[Verified Answer]: Design a participatory strategy to inform…

Design a participatory strategy to inform an evidence based urban heat island policy for a neighborhood in the Bronx. Using the Bronx neighborhood that you identified in assignment 2, write a plan to engage community participation to reduce the effects of extreme heat in the neighborhood. 1. Describe the demographic, socioeconomic, geographic, cultural and environmental features of the neighborhood. NYC data from the American Community Survey will likely be helpful here. 2. Use the Prevention Institute’s THRIVE Framework to describe In detail (use specific examples, tools, etc.) how you would: a. Engage and partner: identify and engage the support of key participants and decision-makers, including diverse members of the community. b. Foster shared understanding and commitment: cultivate a shared understanding of the determinants of health and foster buy-in for addressing them as an effective, equitable approach to improving health and safety outcomes. c. Assess: identify the assets and needs of the community or neighborhood and its particular health and safety concerns and inequities. d. Plan and act: clarify vision, goals, and directives; establish decision-making processes and criteria; and implement multifaceted activities to achieve desired outcomes. e. Measure progress: ensure that communities use resources in the most effective, efficient manner and that efforts accomplish the desired outcomes Instruments that may be helpful include: Prevention Institute’s THRIVE Community Assessment Worksheet Section 5 of the CDC’s Community Needs Assessment Participant Workbook