Transcript Building Healthy & Active Communities

Building Healthy & Active
Communities
Amy Stringer Hessel, MSW
Missouri Foundation for Health
[email protected]
About MFH
•Created in 2000 to receive Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Missouri’s nonprofit assets
• Our Vision is to improve the health of the people in the
communities we serve
• MFH is an independent, nonprofit organization focused
on grant making, health policy and capacity building
One area of focus: obesity prevention
$1.6 billion adult
obesity
Half of Missouri children
in poor families are
overweight or obese
Nearly 1 in 2 African
American children
overweight/obese
12th most obese state
WHY ARE WE INTERESTED IN
TRANSPORTATION?
Transportation Policy IS Health Policy
• Pollution
• Mental Health
• Safety
• Physical Activity
Traditional Health Promotion
Old solution: Only individual responsibility
Achieve physical
activity
recommendations/
Meet dietary
guidelines
Community Barriers
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Traditional
Approach
Better solution: Individual in better environment
Active
Living/
Healthy
Eating
Community Barriers
Community
Design Approach
Adequate infrastructure=increased activity
GRANTEE PROJECTS
Model Health Supported:
Encouraging Healthy Behavior Through Changes
in the Physical Environment
Promotion,
Education
Policy,
Infrastructure
Columbians for Modern, Efficient Transit (CoMET)
GOAL: Triple Columbia’s Transit Service
City of Ozark:
Pop. 18,500
13 miles from
Springfield, MO
Connecting
with park and
existing trails
COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES
National and Regional Partners
Regional Partnerships:
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California Convergence
LiveWell Colorado
Florida Convergence
Shaping Kentucky's Future
Maine Convergence
Partnership
Massachusetts Convergence
Missouri Convergence
Partnership
NH HEAL Campaign
New Jersey Convergence
Northwest Convergence
•Increase options for affordable transportation to parks and open spaces by discounting
public transit, altering or expanding school bus routes, and incentivizing ride sharing.
•Incorporate physical activity into the planning and design of every physical improvement to
the city — from municipal buildings and new parks to streets and sidewalks.
•Incorporate pedestrian and bicycle lanes into street development.
•Enhance public safety near parks and other public spaces
Federal Initiatives
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
– Communities Putting Prevention to Work
– Community Transformation Grants
• Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative
– Integrated, coordinated effort to increase the quality of a
neighborhood’s (1) educational and developmental, (2)
commercial, (3) recreational, (4) physical, and (5) social
assets
National Prevention Strategy
Shift the nation from a focus on sickness and disease to one
based on wellness and prevention:
• Building Healthy and Safe Community Environments: Prevention of
disease starts in our communities and at home; not just in the doctor’s
office.
• Expanding Quality Preventive Services in Both Clinical and Community
Settings: When people receive preventive care, such as immunizations
and cancer screenings, they have better health and lower health care
costs.
• Empowering People to Make Healthy Choices: When people have access
to actionable and easy-to-understand information and resources, they are
empowered to make healthier choices.
• Eliminating Health Disparities: By eliminating disparities in achieving and
maintaining health, we can help improve quality of life for all Americans.
What Next?
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Connect with groups in your region
Preventobesity.net
State convergence partnerships
Prevention Institute
– http://www.preventioninstitute.org/
• PolicyLink
– http://www.policylink.org/site/c.lkIXLbMNJrE/b.5136441/k
.BD4A/Home.htm
• National Prevention Strategy
– http://www.healthcare.gov/center/councils/nphpphc/strat
egy/report.pdf