 95 Average age (standard deviation) = (17)

8. What is the highest level of education you have completed?

9. Were you born in Canada?

10. Were you born in Canada? If NO, what year did you arrive in Canada?

11. Which of the following best describes your racial or ethnic group?

12. What is your gender?

13. What was your total family income before taxes last year?

14. How many relatives and close friends do you have who you feel close to?
Total Survey, N=2,332
Response rate
Mean
Median
Mode
Number of Relatives
2,179 (93.4%)
13.8 4 2
Number of Friends
2,155
(92.4%)
8.13 3

15. How many close friends do you have who you feel close to? (Comparison)
Response (n)
Percent
Ontario
5,986,492
53.7
Be Well Survey
786
36.5
Canada
14,882,663
51.8

16. How long have you lived in your community?
Total Survey
Response
Mean (year)
(Average length of stay in the community)
Median
Mode
N=2,332
n= 2,271
Response rate= 97.4%
19.2
± 18.2 12 10

17. How would you describe your sense of belonging to your community (Percent)?
Sense of belonging: n=2,296, response rate 98.5%

18. How would you describe your sense of belonging to your community
How would you describe your sense of belonging to your community? (n=2,296; response 98.5%)
Response (n)
Percent
Ontario
7,736,538
68.2
Be Well Survey
1,596
69.5
Canada
19,435,211
66.4

19. Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you cannot be too careful in dealing with people? (n=2,291, response 98.2%)

20. Percentage Reporting that most people can be trusted (n=979, 42.7%)
Response (n)
Percent
Ontario
6,331,731
57.3
Be Well Survey
979
42.7
Canada
15,295,627
53.5

21. How often do you feel uncomfortable or out of place in your community because of your religion, culture, ethnicity, skin colour, or sexual orientation?
(N= 2,297, response rate 98.5%)

22. How often do you feel uncomfortable or out of place in your community because of your physical appearance, disability, mental health or other health condition?
(n=2,285, response rate 98%)

23. What we’ll do with the data?
Understanding
Connectedness
Data
Information
Understand Relations
Wisdom
Knowledge
Understand Patterns
Understand Principles
Ref: Bellinger, G., Castro, D., & Mills, A. (2004). Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom. The way of Systems.