South Tulsa County

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South Tulsa County

• The Starting Line

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Who Decides?

• Right Now
• Government
• City
• County
• State
• Federal
• Local HealthCare Providers
• Private
• Public
• Non-Profit
• Local and national agencies that fund healthcare
  services

• In the Future
• YOU!
• South Tulsa County Regional Coalition
• Neighborhood Associations
• Parent-Teacher Associations

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The Facts

• The next few slides are going to describe the
  HEALTH of your community
• Oklahoma, as a state, ranks 47th in the entire
  country in health
• The neighborhoods of South Tulsa County have an
  opportunity to CHANGE this starting where it
  matters most to you!

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Your Community

• Right Now
• Total Population 61,796
• 2 African American
• 3 Hispanic
• Education
• Just over 90 of your community 25 and older has
  a high school diploma
• Poverty
• 1 in 20 residents (4.9) of this community are
  unable to make ends meet (living below 100 of
  the Federal Poverty Line)
• Family
• Nearly 6 of your neighbors are single mothers

• What is the Future?
• More diverse neighborhoods
• Education?
• Jobs?
• Income?
• Family Situation?
• Who Will Define South Tulsa?
• How Will You Do It?

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The Next Generation

• Right Now
• Teenagers
• 1 of 15 babies in South Tulsa will have mothers
  19 or younger
• 2 of babies will be born to mothers 17 or
  younger
• Your Babies
• 1 in every 16 babies will be born at an unhealthy
  weight
• 1 in every 10 babies will be born premature
• 1 in every 2.5 babies will be born without
  prenatal care

• What is the Future?
• Increases in teen pregnancy?
• More babies born without enough care?
• Who will define South Tulsa?
• How will you do it?

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How Healthy Are You?

• South Tulsa residents are dying at a rate of
  nearly 1.75 times the rest of the country
• Heart Disease 453.8 deaths per 100,000
• Cancer 240.1 deaths per 100,000
• Accidents 69.2 per 100,000
• Diabetes 36.8 per 100,000

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Do you get the care you need?

• Hospital and Emergency room use

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When?

• Now!
• The Tulsa Health Department will help to organize
  your community as you determine your
• Strengths
• Themes
• Forces of Change
• You have our attention!
• Agencies throughout Tulsa County have gathered
  and agreed that we need you to tell us what our
  priorities should be
• What kinds of health services you need
• How they should be delivered
• Who should deliver them
• We cant make changes unless you are willing to
  work with us and hold us responsible
• By participating in your regions Pathways to
  Health Committee, you will have the opportunity
  to
• Work with other regional committees
• Shape future of your community and all of Tulsa
  County
• Have the support of all Pathways to Health
  Advisory Council member agencies which include
  government, non-profit, private and others who
  are all involved in health.

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How?

• Sign Up Today!
• All you have to do is make the commitment to
  participate in your regions Pathways to Health
  Committee over the next year
• Go to www.tulsa-health.org/community-health/pathw
  ays-to-health/
• Download the membership application and send it
  in or
• Grab one before you leave and fill it out!
• Take control of your future!