| Inspiring CPPW Coalition Meeting |
 On July 26, more than 170 people attended the quarterly CPPW Coalition meeting. The CPPW Coalition's governance team lead the meeting, marking an evolving change in the leadership.
Featured speakers included Dr. Maxine Hayes, State Health Officer, who spoke about creating a legacy of health and wellness in our county, state and nation; Linda Aragon, Director, Tobacco Control and Prevention Program, LA County and Sheelah Feinberg, Executive Director of the New York City Coalition for a Smoke-Free City, who spoke about getting legislation passed for smoke-free parks and beaches in L.A. and New York City; and Larry Cohen from the Prevention Institute who inspired the crowd with remarks about successful coalitions.
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 25. |
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Watch for "Let's Do This" around King County | |
A new health education campaign, Let's Do This, officially launched on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The campaign focuses on the relationship between neighborhood and health, notes inequities in our county and inspires residents to become involved. The campaign features Mia, an eleven year old King County resident who wants to be a healthy kid and notices aspects of her neighborhood that make it difficult to be healthy.
The campaign supports much of the on-going Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CCPW) effort happening in King County.
Watch the 30 second ad:
For more information about the campaign, to download posters and to view additional videos about sugary drinks, safe walking routes to school, and healthy retail, visit www.letsdothiskingcounty.org.
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| Tobacco cessation becomes part of mental health and substance use treatment | | Four mental health and substance use agencies in King County went tobacco-free in July. The agencies represent 17 sites and serve some of the highest-need clients in King County.
People with mental health diagnoses and substance use disorders consume 44 percent of all cigarettes sold and make up almost half of the deaths caused by tobacco in the U.S. But treatment for tobacco dependence is generally not integrated into mental health or substance use treatment.
King County's Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division (MHCADSD) is dedicated to shifting the treatment and recovery culture to address tobacco dependence. In 2012, all MHCADSD-funded agencies will be required to actively screen and provide interventions for nicotine dependence. Many sites will also implement tobacco-free campus policies. These changes will support client and staff freedom from tobacco use and protect agency employees, clients and visitors from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.
MHCADSD, in coordination with Public Health's Tobacco Prevention Program, is offering a suite of trainings that support these goals, including on-site technical assistance. MHCADSD also assists providers in sustainability planning and is providing free carbon monoxide monitors for use in treatment settings.
For more information, please contact Lindsey Greto. |
| "Move Your Body" at the Healthy Foods Here Walk | |
Healthy Foods Here hosted a fun-filled walk on July 22 to highlight stores in Seattle's High Point neighborhood where residents can find healthy foods like fresh fruit and vegetables. Healthy Foods Here participating stores in this neighborhood include High Point Mini Market and Walgreens, as well as the High Point Market Garden and West Seattle Food Bank. At each site people could sample foods such as smoothies, cups of fresh fruit or vegetables, and fuul, a traditional Somali dish.
To add to the fun, the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association and King County Food & Fitness Initiative kicked things off with a flash mob. More than 30 youth from the Washington Diamond Drill Team and High Point's Teens Against Drugs & Alcohol program danced to Beyonce's Let's Move at Walgreens. Click below to watch the fun!
The "healthy food walk" was part of the larger High Point Health Summit sponsored by Neighborhood House. The Health Summit had a range of activities from dancing performances, free health testing and healthy food samples and drew nearly four hundred people. Click here for pictures. |
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Seattle churches support local farmers and healthy foods with wholesale market |
 Moving Together in Faith and Health is hosting the Seattle Wholesale Market at Mount Zion Baptist Church on Wednesdays from 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m through August 31.
The program will help local communities in two important ways. First, the market will provide church food programs with affordable, nutritious foods that prevent the diseases associated with poor diet. Second, the market will connect local businesses with small and mid-sized farmers who offer fresh produce at discounted rates.
"As we move together to implement policies that promote healthy eating and active living in our churches, our partnership with the Puget Sound Food Network and its Seattle Wholesale Market will make fresh, locally grown produce affordable and accessible," says Mount Zion's Senior Pastor, Rev. Aaron Williams. "We are empowering our churches and our community by giving them healthy options."
Moving Together in Faith and Health is an interdenominational consortium of churches with one mission - promoting health in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods in King County through church policy and systems change. The group includes Mount Zion Baptist Church, First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, New Direction Missionary Baptist Church and Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church.
The wholesale market is one of many efforts that Moving Together in Faith and Health is working on to bring healthier food choices and active lifestyle changes to their congregations and neighborhoods. The consortium has also partnered with the Promenade Red Apple Market and the Central Co-op for more healthy food purchasing optionswithin their communities. |
| About CPPW |  In the spring of 2010, Public Health - Seattle & King County and partners were awarded a highly competitive Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant to advance policy, system and environment changes to create neighborhoods that foster health and reduce disease. For more information on CPPW in King County, please visit our website. If you have any feedback or suggestions on our newsletter, contact Katie Ross. |
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| CPPW video contest |  | |
Do you think your CPPW work would make a fabulous video? We want to hear from you!
Public Health is holding a contest to select four short CPPW videos, which we'll produce this fall. We'll partner with you to tell your CPPW story in a 3-5 minute video.
Please send us a brief (200-400 words) written description of your proposed video about CPPW work in your community, challenges and possible visuals.
Email your submissions to Nicole Sadow-Hasenberg by Sept. 1. Questions? Contact Nicole via email or at 206-263-8699. |
| Upcoming training: Tell your CPPW story |
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We want to help you get the word out about all the amazing CPPW successes!
Join us for an interactive morning as we explore the most effective ways to tell your organization's CPPW story.
After completing the training, you will have tools to help tell your CPPW story in a compelling way for the media and other audiences. Two training dates and times are available:
Tuesday, Sept. 20
10 a.m.-noon
Friday, Sept. 30
10 a.m.-noon
Both trainings will be at the Chinook Building- 401 5th Avenue, Room 1311.
Space is limited to 10 people at each training. Please RSVP to Nicole Sadow-Hasenberg at Nicole.Sadow-Hasenberg@kingcounty.gov or 206-263-8699. |
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| In the news | | |
Has your CPPW project been in the news lately?
New campaign bringing healthier options to North Seattle and other King County residents, North Seattle
P-I, August 2
Putting the brakes on childhood obesity, Q13,
August 1
$800,000 ad campaign designed to help us choose healthy, KPLU, August 1
West Seattle Health Fair, with a flash mob!, West Seattle Blog, July 22
Soda makers escalate attacks over obesity, Chicago Tribune, July 19
Let's Move! Cities & Towns Celebrates One Year of Promoting Healthy Living, White House Blog, June 10 |
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CPPW partners
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Change takes time and it won't be easy, but CPPW partners have already taken steps to build a healthier King County.
July 2011
Four mental health and substance use agencies, representing 17 sites, implemented tobacco-free campus policies.
June 2011 90,000+ SNAP and WIC recipients living in south King County can use their benefits at 10 south-end farmers markets. 128 registered PrideFest vendors pledge to implement some form of tobacco free policy. Seattle Public Schools adopt new tobacco-free environment policy. OneAmerica engages 100 Somali community members in Tukwila to assess barriers to physical activity. They overwhelmingly want to participate in more physical activity (83%) and need better access to parks and recreation facilities in their neighborhoods (43%). May 2011 Harborview and UW Medical Center implement a campus-wide smoke-free policy on May 31.
April 2011
The King County Board of Health passes Healthy Vending Guidelines to encourage organizations to provide healthier choices in vending machines.
Workshop on smoke-free housing for people with chronic mental illness gathers 50 participants.
Childcare centers across King County turn off the TV for Screen Free Week.
Total number of affordable housing units planning to go smoke-free by March 2012 is over 9,000.
March 2011
Seattle Gay News commits to not running tobacco advertising targeting the LGBT community as part of its partnership with Gay City and One Degree Events around Pridefest.
February 2011
A CPPW-funded media campaign increases calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW, a free resource to help people quit tobacco, by 40 percent.
January 2011
The Healthy Foods Here Produce Manual makes it easier for small grocery and convenience stores to sell fresh produce.
Highline Medical Center goes tobacco-free.
December 2010
The King County Board
of Health passes comprehensive e-cigarette regulations to protect youth in King County.
October 2010
A new education campaign spreads the word about the health impacts of consuming sugar-loaded beverages.
September 2010
CPPW partners working on comprehensive planning gain a valuable tool when the King County Board of Health adopts new Planning for Healthy Communities Guidelines to inform planning decisions and promote health by creating environments that allow people to be physically active, eat healthy food, and live in safe and healthy places. |
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