2014 Innisfil Health Survey
Update Presentation
Innisfil Community Health
Committee
February 18, 2015
Presentation Agenda
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Background
Survey purpose & objectives
Methodology
Survey Findings
– Financial Capacity
– Health Status
– Health Services & Barriers to Access
• Priority Areas
• Next Steps
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Background
• Council struck the Innisfil Community
Health Committee (ICHC) in 2011
• 2012 – Innisfil Healthy Communities
Assessment Report (qualitative study
through York University)
• 2014…. Still need quantitative data
– Partnership with Georgian College
Research Analysis Program to conduct
survey
2014 Health Survey
What are the needs of the community?
Survey objectives:
• Determine health status
• Find out how primary and other health
services are used
• What are the barriers to access health
care
• What are the health needs and services
required
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Methodology
• 4 page paper survey
• Sent to random selection of 5,000
residents
• Responses collected between June
and July, 2014
• 17% response rate
Survey Findings:
Financial Capacity
Do You Experience Problems
Affording Food?
Often
Sometime
s
Never
Do You Experience Problems
Paying Your Bills And/ Or Rent?
Often
2%
Someti
mes
14%
84%
3%
28%
Never
69%
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Survey Findings:
Health Status
How would you rate your health?
Poor
1%
Excellent
20%
Very Good
37%
Fair
12%
Good
30%
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Survey Findings:
Health Status
Number of Diseases Respondents Have
0
54%
1
29%
2
10%
3
6%
4
1%
5
0.2%
6
0.1%
46% have
at least 1
chronic
disease
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Survey Findings:
Health Status
Have you been diagnosed with any of the following chronic conditions?
Hypertension
Diabetes
Asthma
Cancer
Heart Disease
Mental Health
Arthritis
COPD
High Blood Pressure
Thyroid Disease
Chronic pain/Migraine
High Cholesterol
Stroke
Osteoporosis
Others
12%
8.9%
7.9%
7.6%
6.6%
4%
3.5%
3.3%
1.3%
1.2%
1.1%
1%
0.8%
0.4%
12%
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Survey Findings:
Health Status - Lifestyle
Days of Taking Exercise Per Week
None
13%
1
10%
2
14%
3
19%
4
11%
5
6
7
13%
5%
15%
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Survey Findings:
Health Status - Lifestyle
Number of Fruits/ Vegetables
Respondents Taking Per Day
None
2%
1-2
28%
38%
3-4
5-6
20%
7-8
9-10
11 or
more
6%
4%
2%
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Survey Findings:
Barriers to Adopting Healthy
Behaviours
Nothing
32%
Lack of time
34%
Hard to break habits
25%
Lack of money
21%
Lack of needed services
10%
Transportation
7%
Childcare issues
6%
Lack of social support
6%
Health issues
Need more information
Others
5%
2%
4%
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Survey Findings:
Health Services – Access to
Family Doctor
94%
have a
Family
Doctor
Yes
No
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Survey Findings:
Health Services – Where servce is
accessed
Where is your family doctor located?
Barrie
46.3%
Newmarket
10.0%
Innisfil
8.9%
Toronto
Bradford
8.3%
4.7%
Markham/Richmond Hill/King City
3.6%
Aurora
3.2%
Vaughan
2.1%
Mississauga/oakville/etobicoke
1.9%
Georgian Triangle/Midhurst
1.9%
New Tecumseth/Schomberg
1.8%
Scarborough/Ajax/Oshawa
1.7%
Brampton/Orangeville/Bolton
1.3%
East Gwillimbury/Keswick
1.1%
Others
3.3%
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Survey Findings:
Barriers to Access Health Care
40%
travel
more
than 30
minutes
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Survey Findings:
Barriers to Access to Health Care
• 50% found the wait time not
acceptable
• 36% found hours of services
inconvenient
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Survey Findings:
Barriers to Access Health Care
• Only 7% expressed transportation to
services as a challenge
• 64% were not aware of the 2 new
family doctors in Stroud
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Survey Findings:
Health Services
Service used in
previous year
Hospital clinic / lab
%
Respondents
who used
service
50%
Average
# of
visits
3
Walk-in / Afterhours
clinic
ER
34%
2
* 28%
2
Urgent Care Centre
24%
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* Half of those who used ER did so because they could not
access their doctor
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Survey Findings:
Health Services
31% require other services
Personal / emotional issues
12%
Senior care issues
8%
Family issues
4%
Child/youth issues
3%
Couple / relationship issues
3%
Sexual health issues
Midwife
Other issues
1%
0.4%
2%
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Priority Areas
• Chronic Disease
• Mental Health
• Healthy living (nutrition & physical
activity)
• Local health services
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Next Steps
Community Hub ideal service model
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Next Steps
• Meeting with LHIN to determine roles
and opportunities for partnership
• Initiating discussions with businesses
and health-related organizations to
partner with the Town to develop a
Community Hub
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