2016 Webinar Series Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living through Partnerships and the National Prevention Strategy

The Role of Community, Non-Profit and Faith-Based Organizations
Thursday, March 17, 2016
2:00 – 3:30 p.m., MT (4:00-5:30 ET)

2:00-2:05 Welcome and Adobe Connect Logistics
Speaker: Cherri Pruitt, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Region VIII Maternal and Child Health Consultant

2:05-2:20 What IS the National Prevention Strategy and its Healthy Eating and Active Living Priorities
Speaker: Laurie Konsella, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Acting Regional Health Administrator, Region VIII

2:20-2:40 Faith Community Nursing: Eat Healthy, Be Active! This presentation will provide an overview of Wyoming’s Faith Community Nurse Program, a unique model of nurturing the body, mind, and spirit to help families and individuals eat healthy and be active.

Speaker: Shirley Harris, Wyoming Faith Community Nurse Outreach Leader

2:40-3:00 Healthy By Design: Collaborating with Community Partners to Address Active Living and Healthy Eating 

Learn about this successful collaboration among diverse partners from community, faith-based and health care organizations. Initiatives such as the Gardener’s Market and Active Living Every Day program are presented as examples of community collaboration to create a community that is healthy by design, where the healthy choice is the easy choice.

Speaker: April Ennis Keippel, Mission and Community Benefit Program Manager

3:00-3:20 The Food Trust

In this presentation, you will learn about how this national organization helps build healthier communities by ensuring communities have access to healthy, affordable foods. Various approaches to improving food access and community health will be discussed, including a spotlight on the small store program which is a common approach used in rural areas. Emphasis will also be placed on the role of funders and cross-sector partnerships.

Speaker: Karen Shore, Director of Consulting at The Food Trust

3:20-3:30 Questions & Answers and Additional Resources

Register online. Please contact RegionVIIIFedPartners@HHS.GOV with questions.

Continuing education credits from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for this activity are pending.