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Community Health Priorities recently participated in OMSI’s “Crack the Case of Good Health,” where the CHP display helped start a conversation with kids about healthy and unhealthy neighborhoods. One of the goals of the effort was to get kids to understand that social and physical environments can make it easy or difficult to make healthy choices.
It turned out we didn’t have to do a lot of explaining. While politicians and policymakers may often be behind the curve, the kids already get it. They poured into the exhibit in droves, many visiting from all corners of the state, and even all over the country and from Canada.
Here are some responses that the kids (mostly between the ages of 8 and 12) gave when asked, “What can your neighborhood or town do to make it easier for your family to be healthy?”
“More sidewalks where people can walk”
“Parks people can live near so you can take walks there”
“Less pollution”
“Less drug dealing”
“Getting rid of the things that make people’s lives stressful”
“Gardens, at your home, or community gardens”
