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Save the Date for the 2012 ASTPHND Annual Meeting
| | Plan on joining us in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan for the ASTPHND  Annual Meeting June 10 - 12, 2012. This gathering is an excellent opportunity to network with your colleagues and gain new information and skills. You'll also have time to bicycle, fish, and shop! You can learn about Traverse City goings-on as well as Annual Meeting details as they unfold on Cyndi Atterbury's Annual Meeting blog.
This year we will also offer two additional workshops on June 13, one for state fruit and vegetable coordinators and a second meeting focusing on breastfeeding, in conjunction with the United States Breastfeeding Committee.
Check the Annual Meeting page on ASTPHND's website for up-to-date information.
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Participate in Selecting the 2012 ASTPHND
Annual Award Winners
| | Each year at the Annual Meeting, ASTPHND leaders give out awards in five categories: Excellence in Practice, Excellence in Association Work, Excellence in Advocacy, Outstanding Leadership for the Fruit & Vegetable Council, and Outstanding Leadership for the MCH Nutrition Council.
 Look for the call for nominations in February! If you would like to serve on the Award Selection Task Force, contact Allison McGuigan.
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New Round of Salad Bar Mini-Grants
| | In December, the National Council of Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators announced three recipients of the 2012 Salad Bar mini-grants. These $15,000 awards will support salad bar projects in New Mexico, Alaska and Washington. These grants are made possible through funding from CDC-DNPAO.
In New Mexico, the state Department of Health will work with the Human Service Department's Food and Nutrition Services Bureau and the Public Education Department's Student Nutrition Bureau to build a coalition, host a conference and develop a communication network to support the placement of salad bars in schools across New Mexico.
Alaska's project will bring together the state's Department of Health and Social Services Obesity Prevention and Control Program,  Department of Education and Early Development Child Nutrition Programs, and the Division of Agriculture Farm to School Program to train school food service directors and staff on strategies to raise funds and implement successful salad bars throughout the state.
Washington will launch the SAFE (Safe and Fun to Eat) Salad Bars project to develop and implement a model communications plan to expand the number of salad bars in the state's schools. Project partners include the Washington Department of Agriculture, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Food Services Program, Coordinated School Health Program, and the state Health Department's Healthy Eating Active Living Program and Food Safety Program.
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Dr. Michael Lu Appointed MCHB
Associate Administrator
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Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH is the new Associate Administrator for Maternal and Child Health (MCH Bureau Director) within HRSA. Dr. Lu is well known for his dedication to maternal and child health, his leadership in the area of life course and his role as the current Chair of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality.
Prior to taking this position, Dr. Lu was an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and public health at UCLA. Dr. Lu received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, his master's degree from UC Berkeley, medical degree from UC San Francisco, and residency training in obstetrics and gynecology from UC Irvine.
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Sign Up a Colleague to be an ASTPHND Member
| | ASTPHND encourages you to bring in your co-workers as ASTPHND member s. There is no limit to the number of expanded members a state can have. Take a look at the ASTPHND membership page to view the definition of an expanded member.
There are many benefits to becoming an ASTPHND member. For example as an ASPTHND member, you can:
- Stay abreast of emerging public health nutrition issues.
- Strengthen your leadership skills.
- Influence important public policy.
- Participate in educational workshops on cutting edge public health nutrition issues and strategies.
- Work side by side with national partners to move forward key nutrition policies and programs.
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Recorded 2011 Annual Meeting Sessions
Available to View
| | ASTPHND is pleased to announce that we videotaped a number of sessions at the 2011 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. Click here to view sessions from Sunday, June 12th and Tuesday, June 14th. The materials to accompany these sessions are available at the same link, as are recordings of the Monday, June 13th sessions for the National Society of Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health (NSPAPPH) Annual Meeting.
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Get Involved in ASTPHND
| | The ASTPHND Communications and Membership Committees are looking for volunteers. Please consider joining one of these important committees!
The Communications Committee is responsible for increasing  ASTPHND's visibility and enhancing its strategic image. The Committee develops communications for the public and for our national partners to articulate the Association's goals, objectives, activities and accomplishments. The Committee works mainly via email and teleconferences. Interested in joining the committee? Contact Cyndi Atterbury.
The Membership Committee works to involve members in ASTPHND's programs and to increase members' skills and knowledge. Committee members plan new member orientation and networking activities for the ASTPHND Annual Meeting, mentor new members, and organize other activities that encourage membership and involvement in ASTPHND. The Membership Committee meets monthly by phone. How about joining this committee? Contact Allison McGuigan.
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| | The primary objective of this survey of public health nutritionists was to help CDC determine the diet and nutrition biomarkers that are of greatest importance for public health chronic disease prevention and control. The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) will use the findings from the 2011 survey to guide its development of a pamphlet to accompany the Executive Summary of the second National Report on Biochemical Indicators on Diet and Nutrition in the U.S. Population. Click here to read the Survey Report.
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SNAP to Health
| | The new SNAP to Health website, from the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, creates a "virtual town hall" for dialogue on how to strengthen SNAP. This new interactive site provides a forum to network with others on nutrition, food insecurity and obesity prevention issues. This website serves as an online community for discussion about SNAP and provides updates on the most current SNAP news.
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ASTPHND Completes Training Needs Assessment
| | ASTPHND conducts an annual survey of our members to determine their training needs and interests. We use the results of the Training Needs Assessment (TNA) to help us design sessions at the Annual Meeting as well as workshops, teleconferences and webinars throughout the year that best help our members gain the skills and knowledge they need to be leaders in our rapidly changing field.
Because the assessment results have been similar in the last three years, the TNA Committee decided not to survey the membership in 2011. Instead, the committee recruited a group of ASTPHND members to brainstorm speakers, content and approaches for each of the 2010 priority training needs. Click here to view the team's September 2011 report.
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CDC Webinar on Foundation Center Databases Available Online
| | In October, CDC-DNPAO held a webinar on accessing and using the Foundation Center's databases. The Foundation Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grant makers, accessible online and in libraries around the country. The Center's databases may be useful for identifying resources to sustain nutrition and physical activity policy and environmental initiatives. Click here to view a recording of the October webinar.
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About ASTPHND
| | The Association of State & Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors (ASTPHND) is a non-profit membership organization that develops leaders in public health nutrition who work to strengthen policies, programs and environments so everyone can make healthy food choices and achieve healthy, active lifestyles. We seek to create new environmental norms where healthy eating and active living are the easy and natural choices for all Americans. We welcome your involvement in our growing organization. Learn more about us at About ASTPHND.
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