What does physical well-being mean to the Black community?

Dr. Jen Caudle, DO, discusses the physical aspect of well-being, based on data from the Sharecare Community Well-Being Index, which combines individual and social factors to measure well-being across people and places.

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We have the data to really be able to find those areas and ideally impact lives. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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The fifth pillar is physical. So what did you find here? Overall, if you just looked at things

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like are people exercising, are they eating healthy? Similar to what we've done in our flatten the curve survey, we're not as stark.

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But with that, we did the some disparities that we know that. Individuals who identify as Black or African-American,

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compared to those who identify only as White or Caucasian, are over two times more likely to strongly disagree

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that they have felt active and productive in the last seven days. Individuals were almost two times more likely to indicate that they have felt down, depressed,

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or hopeless more than half of days in the last two weeks. This question is actually a depression screening question.

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It is. We already knew from flatten the curve that people were experiencing feelings of anxiety.

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That stark contrast, almost two times as likely. The next level of that is using our community well-being index

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data, understanding where are those locations where we have high concentrations of racial segregation

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and dissimilarity, of economic segregation and dissimilarity, and specifically targeting those areas for mental well-being improvement

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infrastructure and programs. We have the data to really be able to find those areas and ideally impact lives.