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ASTPHND 2012 - 2013 Annual Report
In This Report
Message from ASTPHND's President
Program Highlights
Organizational Highlightts
Message from ASTPHND's Incoming President
Upcoming Opportunities
Financial Report
ASTPHND's Funders and Supporters
ASTPHND Liaison Corps
2012-2013 Board Members
ASTPHND Consultants

ASTPHND is a nonprofit membership organization that provides national and state leadership on food and nutrition policy, programs and services.

 

Our Vision

Creating new environmental norms where healthy eating and active living are the easy and natural choices.

 

Our Mission

ASTPHND develops leaders in public health nutrition who strengthen policy, programs and environments making it possible for everyone to make healthy food choices and achieve healthy, active lifestyles.


Message from ASTPHND's President
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Partners, 
 

As I look back over my year as ASTPHND President, I see major changes all around us. Some of these changes that affect us are very exciting and long-awaited. Other changes challenge us to adapt and to lead in creative ways.  I'm proud to say that ASTPHND is embracing the changes! 

 

We now have a new name: We are the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN). Our new tagline is: "Advancing Health Through Leadership." These changes reinforce our commitment to promoting public health nutritionists' unduplicated roles in state agencies. These changes also symbolize our increasing commitment to leading the way on key public health nutrition issues.

 

Change was the focus of our recent Annual Meeting in Kansas City, "Empowering Public Health Nutritionists in Times of Change."   The meeting included important topics like "Public Health Opportunities for Change in the Affordable Care Act" and "Policy Systems and Environmental Change Success Stories."

 

We are also seeing significant changes in a number of important federal food and nutrition programs. USDA is changing how it funds SNAP-Ed, and CDC is changing how it is funding obesity prevention. The USDA is now completing a major overhaul of school nutrition guidelines. These changes will affect our work both at the state level and as a national organization and will challenge our creativity as leaders.

 

I am truly proud of the important work that ASTPHND has accomplished in the last year. In addition to completing a detailed and thoughtful process to change our name, we launched a multi-year Communications Plan. I am very excited to see how our Plan is elevating the Association with our partners, our funders and others around the nation. A key piece of the plan was the roll-out of our Key Messages, seven quick messages to easily communicate who the Association is and what we do. A second important development was the launch of ASTPHND's facebook page.

 

ASTPHND's many active and involved members are creating changes that will have lasting, positive impacts on people's lives. Thank you for all that you do!

 

 

 

 

 

Peggy Trouba, MPH, RD

ASTPHND President, 2012 - 2013

 

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2012 - 2013 Highlights

 

Program Highlights

Obesity Prevention Nutrition Council Steering Committee
  
The Steering Committee released two briefs in the last year: a two-page primer, The Role of Public Health Nutritionists in Obesity Prevention and a summary of CDC's new four domain framework for coordinating the categorical, disease-specific programs.  The summary included examples relevant to public health nutrition.  Fifty-five members participated in the Council's conference call to learn about the document.  Becky Adams (AK) is the Committee's chair.  She is joined by Susan Coburn (VT), Elaine Russell (KY), Karol Fink (AK), Pat Simmons (MO), Phyllis Allen (SC), Sharon Sass (AZ), Carole Garner (AR), Paola Velez (UT) and Tracy Miller (CO).
   

Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Council

 
The Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Council initiated the Blueprint
Learning Collaborative
to identify ways that states can work collaboratively across multiple funding streams and state agencies.  The Collaborative provided selected states with a $5,000 stipend, technical assistance, and skill-focused learning using the Blueprint for Nutrition and Physical Activity: Cornerstones for a Healthy Lifestyle.  

In the last year, the Collaborative provided funding for three states, Ohio, New Hampshire and Kentucky.  Both Ohio and Kentucky selected projects focused on nutrition and early childhood.  New Hampshire addressed nutrition knowledge and the skills of health professionals working with pregnant women in community health centers and home visiting programs.  

 

Several ASTPHND members participated on the committee to update the

Blueprint for Nutrition and Physical Activity: Amber Brown (UT), Helen Brown (ID), Donna McDuffie (MN), Heidi Scarpitti (OH) and Linda Scovern (OH) ASTPHND consultants Karen Probert and Helene Kent and ASTPHND member Jamie Stang (MN) served on the oversight committee.  We will post the updated Blueprint on our website when it is complete.

 

MCH Nutrition Council leaders and ASTPHND consultants met with Maternal and Child Health Bureau Director Michael Lu, MD and other MCHB staff in October in Washington, D.C.  The group discussed our work under our contract with MCHB.  We also discussed ways the agency can better incorporate nutrition into its programs.  As a result of these discussions, we have continued to meet with MCHB staff every other month by phone. 

 

The Council continued its series of MCH nutrition success stories.  The stories highlight members' work and share the tools, resources and ideas that they and their colleagues developed.  This last year we profiled Danielle Quigley's work in New York State, Sandy Perkins (KS), Patricia Daniluk (CO) and Arnette Cowan and Alice Lenihan in North Carolina.

 

National Council of Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators

The National Council of Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators launched a number of exciting initiatives over the last year.  In the fall, the Council and the National Farm to School Network joined forces to connect our members and to promote healthy eating in our nation's schools.  In March, the Council and the Network hosted a webinar for Fruit and Vegetable Coordinators and for the Farm to School Network's State and Regional Leads.  The purpose of the webinar was to learn about each other's work and to find common priorities to guide our work together.  Speaking on the webinar were Council members Diane Peck (AK), Jan Daley (FL), and Susan Coburn (VT) and Network representatives Vanessa Herald (Great Lakes Regional Lead) and Stacey Sobell (West Regional Lead).   

  
The Council launched the Farm to Fork Workgroup.  Members of the group include Mary Ann Ellsworth (NJ), Teresa Hill (SC), Pat Simmons (MO), Ashley Sweeny (OH), Alyse Polly (NC), Katharina Streng (CA), Diane Peck (AK), Diane Beth (NC), Lisa Gemlo (MN), Kelli Strader (WI), Judith Ellis (NY), and Amal Hammoud (AZ).  This group's focus has  been on Farm to Preschool.  
   
Salad Bars.  The Council continues to support the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools campaign through our partnerships with CDC and other Let's Move partners.  This year we are developing a Salad Bar Food Safety template that states can modify for their work.  We will model the template after the salad bar food safety documents produced by Washington, Alaska and Minnesota. 

Advocacy Committee

 

Advocacy efforts continued to be an important component of ASTPHND's work over the last year.  The Advocacy Committee supported key nutrition components of the 2012 Farm Bill, worked to preserve public health funding, and weighed in on breastfeeding issues and the implementation of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act.  In these activities, the Committee worked with our partners at the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity, Trust for America's Health, United Fresh Produce Association, Non-Defense Discretionary United, Coalition for Health Funding, and the United States Breastfeeding Committee along with other allies.  

The ASTPHND Advocacy Committee also submitted official comments to the USDA on school lunch reimbursements and on the new school meal regulations.  The Committee signed onto letters from our national partners urging Congress to support SNAP in the Farm Bill and to fully fund the WIC Program and to the President asking him to protect the integrity of the Prevention and Public Health Fund, among many other letters and comments.
      

United States Breastfeeding Committee 

  

ASTPHND strengthened our relationship with USBC over the last year through our
subcontract that supports the Committee's work with state, territory, and tribal breastfeeding coalitions.  Among many accomplishments completed through our subcontract, USBC held monthly Breastfeeding Coalition webinars and published a weekly e-newsletter.  The Committee revised its toolkit, Implementing the Joint Commission Perinatal Care Core Measure on Exclusive Breast Milk FeedingUSBC also updated its position statements on Exclusive Breastfeeding and Breastfeeding and HIV. 

USBC received a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to increase the effectiveness of the state breastfeeding coalitions.  With this grant, USBC is providing technical assistance, training and networking opportunities through webinars, social networking and events.  Under a contract with the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), USBC is building community coalitions to support hospitals in the Best Fed Beginnings Collaborative.
 

ASTPHND regularly responds to USBC's calls for action.  For example, we recently signed on to USBC's letter supporting the Working Moms Act of 2013.  ASTPHND has two members who serve as liaisons to USBC, Robin Stanton (OR) and Suzanne Haydu (CA).    

 

The ASTPHND Leadership Program 

            

The leadership program is now in its second year.  Through this program, ASTPHND leaders are mentoring other members so that we not only have a growing pool of skilled leaders in the Association, but also so that we have a growing number of effective advocates for public health nutrition.  Participants in the program join an ASTPHND committee, read three books on leadership, and participate in seven calls to discuss the books and other topics.  Thirteen members are participating in the 2013 program.  Eleven members participated in 2012.

 

New Effective Collaborations webpage 

   

This new page features ASTPHND's guide to effective collaborations.  The guide:

  • Outlines principles of collaboration.
  • Lists factors that affect successful collaboration.
  • Provides an example of ASTPHND's recent experiences in this area and
  • Presents resources for more information. 
The webpage also features examples of effective collaborations, provides checklists and tools and lists online resources as well as books and articles.

 

ASTHO  

 
As an affiliate organization, ASTPHND works closely with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO).  ASTPHND Executive Director Karen Probert is a member of the ASTHO/deBeaumont Foundation Workforce Workgroup.  This group is identifying cross-cutting public health workforce development needs and developing a plan to address those needs.  

 

ASTPHND is also a member of the ASTHO Affiliate Council.  Karen Probert and ASTPHND President Peggy Trouba attended the ASTHO Affiliate Council meeting in September 2012 in Austin, Texas.  Karen also participated in monthly calls with ASTHO's executive staff and that of other affiliates.  ASTPHND members actively participate on a number of ASTHO committees and workgroups, including the Prevention Policy Committee and the Health Equity Workgroup. 

 

2013 Annual Meeting

   

On June 9 - 11, ASTPHND members gathered in Kansas City, Missouri for the 2013 Annual Meeting, Empowering Public Health Nutritionists in Times of Change.  The meeting brought together public health nutrition leaders from

around the country.  At the meeting we heard exciting policy and environmental change success stories.  We learned about how the Affordable Care Act will impact public health nutrition.  We heard an update from our federal partners on the initiatives they have launched and their successes and challenges.  We also learned about how we can communicate more persuasively and effectively.  

You can view complete information on the 2013 Annual Meeting, including the agenda, speakers' PowerPoint presentations and bios on ASTPHND's website.     

  

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  Organizational Highlights

ASTPHND has a new name!  

We are now the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists, or ASPHN.  The Board adopted the new name at its May meeting after an intensive six-month review and analysis that included gathering input from members.  The Board also adopted a new logo and the tagline, Advancing Health Through Leadership.  ASTPHND President Peggy Trouba said, "We are excited about the new name and tagline, which better reflect our membership and their invaluable leadership in the field."  Our transition to this new brand identity should be complete by early 2014. 

 

Communication Plan.  Over the last year, ASTPHND has been working to implement a
comprehensive communication plan.  With this plan, we seek to elevate our effectiveness in reaching members, funders, partners and other stakeholders and to raise the awareness of the value of public health nutritionists.
  One of the featured elements of the plan was to develop Key Messages.  Our seven key messages are brief statements that members and others can easily use to talk with colleagues about the Association's important work.  Another featured element of the plan is ASTPHND's Facebook page.  Be sure to visit our page, add ASTPHND as a friend, and like us!

New look to our website.  We added some new features this year to make our site easier to read and to navigate.  You'll see new tabs across the top to make it easy to find key ASTPHND resources.  We have added more photos and more white space as well as borders around articles on our home page.  We also improved our search functionality.   We will continue to update and improve our site in the year ahead.

 

Collaboration Committee.  The Collaboration Committee focuses on strengthening ASTPHND's relationships with our partner organizations.  Over the last year, the Committee initiated partnerships with three key organizations: the National Physical Activity Society, the American Public Health Association's Food and Nutrition Section, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Public Health / Community Nutrition Practice Group.  The Committee held a webinar for ASTPHND liaisons on how they can use the new ASTPHND Key Messages in their work with their partner groups.  In addition, committee members evaluated all of ASTPHND's current partnerships.  We updated our new liaison packet and the Collaboration Committee webpage.   Click here to see an overview of the Committee's work.
 

New Member Welcome Packet.  All new members now receive ASTPHND's new electronic welcome packet.  It is a colorful brochure that tells new members what ASTPHND does, how we promote public health nutritionists, and how members can get involved.

 

Message from ASPHN's Incoming President

Dear Friends, Colleagues and Partners,

 

I am excited to jump into my new role as President - although I have very big shoes to fill!  As we look to the year ahead, I am looking forward to promoting the Association and public health nutritionists and to each of our members using the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists' (ASPHN) new name and logo. I hope we can all become experienced in using the persuasion and influence strategies that many of us learned at our 2013 Annual Meeting!

 

In the year ahead, we will produce new success stories to highlight our members' work. We are also developing a story bank. In October, we are co-presenting a fruit and vegetable training for school and nutrition leaders in the southeastern states. Also, watch for a new ASPHN brief on the role of public health nutritionists in preventing infant mortality. And, we will continue to strengthen our collaborative work with key partner organizations in our field.

 

It is an exciting time to be part of ASPHN, the Association that promotes the value of what you do as public health nutritionists around the country. Please join in! We are as strong as our members. To maintain and grow our leadership, we need and encourage you to be active in our organization and with with our partner groups, committees, and councils. I encourage you to contact me or Karen Probert, ASPHN's Executive Director, to find out how you can get involved!    

 

       

 

 

 

Suzanne Haydu, MPH, RD

ASPHN President, 2013 - 2014 

 

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  Upcoming Opportunities

New logo and brand identity.  Along with the new name for the Association, in the coming months, we will be rolling out our new brand identity and logo.  Our new logo will symbolically depict the work of the Association and our members.

 

Southeast Fruit and Vegetable Training Summit.  The National Council of Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators is working with representatives from USDA-FNS
Southeast Region, the School Nutrition Association, CDC-Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, and the CDC Division of Population Health to present a training summit for s
chool and nutrition leaders in southeastern states.  At the summit, participants will craft a school-focused fruit and vegetable action plan to implement in their states.   The summit will be held in October.
  
The role of nutrition in infant mortality prevention.  
In the coming months, the MCH Nutrition Council will release a brief on the role of public health nutritionists in addressing infant mortality.
 

New Partnerships.  This past year, ASTPHND initiated partnerships with the National Physical Activity Society, the American Public Health Association - Food and Nutrition Section, and with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health / Community Nutrition Practice Group.  In the coming months, we will be outlining how our groups will work together.  We look forward to reporting to you next year about our collaborative work with these organizations.     

   

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  Financial Report

The financial statement below summarizes the Association's revenue and expenditures for the fiscal year January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.  These statements have been audited by Drees, Riskey & Vallager, Ltd.

 
REVENUE 
Dues-$16,850 
Sales and registration fees-$24,651 
Grants-$748,473 
Weight of the Nation-$361,773 
Interest and other revenue-$5,895 
Total Revenue-$1,157,642
 
EXPENSES
Weight of the Nation-$361,773
Programs-$743,968
Management and general-$29,332
Total Expenses-$1,135,073
     

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  ASTPHND's Funders and Supporters

ASTPHND sincerely thanks the two federal agencies that fund the Association's important work and that provide federal agency staff to help advise and guide the development of many of our projects.  Thanks to the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration.

 

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ASTPHND Liaison Corps

The purpose of the Liaison Corps is to expand ASTPHND's influence.  To be more effective, ASTPHND maintains regular contact with a variety of nutrition and public health organizations around the country.  The Liaison Corps focuses on sharing ASTPHND's goals, objectives, and activities with these organizations and learning the same about our partner groups.  Liaisons work together to identify areas for networking, coordination and collaboration in order to expand our impact on public health nutrition issues.  Below is a list of the members who are active liaisons with other public health nutrition organizations.

 

Leslie Lewis (LA), Action for Healthy Kids 

Peggy Trouba (NE), ASTHO Affiliate Council

Michelle Futrell (NC), ASTHO Health Equity Workgroup 

Becky Adams (AR), ASTHO Prevention Policy Committee

Amber Brown (UT), Helen Brown (ID), Donna McDuffie (MN), Donna Mehrle (MO), Heidi Scarpitti (OH), and Linda Scovern (OH), Blueprint Update Review Committee 

Jennifer Young (OR), CSPI Food Marketing Workgroup  

Patricia Simmons (MO), Collaborate for a Healthy Weight Initiative 

Carole Garner (AR), National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity   

Patricia Simmons (MO), National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance

Amy Koren-Roth (NY), National Salt Reduction Initiative

Tracy Miller (CO), National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants' Advisory Committee  

Linda Scovern (OH), Physical Activity Society 

Robin Stanton (OR) and Suzanne Haydu (CA), United States Breastfeeding Committee  

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ASTPHND 2012-2013 Board Members

Peggy Trouba, MPH, RD (NE), President  

Suzanne Haydu, MPH, RD,(CA), President-elect

Phyllis Crowley, MS, RD, IBCLC (UT), Immediate Past President

Molly Killman, MS, RD, LD (AL), Secretary

Takako Tagami, MS, MBA, RD, LD (MO), Treasurer

Patrice Isabella, MS, RD, CLE (UT), Director at Large and Chair, Governance Committee  

Lisa Borden, RD, CDN (NY), Director at Large and Chair, Collaboration Committee

Donna McDuffie, MPH, RD, LN (MN), Director at Large and Chair, Membership Committee 

Doris Montgomery, MS, RD, LD (IA), Director at Large and Chair, Communications Committee

Heidi Scarpitti, RD, LD (OH), Director at Large and Chair, Advocacy Committee   

 

Patricia Simmons, MS, RD, LD (MO), Board Member and Chair, National Council of Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators   

 

Mary Ann Ellsworth, MS, RD (NJ), Board Member and Chair-Elect, National Council of Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators 

Kim DeDino, MS, RD, LD (OH), Board Member and Chair, Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Council   

Sandy Perkins, MS, RD, LD (KS), Board Member and Chair-Elect, Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Council     

Becky Adams, MPH, RD, LD, CDE (AR), Board Member and Chair, Obesity Prevention Nutrition Council 

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ASTPHND Consultants

Karen Probert, MS, RD, Executive Director  
814 255-2829 ext. 1019
[email protected] 

Cynthia Atterbury, MPA, RD, LDN, Director of Operations  

814 255-2829 ext. 1001

[email protected] 

Joan M. Atkinson, MS, RD, Director of Special Projects

207 446-3823 

[email protected] 

Helene Kent, RD, MPH, Consultant  

303 364-1546
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Lynda Alfred, Consultant

970 252-3783

[email protected]  

 

Allison McGuigan, Consultant

970 527-5160 

[email protected] 

 

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