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Updates for
February 2007
Steps to a Healthier WA News and Upcoming Activities
Tools, Manuals and
Guides
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The new publication, "School Employee Wellness: A Guide
for Protecting the Assets of Our Nation's Schools" is a
comprehensive guide providing information, practical tools
and resources for school employee wellness programs. The
first of its kind, the guidebook can be downloaded for FREE
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http://www.schoolempwell.org |
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Healthy Homes Clearinghouse
contains more than 600 documents on healthy homes issues and
is searchable by keyword, author, title, publication name,
publication date or abstract. You can access the
clearinghouse at
www.healthyhousing.org/clearinghouse.
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A document on the role of
public health in land use planning and community design:
http://archive.naccho.org/Documents/Land-use-3.pdf
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E-Learning Opportunity:
Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach
Registration is now open for our online in-depth course!
Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach,
January 31 through March 13, 2007
Go to
www.ecornell.com/cnw to
register and for more information
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Reports,
Newsletters and Bulletins
Grant and Funding Opportunities
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3-a-Day
Grants 2007
Deadline:
Applications must be
postmarked by April 6, 2007
The
Washington State Dairy Council will award three $5,000
grants to organizations or individuals in Washington and/or
Alaska proposing nutrition education programs to help
empower kids ages 9-18 to be advocates for healthy eating,
including three servings of dairy a day. Applicants are
encouraged to create a program designed for implementation
within the school environment and to collaborate with
schools and other community-based initiatives such as Action
for Healthy Kids or Team Nutrition. For an application visit
the Washington State Dairy Council web site at
www.eatsmart.org.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Fresh
Ideas: Community-Based Approaches to Improve Care for
Vulnerable Populations grant program.
Deadline: Rolling
The purpose of this program is to promote
community-based approaches to health and health care
problems that interact with social problems. Examples
include inadequate housing, poor education and poverty.
Priority is given to projects that focus on hard-to-reach
populations such as new immigrants and refugees and at-risk
adolescents. Eligible applicants include organizations that
are outside the formal network of healthcare providers, such
as grassroots organizations, faith-based organizations and
advocacy organizations that are public entities or nonprofit
organizations. Awards will be up to $300,000 for up to three
years duration. For complete program information and
application guidelines, please visit
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19480
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The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Invites Research Proposals on
Disparities Issues: RWJF will consider projects of up
to $75,000 with a one year time frame that address one or
more of five key issues
http://www.rwjf.org/portfolios/features/featuredetail.jsp?featureID=1586&type=3&iaid=133
RWJF seeks to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the
care of patients with cardiovascular disease, diabetes
mellitus type 2 and/or depression. To that end, RWJF invites
research proposals that offer solutions towards reducing
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Conferences or
Training
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2007 Northwest Healthy Foods Expo
Location: Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center Friday,
February 23, 2007
You are invited to attend for FREE, the 3rd Annual
Northwest Healthy Foods Expo, a one-day exposition that
brings together healthy food buyers and suppliers in one
place to help promote healthier food options for the
Northwest.
REGISTER NOW
its FREE to attend.
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Poverty and Obesity: Disparities in Diet
and Health
This one-day conference will be held on Friday, March 2,
2007, from 8:30 am-4:00 pm leading researchers,
economists, funders, and policymakers will address the
relationship between poverty and economic and physical
access to healthy foods. The anticipated audience includes
researchers, public health practitioners, funders,
policymakers, and community members. It will be held
in the Portage Bay Room in the South Campus Center on the UW
campus from 8:30 am-4:00 pm. Lunch and parking for
off-campus attendees will be provided. There is no
cost to attend this event, but space is limited. To reserve
your spot, please go to
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/uwecor/31471
to register.
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Association for Community Health
Improvement Conference: Spring Training for Health Champions
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana,
March 7-9, 2007
The Association for Community Health Improvement is proud to
announce its 4th annual national conference to be held on
March 7-9, 2007 in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Come to share and explore national and
local best practices with real results and lessons.
Click
here to download the Conference Brochure.
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The 24th annual Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Location:
March 24-28, 2007 at the Holiday Inn Decatur, in Decatur, GA
Website:
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/conference/index.htm.
The BRFSS Conference Committee
seeks oral and poster proposals that address important
operational and methodological research questions, share key
findings from BRFSS data, increase the knowledge and skills
of conference attendees, and promote public health.
Proposals on any topic in public health, epidemiology, and
survey research are welcome for consideration. We are
particularly interested in proposals related to our
conference theme: BRFSS: Promoting Healthier, Safer
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6th National Tobacco
Symposium on Young Adults
This meeting will be held at the Marriott Denver City
Center, March 21 - 23, 2007 in Denver, Colorado.
Click here for more information.
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Rural Health Association
Meeting and Rural Minority and Multicultural Health
Conference
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, May 14-18, 2007
Web site:
http://www.nrharural.org/conferences/sub/MMConf.html
The theme of this conference is "Traditional Health Customs
and Practices: In Our Own Words " and is sponsored by the
National Rural Health Association. For further information
please go directly to
http://www.nrharural.org/conferences/sub/MMConf.html.
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5th Annual Washington
Alliance for Healthy Aging Summit
Location: Tacoma, Washington, May 31, 2007
Web site:
http://www.fuel.chef.org/programs/waha.php
The theme of the 5th Annual Washington Alliance for Healthy
Aging Summit is "Creating Healthy Aging for All: Strategies
to Reduce Health Disparities." It is sponsored by the
Washington Alliance for Healthy Aging (WAHA). This summit
will take place at the Tacoma Convention and Trade Center.
Please refer to the website for additional information.
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2007 National Asthma Forum
Washington, DC., May 31 - June 1, 2007
Website: https://www.epaasthmaforum.com/index.aspx
We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2007
National Asthma Forum is now open. The Asthma Forum will be
held May 31-June 1, 2007 in Washington DC at the Grand Hyatt
Hotel. Learn about key drivers for community program
success that have been shown to be linked to improved health
outcomes for people with asthma. Engage with your peers
around issues critical to program success, including
approaches to benchmark outcomes, accelerate results, and
build sustainability. Join EPA in honoring winners of the
prestigious National Environmental Leadership Award in
Asthma Management.
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National Health Education
Conference
Location: Seattle, Washington, Jun 7-9, 2007
Web site:
http://www.sophe.org/index.asp
The 2007 National Health Education Conference is presented
by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and the
Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health
Education and Promotion. The conference will be held in
Seattle, Washington. More information will be available in
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Social Marketing in Public
Health Conference.
Location: Clearwater Beach, Florida, June 20-23, 2007
Website:
http://www.cme.hsc.usf.edu/smph/
Designed to meet the needs of people at the introductory,
intermediate and advanced levels in social marketing, the
conference is divided into two parts: The Training Academy,
June 20-21, 2007 and the Main Conference, June 22-23, 2007.
The Conference will be held in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
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ENGAGE. CHALLENGE. INSPIRE.
- Research into Practice
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, Jun 24-26, 2007
Web site:
http://www.aahperd.org/aahe
http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/
The theme of the 2007 conference is "Research into Practice"
and it is a joint conference of the American Association of
Health Education (AAHE) and the National Association of
Health Education Centers (NAHEC), and will be held at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Sponsors include the CDC Global Health Odyssey,
HealthMPowers, Georgia Association for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance (GAHPERD) and Georgia
Federation for Professional Health Educators (GFPHE). For
more information go to
http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/.
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