Our sincere thanks to The Duke Endowment and the NC Hospital Association. Their help has made NC hospitals healthier than ever. |
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NC Prevention Partners On the Ground
Over the past few weeks staff members from NC Prevention Partners have been traveling across the country to national conferences as well as to hospitals in NC.
Here are some of the places you might have seen us lately:
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Dear Prevention Partners,
Thank you for your dedication in helping to make NC a healthier state. Below, please find our latest news and information to help make NC hospitals even healthier.
In this issue:
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Hospital Conference Call: Focus on Employer Role in a Quit-Tobacco System
 Please mark your calendar for the next statewide hospital conference call on September 1, 2009 from 9:00-10:00am.
We will provide a tutorial on our new online Work Healthy Assessment. It is a simple online tool that evaluates healthy policies in the workplace and guides employers to help their employees quit tobacco, eat healthier and exercise more. Through our grant with The Duke Endowment, the assessment, which is valued at $1000 for access, is available free to NC Hospitals. The assessment will help you put all of the pieces of worksite wellness together and identify clear action steps for continuous improvement in all three prevention focus areas.
During the tutorial, we will walk through the section of the Work Healthy Assessment that evaluates an employer's role in helping employees quit tobacco.
It is recommended that a wellness representative be present for this conference call.
To participate in the phone call, or for questions,
contact Heather Mountz at NCPP: heather@ncpreventionpartners.org
919-969-7022 ext 210
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WFUBMC Open House a Huge Success!
Thanks to all of those that attended the Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Center Healthy Food Open House on August
18th. More than 60 people representing 24 hospitals, US Foodservice,
Sodexo, ARAMARK, Morrison's Management Specialists, and other project partners
got the chance to see a healthy food environment in action. The team
at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center along with our Centers of Excellence did a great job showing the benefits of
implementing the core principles of the Healthy Food in Hospitals
project. Special thanks to the foodservices and ActionHealth teams
at WFUBMC for their contributions in providing delicious, healthy meals
and informative tours. To view photos from the event click here. Stay
tuned for the dates for our next Open House and other great events.
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ASAP Bringing Local Foods to NC Hospitals
 Hospitals have the potential to act not only as a resource
to treat the sick, but as a community role model for proactive healthy
choices. Featuring fresh local foods and offering food and farm related
educational programming both improves public health and sustains farms. Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture
Project (ASAP) helps create and expand local food markets that will
preserve our agricultural heritage, provide access to fresh, healthy
food, and keep our farmers farming. ASAP also has a
strong educational component designed to build positive relationships with
fresh local food through cooking classes, field trips, and gardens. In 2009, ASAP is
conducting a pilot Farm to Hospital program in Western North Carolina, offering
a range of services to hospital food service, administration, staff, patients,
and the community. This pilot program, funded through the Golden LEAF
Foundation, includes services such as Local Food Guides distribution and
support sourcing local food. ASAP also consults on educational programs such as
cooking classes, wellness programs, field trips, marketing and promotions.
For more information, contact Molly Nicholie, Program Coordinator at molly@asapconnections.org.
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Next Fax Referral Challenge in Progress
 The Fax Referral Challenge started July 1 and will run through April 2010. Everyone has a good chance to win an award, so send in your fax referral form to the NC Quitline to help employees and patients quit tobacco. Visit our Web site today to learn more about the Challenge and download a copy of the form.Click here to view detailed reports from the Challenge.
Questions? Please contact Katie Weber at 919-969-7022 x 201 or katie@ncpreventionpartners.org. |
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Take pride in your hard work!
Remember to promote your 100% Tobacco Free campus policy and/or your Red Apple Status on your hospital website. You can use your website as a resource for patients and visitors to learn about your hospital's tobacco cessation resources as well as your Healthy Food Environment initiative. |
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Starting the Conversation Series available in Spanish
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