From Jennifer.L.Young at state.or.us Tue Mar 3 10:15:21 2009 From: Jennifer.L.Young at state.or.us (Jennifer L YOUNG) Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:15:21 -0800 Subject: [Jog] ACHIEVE Obesity Prevention Grants for 43 Communities Message-ID: <49AD0334.7FF0.00B9.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> Congratulations to the 2009 ACHIEVE Communities in Oregon! Jefferson County - HEALTH (Healthy Environments Active Living Total Health) funded by National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Multnomah County - Healthy Active Multnomah County funded by National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Columbia County, OR funded by National Association of County and City Health Officials Compliments of ... ********************************************* Center for Family and Community Health School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley http://cfch.berkeley.edu A CDC Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Research ********************************************* Forty-three Communities Receive Grants To Combat Obesity and Chronic Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Association of County and City Health Officials, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, National Recreation and Park Association, and YMCA of the USA partner on ACHIEVE. Press Release, Mar 2, 2009 Atlanta, GA (PRWEB ( http://www.prweb.com/> )) March 2, 2009 -- The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD), the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), and the YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) today announced that 43 U.S. communities have been selected in 21 states to advance community leadership in the nation's efforts to prevent chronic diseases and related risk factors through a locally collaborative approach. This approach, called Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental changE (ACHIEVE), is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Healthy Communities Program. The purpose of ACHIEVE is to bring together local leaders and stakeholders to build healthier communities by promoting policy, systems, and environmental change strategies that focus on physical activity, nutrition, tobacco cessation, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. ACHIEVE is an innovative approach that brings together all sectors of a community to spur policy change toward prevention of chronic diseases. The 2009 ACHIEVE communities will build on the successes learned in the 2008 ACHIEVE pilot communities. The ACHIEVE approach aims to promote improvements such as increased access to and use of attractive and safe locations for engaging in physical activity; revised school food contracts that include more fruits and vegetables and whole grain foods; and requirements for sidewalks and crossing signals in neighborhoods to make them more pedestrian-friendly, among others. ACHIEVE fosters collaborative partnerships between city and county health officials, city and county government, tribal programs, parks and recreation departments, local YMCAs, local health-related coalitions, and other representatives from the school, business, health, and community sectors. State Departments of Health are also available to help provide state-based resources and information as well as linkages to other collaborators to help communities meet their goals. ACHIEVE recognizes the roles of these institutions as trusted community conveners and aims to combine public health expertise from the state and local levels with the experience of the YMCA and local parks and recreation departments that have expertise in providing community support and outreach. "The CDC is pleased to collaborate with and support the efforts of these national partners to make positive and sustainable community health changes to establish healthy lifestyles and environments" said Dr. Wayne Giles, Director, CDC's Division of Adult and Community Health. "Promoting healthier lifestyles and supporting healthy communities will help us meet our goal of reducing chronic diseases. Through community action and partnerships, we can create a synergy that assists people in making healthy choices where they live, learn, work and play." The communities applied for this program and were selected after a competitive review process that included hundreds of applications. Grant funding will be distributed among the teams to encourage attendance at leadership conferences, including an Action Institute where community leaders can learn about effective strategies to design, implement and effect community change. What's Next for ACHIEVE Teams Local community members will immediately begin to compose teams consisting of 10 local leaders. Each team will include representatives from the following categories: elected officials; state and local directors of public health organizations; business leaders from various industries; and leaders of local schools, parks and recreation departments, hospitals, and other community organizations. These teams will convene at one of two regional Action Institutes in Alexandria, Virginia, or Denver, Colorado, in July 2009. At this training conference, attendees will be taught by nationally known experts to effect change in their communities. For a complete listing of all funded communities, please visit the ACHIEVE Web site at www.achievecommunities.org ( http://www.achievecommunities.org> )or CDC's Healthy Communities Program's Web site at: www.cdc.gov/healthycommunitiesprogram ( http://www.cdc.gov/healthycommunitiesprogram> ). http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2198254.htm Jennifer Young, MPH, RD Nutrition and Physical Activity Coordinator Office of Family Health Public Health Division, DHS 800 NE Oregon St., Ste. 825 Portland, OR 97232 telephone: (971) 673-0245 fax: (971) 673-0240 jennifer.l.young at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jennifer.L.Young at state.or.us Wed Mar 11 16:30:04 2009 From: Jennifer.L.Young at state.or.us (Jennifer L YOUNG) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:30:04 -0700 Subject: [Jog] Fwd: Turnoff Week References: <0981514EDDF1934A8A3EC5D996A92C94AC89EE50@ode-mail> <49B7BC5F.F3C8.00E2.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> Message-ID: <49B7E707.7FF0.00B9.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> Hello, Turnoff Week is happening April 20-26, 2009. TV Turnoff Week has been modified to include videos and computers - hence the name change to Turnoff Week. We have the opportunity to promote Turnoff Week with materials that you may order free of charge: Get Active Be Healthybrochure is produced by Kaiser Permanente, and also attached as a pdf. There is no date on this brochure so that you may also use it year-round. Kaiser Permanente has produced many materials and resources supporting this effort, which may be accessed at www.kp.org/tvturnoff Get Active Be Healthyposter/flier has the date of Turnoff Week. Attached as a pdf. You Have the Power: 5 Steps to Guide Your Child's TV Time which targets parents of preschool-aged children. It is a one-page flyer printed in English on one side and Spanish on the other, produced by the Nutrition Council of Oregon. There is no date on this flyer so it may also be used year round. It is attached as a pdf. Bookmarks. These have the Turnoff Week date April 20-26 printed on them. If your organization would like to receive any of these materials to share with families and community partners let me know by March 31st. Please identify the quantity of the materials wanted by sending an email to robin.w.stanton at state.or.us. We will ship them to you within the first 2 weeks of April. More information about Turnoff Week can be found at the Center for Screen-Time Awareness website: www.screentime.org ( http://www.screentime.org/ ) Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely, Robin Stanton, MA, RD, LD Nutrition Consultant Office of Family Health Oregon Public Health Division 800 NE Oregon Street, Ste. 825 Portland, OR 97232 robin.w.stanton at state.or.us (971) 673-0261 (phone) (971) 673-0240 (FAX) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: lores-tv.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 129497 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Jennifer.L.Young at state.or.us Fri Mar 13 16:11:50 2009 From: Jennifer.L.Young at state.or.us (Jennifer L YOUNG) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:11:50 -0700 Subject: [Jog] Spring School Wellness Newsletter and Survey Message-ID: <49BA85C0.7FF0.00B9.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> Hello everyone, Attached is the Spring 2009 School Wellness Newsletter. This edition focuses on providing nutrition and physical activity resources for students during difficult economic times. Please take a few minutes to complete the newsletter survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=XbsrzkSIQTQHHhvCpVU7pg_3d_3d The survey should take less than three minutes of your time and will give us the information we need to make the newsletter better meet your needs. As always, please forward the newsletter on to colleagues, parents, friends... and please feel free to use any article or recipe in your school newsletter. Happy Spring! Jennifer Jennifer Young, MPH, RD Nutrition and Physical Activity Coordinator Office of Family Health Public Health Division, DHS 800 NE Oregon St., Ste. 825 Portland, OR 97232 telephone: (971) 673-0245 fax: (971) 673-0240 jennifer.l.young at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: School Wellness Newsletter 2009 Spring.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 331992 bytes Desc: not available URL: