The Lauderhill Health & Prosperity Project (LHPP) is focused on ultimately improving the health outcomes, economic prosperity, and environmental and safety needs of those living and working within the City of Lauderhill. The work from the LHPP will help provide future directions to increase prosperity, happiness, good health, and improved quality of life within the city limits and beyond.
MISSION
LHPP's mission is to improve the economic well-being, health, living environment, and quality of life for all City of Lauderhill residents so that it becomes a better place to live, learn, work, play, do business and raise a family.
VISION
The vision of LHPP is a healthy, prosperous, and safe Lauderhill, where residents, visitors, and workers can enjoy a good quality of life, within and beyond the city limits.
VALUE
The LHPP values devotion to our city, perseverance in pursuit of our mission, and commitment to the task of improving the quality of life for all residents of Lauderhill.
What Are Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)?
The conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
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What does each SDoH entail?
What do some of the SDoH have to do with health?
Neighborhood Built Environment
Focuses on reducing various environment and safety risks found in the community.
Includes:
• Equality housing
• Access to transportation
• Available healthy foods
• Air & water quality
• Crime & violence
Education Access & Quality
Focuses on improving the Lauderhill Education system.
Includes:
• Graduation rates
• College enrollment
• Early childhood education
• Language
• Literacy
Social & Community Context
Focuses on building and maintaining positive relationships with residents in the City of Lauderhill.
Includes:
• Promoting community unity
• Civic engagement
• Equity
Economic Mobility
Focuses on decreasing poverty and increasing access to capital for local businesses.
Includes:
• Access to livable wages
• Entrepreneurship
• Food insecurity
• Housing stability
Healthcare Access & Quality
Focuses on the overall health of Lauderhill residents.
Includes:
• Mental health
• Physical health
• Primary health
• Health insurance
• Health literacy
What Does LHPP Look Like?
LHPP FRAMEWORK
The LHPP utilizes a collaborative approach to address the social determinants on health (SDOH) that includes completing a community needs assessment and Asset Based Community Development activities grounded in Collective Impact 3.0 paradigm.
Collective Impact (CI) utilizes authentic community engagement to assemble a diverse group of stakeholders, including residents, to co-produce solutions for their community using and systems focus grounded in relationships and trust.
Asset Based Community (ABCD) is a locally focused and relationship-driven process that uses the capacities "assets" of local people (residents that call the neighborhood home) and their association to build powerful communities.
LHPP ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
What Have We Accomplished?
Community Needs Assessment
Overview
Population: 74,834
Zip Codes: 33311, 33313, 33319, 33351
Number of Businesses: 5,000 registered businesses and 10,475 persons employed
Medical Services: Florida Medical Center, Nursing Homes, Adult Congregate Living Facilities, Urgent Care Centers, various clinics, rehab services, and professional offices
Schools:
• Elementary Schools: Broward Estates Elementary, Castle Hill Elementary, Larkdale Elementary, Paul Turner Elementary, and Royal Palm Elementary
• Middle Schools: Lauderhill six to 12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and MathematicsMedical (STEM-MED) Magnet School, and Parkway Middle
• High School: Piper High School
Demographics
Race and Ethnicity: 79% Black, 9% White, 8% Hispanic, 2%Two+,
1% Asian, 1% Other
Age: 58% are 18-64 years
Sex: 56% female and 44 % male
Household Income: 57% under $50K, 26% $50k-$100K, 15%
$100K-$200K, 2% Over $200K
Poverty: 15.5% persons are below poverty line
Households: 24,628
Marital Status: 37% are married
Minimum Education Level: 40% high school, 24% some college,
14% bachelor's degree, 9% post grad, 13% no degree
Veterans: 6.1%
Data Collection
• Conducted 8 focus groups with a total of 67 participants (including 1 youth group)
• Collected approximately 235 surveys from Lauderhill residents using from the Caribbean Diaspora Health Nutrition Outreach Project (CDHNOP)
• Analyzed data from COL Police Report, COL Fire Department EMS Report, COL Water Quality Report, and Broward Regional Health Planning Council Data Report
Focus Groups
Conducted 8 focus groups with a total of 67 participants
Top 5 things that they LOVE about Lauderhill:
• Diversity / multicultural melting pot
• Central geographical location
• Sense of community / authentic, caring, resilient, supportive people
• Small city with opportunities to get involved
• City Commission and staff are accessible
Top 5 CHALLENGES about Lauderhill:
• Crime / police presence
• Taxes are too high
• Negative public perception and reputation
• Cleanliness / appearance of the city
• Information dissemination / not aware of resources in Lauderhill
Neighborhood Built Environment
•Crime
•Flooding
•Cleanliness of the community
•Access to affordable healthy food
•Not enough walkable spaces
•Poor lighting- particularly in the "poorer" neighborhoods
•Potholes
•Speeding
•No dog park
Education Access & Quality
•Poorly rated schools
•Not every neighborhood is zoned for a Lauderhill School so those who can afford to send their kids to school outside of Lauderhill do
•Lack of adequate resources and enrichment programs
•youth programs
Social & Community Context
•Lack of a shared community vision that everyone can connect with and buy into
•Community pride
•Separation between neighborhoods, culture and religion
•Activities for community to connect and get to know each other's culture and religion
•Resources and opportunities for seniors
Economic Mobility
• Taxes are too high
• Poor access to capital
• Small business owners with limited opportunities
• Workforce development
• High percentage of rental units
• Rising homeless population
• Limited access to affordable healthy foods High percentage of Section 8 housing
Healthcare Access & Quality
• Mental health
• Wellbeing of children in neighborhoods with high violent crimes
• Access to good, affordable healthcare
• Lack of preventative care
• Ethnic distrust of doctors and the healthcare system based on historic experience
• Lack of nutritional education
• Lack of integrated continuum of care and a resource navigator
Social Vulnerability Index
City of Lauderhill Health Outcomes
Among Adults
LAUDERHILL HEALTH OUTCOMES
COMPARED TO BROWARD COUNTY
• Adult asthma rate is 30% higher
• Smoking rate is 40% higher
• Incidence of high blood pressure is 18.5% higher
• Cancer is only 3.39 % higher; however, one census track has a cancer rate that is 72% higher than the rest of Broward County
• Lack of health insurance for adults 18-64 is 13% higher
• Poor physical health rate is 25% higher
Lauderhill Homeless Count
Lauderdale by the Sea
Lauderdale Lakes
Lauderhill
Lighthouse Point
Margate
Miramar
Lauderhill PD Data
The City of Lauderhill Police Department’s Records Management System captured 9,065 total incident reports from April 15, 2020 to April 15, 2021.
Crimes accounted for 2,378 offences that include: 746 Larceny (theft of personal property); 610 Burglary Conveyance (In Florida, Burglary of a dwelling, structure, or conveyance is the entry into or remaining upon property with the intent to commit a crime); 410 Aggravated Assault /Battery (The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines aggravated assault as an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury.);
247 Motor Vehicle Theft; 186 Burglary Residential; 110 Robbery; 49 Burglary Business; 14 Homicide; and 6 Burglary Building / Structure.
Domestic and mental health incidents accounted for 3,501 of the total incident reports which included 3,096 domestic violence incident reports and 402 Baker/Marchman Act reports.
Homicides
There were 12 homicides in Lauderhill from January 1,2021 to June 16, 2021. One in each section of the City except for Northwest Lauderhill. Census tracts 060303 and 060302, located in "Deepside" and Central Lauderhill, continue to experience the most homicides in the city.
Please note that the numbers on the maps represent the police department zone.
Broward County Public School Lauderhill Data
School Grades
Broward County Public School Lauderhill Data
CDHNOP Results
CDHNOP
CDHNOP Results
CDHNOP Results
Covid-19 Pandemic Challenges
Of 48 respondents, 65% noted facing problems during the pandemic.
Challenges noted included:
• Adjusting to changes to maintain safety (Physical distancing, masks, no social gatherings with family/friends
• Return of college age students
• Financial – Job loss, owned businesses shut down
• Medication & food needs, pregnancy and high stress, fear remains
• Online teaching
• Immunocompromised remained sheltered in place
• Family deaths due to COVID-19
• Increased work-related stress and fear of public places
