Health and Wellness Commission

Date: June 9th, 2022 at Call to order 7:02 PM A endees: - Kimberly Kelly, Ixya Vega, Margaret Karcher, Alexandria Svolos, Jennie Smith-Peers, Susan (Replacement for Jennifer Thoma for this mee ng to give BOPARC update) Approval of the minutes: - Minutes will be approved at the next mee ng Report on Council Discussion: Report of Current events: - Jennie men ons concerns about guns in the city. Follow Up Items: Nothing to follow up New Business: A. Survey - 220 completed the survey, we need to have more folks in morgantown to complete the survey - People think that food, heawlth clinics and screenings, mental health, walkability should be a priority - There was a variety of ages who filled out this applica on but not so much in sex, race or - There was a poverty assesment and there are folks who are at all levels and a diverse groups of folks who - For self assessed health- we have a lot of folks who are not feeling well about their health. The number of people saying excellent is slim and that is not a good thing. - Finding: people in higher educa on are saying that they feel unwell and they are typically the people who would be in the best health - When it comes to ques on about food insecurity there are folks that have answered. People are ea ng less than they should. The cost of food is worrisome for all families. They worry about the resources to eat healthy. A lot of poeple did not have informa on about food panteries. They look for things on the internet - These answers show us that we need to help people understand when and how to intervene - Jennie suggests maybe a bystander effect training - The number one form of transporta on is car and walking. People are very worried about being hit by cars than crime while they’re working - Morgantown is NOT ADA accessible- We will have a walk to make sure that the city is ADA accessible B. Policy from the state legislature C. Physical Ac vity - Working on grant for more of this D. Mental Health - Nothing to report E. Food Insecurity - Interest in community garden F. Substance Abuse/Misuse (smoking, opioids) - Maggie is working on a le er to add more support for Syringe bins. The group is thinking of loca ons and the group decided that Sheetz near the railtrail on beechurst would be the best spot since it’s near an area with a lot of folks who are using and an underpass - Training for smoking cessa on training G. Grants - Ac vi es for kids- WV has the highest obesity rate in the country and there is not a shortage of ac vi es if you can travel, but we need easily accessible ac vi es. You don’t have to pay, or drive far where they can just show up - Margaret and Kim worked on a grant to make a project like this happen to block off some street for kids in our community Public Por on - Juneteenth event in Fairmont this weekend, but there will be another in Morgantownin the future. Adjournment: Moved by Ixya Vega, Seconded by Margaret Karcher at 8:23 PM