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South LA CPR initiative seeks Gardena council input after multilingual focus groups show low bystander CPR rates
Summary
Public-health workers from the Lundquist Institute briefed the council on a South LA CPR initiative that completed focus groups in English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean and is asking council members to take part in one-on-one interviews to help shape local outreach and CPR training.
Representatives of the South LA CPR initiative at Harbor–UCLA’s Lundquist Institute asked Gardena councilmembers on June 24 for help shaping a community CPR-training campaign after focus groups revealed low bystander CPR rates in parts of South Los Angeles, including Gardena.
The presenters said focus groups completed in English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean showed gaps in community knowledge about bystander CPR; staff cited county data showing only 17 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac-arrest victims in Gardena received bystander CPR in 2021, below the Los Angeles County average of 39 percent for the same period. The project team said it is moving from focus groups into an intervention phase and is seeking one-on-one Zoom interviews (30–60 minutes) with elected officials to ensure outreach reflects local needs and values.
Why it matters: Increasing bystander CPR training is a low-cost public-health intervention that can raise survival from cardiac arrest in the community. The initiative said it will offer training and materials in multiple languages and asked the council to help recruit participants and advise on culturally appropriate messaging.
How to engage: Project staff encouraged interested council members to contact the city manager’s office to coordinate interviews and asked residents to follow the initiative on Instagram and Facebook at South LA CPR Initiative for updates and multilingual resources.
