Here are some different approaches advocates can use to make the most of the map for tobacco prevention in peer-facilitated groups:
- Choose a story about tobacco, and then examine how that health issue plays out in different neighborhoods. Using the digital story guides, compare and contrast how the storyteller’s experience is similar or different to participants’ experience, and how the services and systems regarding this health issue are in their own neighborhood.Explore what changes have been made in King County to support issues raised in the story. What else still needs to change in the storyteller’s community? In your community?
- Neighborhood Zoom: Examine and draw connections between the health issues and the services and systems of a particular area by zooming into a neighborhood: Who lives there? What are the demographics of the neighborhood? Take a look at income and ethnicities in the neighborhood. What health issues are affecting people who live in this area? Take a look at tobacco statistics. What kinds of changes need to be made?
- Compare and contrast: Zoom out city- or county-wide or compare particular neighborhoods/cities: o How are the demographics different across neighborhoods or cities in King County? (income, education level, ethnicity)? Take a look at data on a health issue. How are the data different across the different neighborhoods? Examine a system related to a particular health issue. (i.e. access to physical activity) What differences do you see between the neighborhoods for that service or system? Consider what kinds of changes are happening to support healthy living in your neighborhood or city. How does it compare to other neighborhoods or cities in King County?
- Are policies working? Examine a particular policy recently enacted in King County. What systems or services were developed to address this policy? For example, some King County hospitals have recently established tobacco free campuses -- Examine the systems and services related to the policy in a particular neighborhood. What evidence is available to show that the policy is in action? What gaps do you see? Examine the systems and services city-wide. How are they distributed across the city? What gaps do you see? What can you and your community do to make this change more effective? What can you do create other changes?
- Add your own content to the map! Look here to get ideas for how to document and analyze tobacco use in your neighboorhood.
