‘Health’ Archives
The Growing the Backyard CHAT Looks Ahead Into 2014
African suburban farm growing food for the BYI and Hmong farmers delivering vegetables to the BYI Submitted by members of the Growing the Backyard CHAT Growing the Backyard Community Health Action Team (CHAT) has a clear agenda for 2014 to build a sustainable food system for the common health and wellness in the neighborhoods of the Backyard Community. The Growing the Backyard CHAT looks at 2014 as a year that will encourage backyard neighborhood residents to participate in all of the Backyard Initiative projects, which will include a healthy diet based on a locally grown sustainable food system. Growing the Backyard initiative collaborates with the Community Table Cooperative. This work includes community education about the necessity of exploring, planning, and implementing a sustainable food system in order to improve health and wellness in underserved neighborhoods which are now considered food deserts. Foods are grown which are specific to cultural communities as well as [...]
BYI Community Health Survey
WHY is the BYI Doing Research? In 2009, the Backyard Initiative completed a Community Health Needs Assessment. An assessment team was formed to create a picture of the current state of health and well-being of residents in the Backyard, engage a broad network of resident in the process, and inform and plan the next steps for the BYI. The assessment team included community residents, staff from Allina Health, the Cultural Wellness Center and Wilder Research. Based on the BYI Definition of Health and the Community Assessment, the following Priority Areas were identified: Perceived stress: the degree to which situations in one”'s life are appraised as stressful. Social support: the emotional, instrumental, and financial aid that is obtained from one's social network. Support is generally considered as an exchange or transaction between people Social cohesion: a feeling that members of a group have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and [...]
Out in the Backyard CLASSES – Free and open to everyone!
Monday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Zumba at Powderhorn Park Building (3400 15th Ave. South, Minneapolis) Tuesday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Yoga at East Phillips Cultural and Community Center (2307 17th Ave. S., Minneapolis) Wednesday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Zumba at Powderhorn Park Building (3400 15th Ave. South, Minneapolis) Friday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Hip Hop or Brazilian Dance (alternating weeks) at Powderhorn Park Building (3400 15th Ave. South, Minneapolis) Saturday 10-11 a.m. Yoga at Powderhorn Park Building (3400 15th Ave. South, Minneapolis) Saturday 1:30-2:30 p.m. Yoga at Central Neighborhood Organization (3736 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis)
