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Image Descriptions for From Believing to Becoming

March 18, 2025

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Figure 1

Robust support for 11 Vital Conditions reported. Click the image description link for a summary and table of the values presented.

Figure 1

Presentation

The figure contains a bar graph showing the importance survey respondents assigned to 11 vital conditions ranging from "very important" to "not important at all." Robust support for all vital conditions was reported.

Values

Vital Condition Very important Somewhat important Only a little important Not important at all Don't know/No opinion
Ensuring access to safe, affordable, and quality health care 59% 26% 7% 4% 5%
Providing stable, affordable, and humane housing 55% 27% 8% 4% 6%
Ensuring opportunities for civic engagement (voting, community service, political action) 52% 28% 10% 4% 6%
Protecting individuals from the adverse effects of climate change 45% 28% 11% 11% 7%
Ensuring opportunities for meaningful work and wealth building 49% 31% 9% 5% 7%
Creating and sustaining opportunities for lifelong learning 51% 30% 8% 4% 6%
Ensuring that individuals have access to reliable transportation. 48% 32% 10% 5% 6%
Ensuring access to nutritious food and safe drinking water. 63% 23% 6% 3% 5%
Ensuring freedom from trauma, violence, and crime. 62% 23% 6% 4% 5%
Supporting civil and human rights. 59% 24% 7% 4% 6%
Ensuring freedom from stigma, discrimination, and oppression. 57% 25% 8% 4% 6%

Figure 2

The Vital Conditions of Health infographic. Click on the image description link for detail.

Figure 2

Image credit: The Rippel Foundation

Presentation

Infographic describing the vital conditions framework. A circle is divided in half. One half shows the vital conditions: basic needs for health and safety, lifelong learning, meaningful work and wealth, humane housing, thriving natural world, and reliable transportation. The second half shows urgent services: acute care for illness or injury, addiction treatment, crime response, environmental cleanup, unemployment and food assistance, and homeless services. In the center is belonging and civic muscle.

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