1 Justin Tucker
Assistant to the City Manager
December 7th, 2022
Blue Zones Community
Assessment and Project
Ask
Does Council wish to direct staff to
facilitate a Community Assessment for
a potential Blue Zones Project in
Corona.
2 Blue Zones Activate
RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM – PUBLIC HEALTH
Deployed to 4.4M+ lives in 71 Community Projects across 14 States Blue Zones Projects
In Active Development
Adventist Health Partnership
| 2020 | PAGE | 2021 | PAGE
Backed by research of the original blue zones - rare longevity hotspots where people thrive into their 100’s –
we help people live better, longer.
By optimizing our human-made surroundings for sustainable well-being improvement - we transform communities.
5 Blue Zones Longevity
Hot Spots
Sardinia, Italy
Ikaria, Greece
Okinawa, Japan
Nicoya Peninsula, Costa
Rica
Loma Linda, California
CONFIDENTIAL | 2022 | PAGE
Blue Zones – Solution Model
POWER 9®
Lifestyles of all Blue Zones residents
shared nine commonalities.
We call these characteristics the Power 9.
7 CONFIDENTIAL | 2022 | PAGE
Blue Zones – Solution Model
LIFE RADIUS®
Almost all Americans spend 90% of their lives within 20 miles of home. We call this the LIFE RADIUS.
That’s where we focus—implementing permanent and
semi-permanent changes to where people spend the
majority of their waking lives.
At homes, schools, worksites, grocery stores, restaurants, and faith-based organizations.
We make healthy choices easier—even unavoidable.
Where you spend your time and who you spend it with
is the intervention that transforms well-being.
8 | 2020 | PAGE | 2021 | PAGE
Blue Zones Community Transformation
Blue Zones Process
Built
Environment
Food
Environment
Tobacco
Policy
Alcohol
Policy
Well-Being/
Happiness
Workforce
Development
Health
Equity
ASSESS & PLAN ACTIVATE TRANSFORM
Readiness
Assessment
Expert
Guidance
Plan to
Transform
Align
Priorities
Implement
Key Policies
Build
Capacity
• Educate and mobilize local leaders and residents
• Evaluate the community’s current state of well-being
• Identify the highest priority challenges and
opportunities
• Produce and present an expert plan for Transformation • Prioritize, adopt and implement key policy changes
• Inspire citizen awareness and engagement
• Attract additional resources
• Raise the community profile
• Full focus on people, places and policy
• Prove and communicate the impact
• Capture value of being a Blue Zones Community
• Assure sustainability
Expand
Intervention
Prove
Impact
Leverage
the Value
Measurable Results
| 2020 | PAGE | 2021 | PAGE
Small Community
Albert Lea, Minnesota
13 Years
• 49% decrease in medical
claims cost for city workers.
• 2.9 years added to life spans
within one year of participating
in the Blue Zones Project.
• 48% increase in tourism
since 2012.
• Jump to 34th place in
Minnesota County Health
Rankings (previously 68 out of
87 counties)
Mid-Size Community
Beach Cities, California
10 Years
• 55% drop in childhood
obesity rates at Redondo
Beach K-5 schools.
• 15% drop in
overweight/obese adults.
• 10% increase in exercise.
• 17% drop in smoking.
• 12% rise in Life Evaluation.
• $72M in medical cost and
lost productivity savings.
Large Community
Fort Worth, Texas
8 Years
• 31% decrease in smoking,
reducing smoking rate to
13.5%
• Nine-point increase in
residents who exercise at least
30 minutes three or more days
of the week, now at 62%.
• Overall 2018 Well-Being Index
score rose to 62.5, a gain of
3.7 points or 6% since 2014.
Large Employer
NCH Healthcare System
6 Years
• A 4.9 point jump in overall
well-being among employees.
• 54% decrease in healthcare
expenditures over six years.
• $27 million reduction in selfinsured medical claims. • Nearly 60% of all employees
pledged participation.
• 40% decline in lost work days
due to injury.
$40M
Follow-On Grants
+12%
Life Evaluation
$20B
Lifetime Reduced
Smoking Value
+7%
Well-Being
Improvement
> 5% Sustained Improvement in Well-Being
CONFIDENTIAL | 2022 | PAGE 11
Assessment
Planning/Prep
Meetings
CommunityLed
Presentation
One-on-One
Interviews Keynote
Event
In-Person
Focus Groups
Virtual Focus
Groups
Options
13 Proceed with the
Community Assessment
Do not Proceed with the
Community Assessment
Pros Opportunity to:
• Engage with community
• Evaluate ways to improve
the quality of life
Aligned with Strategic Plan
goals (3) Sound Infrastructure
and (5) Sense of Place
RUHS is bearing the cost of the
assessment
No staff time for coordinating
assessment
Cons Some staff time Missed opportunity to
• Engage community
• Better understand
community needs
Ask
Does Council wish to direct staff to
facilitate a Community Assessment for
a potential Blue Zones Project in
Corona.
14 Questions?
951.279.3691
[email protected]
www.CoronaCA.gov
CONFIDENTIAL | 2022 | PAGE
Blue Zones Projects
Community/Campus Number Population Time Primary Sponsor Blue Zones Certified
Albert Lea, MN 1 20K 13 Years United Health Foundation/AARP Beach Cities, CA 3 125K 10 Years Beach Cities Health District Iowa (Statewide) 15 600K 5 Years Wellmark (BCBS of IA & SD) Collier Co., FL 8 350K 7 Years Naples Community Health
Fort Worth, TX 1 (6) 850K 8Years Texas Health Resources/ HCSC (BCBS TX) Hawaii (Statewide) 8 900K 6 Years HMSA (BCBS HI)
Dodge County, WI 4 75K 5 Years Marshfield Clinic
Pottawatomie County, OK 1 75K 5 Years Avedis Foundation Oregon (Statewide) 4 150K 5 Years Cambia (Regence BCBS) Rockford, IL (OSF Campus) 1 5K 3 Years OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Monterey County, CA 8 435K 2 Years SVMH/Montage Health/Taylor Farms Erie County, PA (Corry, PA) 1 20K 2 Years Highmark/UPMC/LECOM/Erie County Govt.
Barry County, MI (Activate) 3 60K 2 Years Spectrum Health Brevard, NC 1 35K 1 Year Pisgah Health Foundation
Durant, OK 1 50K 1 Year Imagine Durant
Walla Walla, WA 1 60K Launching Adventist Health
Mendocino County, CA 3 85K Launching Adventist Health
Napa County, CA 2 135K Launching Adventist Health
Upland, IN –Taylor University (Campus) 1 5K Launching Taylor University