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Building health from the ground up …. March 6, 2009 The Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative (CDPI) Designed to address the common modifiable risk factors : ▪ Support people to live smoke free ▪ Encourage healthy eating ▪ Promote active living …through local actions, evidence informed approaches and the creation of supportive environments for healthy lifestyle choices and behaviours. CDPI Community led Regionally coordinated Government supported Community Leading the Journey • Local • Planning committees and champions • Community engages volunteers • Community health information collection and effective use in building supports for healthy living • Action plans with per capita funding • Starting where community is at and address barriers to participation • Find and match community needs with resources • Community pride & “yes-we-can” attitude Community Leading The Journey • 83 communities in all participating regional health authorities including 21 First Nations and 7 Métis communities • For example: • Train the Trainers – growing community expertise • Making it easy for people to connect e.g. “Where to get active” directory • Power of community success Training Coordination • CDPI Training committee • Regional representation to guide provincial action • Strong & diverse skill sets • Coordination with regional training plans • Create a “multiplier effect” Training Coordination Principles of working together • Building on community & regional knowledge & successes • Linking – learning – sharing • Engage – educate – equip – enable – encourage • Supporting the stage for success at many levels • Learn why it worked or why not Healthy Together Now • “Healthy Together Now” • Package of communication tools & resources for communities & regions to use • Putting the face on CDPI & action for prevention • Let’s take a look…. Healthy Together Now • Presentations to schools, boards, community groups • Partners meetings • Groups of expertise e.g. Planning Network, Recreation Connections • Funders, RHA boards & executive management teams Learnings • Make it easy for all to use • Plain language is best • Power of stories • Give the voice to change & real action at community level • Provide respect for the work volunteers do • Convey the wisdom of experience, lay knowledge Learnings • Stories help us focus on: • The right problems • Most appropriate solutions – question not do they work but how are they experienced • valuable insight to programs/services Questions ?? Contact information Betty Kozak Provincial Coordinator Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative Box 12 40, 485 Hospital St. Neepawa, Manitoba R0J 1H0 (204) 476-7843 or (204) 476-0467 (cell) [email protected]