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Create your own customized action plan built on the same goals, strategies and activities that form the foundation for the Nebraska Physical Activity and Nutrition State Plan.
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Join us for the 2012 Partners N Health
Teleconference Series
This month, we kick off the 2012 Partners N Health Teleconference Series to bring in experts to discuss how the Nebraska Physical Activity and Nutrition State Plan can be used in local strategic action planning, to implement sustainable local healthy changes through policy and environmental strategies, and align local efforts with state initiatives in each of the Plan's five targeted settings: schools, child care, health care, communities, and workplaces.
We invite you to join in on this month's introductory teleconference on Wednesday, January 25th from 12:00 PM CST - 1:00 PM CST. Other Teleconferences in the 2012 Series: - February 29th, 12 PM - 1 PM CST
- Topic: Promoting Breastfeeding in Healthcare
- March 28th, 12 PM - 1PM CST
- Topic: Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living in Child Care
- April 25th, 12 PM - 1 PM CST
- Topic: Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living in Schools
- May 23rd, 12 PM - 1 PM CST
- Topic: Active Transportation in Nebraska Communities
- June 20th, 12 PM - 1PM CST
- Topic: Promoting Breastfeeding at Worksites
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110 Nebraska Child Care Providers Receive First Annual Healthy Child Care Recognition Award
The Nebraska Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACF) Sponsor's Consortium and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Nutrition and Activity for Health Program have named a total of 110 day care home providers across Nebraska as Healthy Child Care Providers in recognition of their participation in the Nebraska Little Voices for Healthy Choices Initiative, and are being honored with the first annual Healthy Child Care Recognition Award for 2012. During the past year, these providers have worked toward self-assessed goals focusing on healthy eating and increasing physical activity within their child care settings.
Registration Now Open for 2012 Live Healthy Nebraska 100-Day Challenge
Registration is now open for the 2012 Live Healthy Nebraska 100-Day Challenge, which takes place January 23-May 1, 2012. Gather your friends, family, and co-workers, create a team and start the challenge! Go to LiveHealthyNebraska.org for more information about the 100-Day Challenge and to get registered.
Live Healthy Nebraska Webinar Scheduled for January 20
Live Healthy Nebraska will be hosting a webinar geared toward company coordinators who wish to learn more about the Live Healthy Program on Friday, January 20 at 10 AM CST. If you would like to join the webinar, or if you have questions, email info@nebraskasportscouncil.com.
Volunteers Needed for Girls on the Run Event
The Eating Disorder Education and Prevention (EDEP) group, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus organization, is co-sponsoring a spring Girls on the Run (GOTR) event that is being held on May 12. They are seeking volunteers for the event, in addition to coaches for the Girls on the Run spring season. To volunteer for the event, or to learn more about the Girls on the Run program in Nebraska, contact Amy Cyphers Carr at girlsontherun@neb.rr.com. |
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Center TRT offers Practical Policy Evaluation Webinar
The Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation (TRT) is sponsoring a webinar addressing Practical Policy Evaluation on Tuesday, January 31 from 1 PM - 2 PM CST. The webinar will provide an overview of the evaluation framework developed by the Center TRT, a case-study presentation of the application of the framework, and a question and answer session. Click here to register. The webinar is limited to 250 participants, but the presentation will be archived and posted to the Center TRT website for access following the live presentation.
CDC Releases Report on Healthier Food Retail
Healthy Communities Strategic Alliance for Health Implementation Guides Now Available
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Healthy Communities Program recently released the Strategic Alliance for Health (SAH) Implementation Guides. These guides can be downloaded to assist communities in replicating specific evidence- and practice-based interventions that reduce the burden of chronic disease and create policy, systems, or environmental changes, such as increasing access to healthy foods and beverages in schools. Click here to learn more about SAH or to download an implementation guide. |
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The Nebraska Medical Association The Nebraska Medical Association (NMA) was founded in 1868, and represents nearly 3,000 active and retired physicians, residents and medical students from across the state of Nebraska. The mission of the NMA is to serve physician members by advocating for the medical profession, for patients and for the health of all Nebraskans. In recent years, the NMA has begun to focus additional efforts on public health. One of the biggest public health risks we face today is the obesity epidemic. The NMA is working to address this risk from a couple of different angles.
First is their Childhood Obesity Prevention Project (COPP). The mission of the COPP is to mobilize and engage physicians as advocates in their practice, communities and for statewide policies to prevent overweight and obesity in Nebraska children. To carry out its mission, the COPP provides education and clinical resources, community outreach, and policy advocacy. Resources continue to be made available to primary care physicians across the state with the dissemination of the Foster Healthy Weight in Youth Toolkit (Nebraska's Clinical Childhood Obesity Model). Second is their Child Health and Obesity Policy Group. The NMA formed this group of child health advocates in May 2010 to collaborate on policy surrounding child health and obesity in Nebraska. For more information on either effort, please visit the Nebraska Medical Association's Childhood Obesity Prevention Project website. |
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Training Future Pediatricians on Breastfeeding Practices The Nebraska Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Section of Breastfeeding and the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Creighton Joint Pediatric Residency are working together to institute the AAP breastfeeding curriculum into pediatric resident training. Read the full success story here.
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Lincoln Senator Proposes Soda Tax Bill
Lincoln Senator Bill Avery introduced a bill this month, LB753, that would no longer allow sugary drinks to be classified as food, thereby taking away their sales tax exemption.Sugary soft drinks would join alcoholic beverages, dietary supplements, and tobacco as nonfood products. Read the column written by Dr. Bob Rauner of the Nebraska Medical Association in support of LB753.
Alabama Department of Public Health Introduces Healthy Vending Machine Website
The Nutrition and Physical Activity Division of the Alabama Department of Public Health recently unveiled their new Healthy Vending Machine website, which was designed to share resources developed for the Alabama Healthy Vending Machine Policy (AHVMP). The website includes information on the AHVMP (including the policy itself), a fact sheet, guidelines for using the AHVMP, a toolkit, and the approved snack list for the machines.
New Website Addresses Obesity Prevention within SNAP
A new website launched by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health, seeks to help users develop strategies to promote health and prevent obesity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamps Program. The site, www.SNAPtoHealth.org, launched in December 2011 and provides a virtual town hall discussion for all those interested in promoting health within SNAP. |
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AAHPERD National Convention to be Held March 13-17
The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) will hold its national convention and exposition March 13-17, 2012 in Boston. The theme for the convention is "United We Move." Learn more here.
Center TRT Reviews Hawaii's Complete Streets Policy
The Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation (TRT) recently reviewed Hawaii's Complete Streets Policy, including the state's formative work leading to the passage of state-wide legislation, policy adoption at the county level, implementation at the street-level, collection of baseline data on the pedestrian environment, and multi-year survey data on walking and biking to work and school.
Let's Move in School Webinar: Family and Community Involvement
Let's Move in School will host a webinar focusing on how families can become advocates for comprehensive school physical activity programs. The webinar will be held on February 8 from 12:00 - 12:45 PM CST and will include information about joint-use agreements and success stories of schools that have benefitted from community-based physical activity opportunities. Register here for the webinar. |
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Milkworks to Host Return to Work Event January 28
Milkworks, a Lincoln-based breastfeeding center, will host its twice a year Return to Work and Breastfeed Your Baby event from 9:30 AM - 12 PM CST on Saturday, January 28. The free event will include a panel of experienced mothers, and a lactation consultant will provide helpful hints and answer questions. Breakfast will be provided and there will be door prizes. Please register soon as this event fills up quickly. Call (402) 423-6402 to register.
The Nebraska Breastfeeding Coalition Quarterly Meeting Scheduled for February 22
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will be the location of the Nebraska Breastfeeding Coalition's February 22nd quarterly meeting. The meeting will last from 10 AM - 12 PM CST. Go to the Nebraska Breastfeeding Coalition's website for more information. |
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