 |
||
June 2009 |
||
|
In This Edition...
Strategic Alliance Announces the 2009 Journalism Award Winners!
At this year’s Childhood Obesity Conference, Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments presented two journalists with the third biennial Journalism Award for Excellence in Nutrition and Physical Activity winners. Given the media’s critical influence on the debate around healthy eating and physical activity, the award acknowledges two professional reporters that include an environmental and policy perspective in their coverage of nutrition and physical activity.
The winners, Barbara Anderson of the Fresno Bee and Hillary Meeks of the Tulare Advance Register and Visalia Times Delta, were announced during the 2009 California Childhood Obesity Conference in Los Angeles this June. Their work positively contributed to news consumers’ understanding of physical activity and nutrition issues from an environmental perspective rather than solely an individual perspective. Congratulations Barbara and Hillary!
Help Us Start the Search for our 2011 Journalism Award Candidates Now! A biennial award, Strategic Alliance is always looking for news submissions from California newspapers, magazines, radio stations, and television stations. Please continue to send submissions to us that meet the following criteria:
Nominations must be submitted using this form. One form should be submitted for each nomination. In addition to the completed nomination form, please include the nominated article, news clip or radio clip or one example that reflects the reporter’s/publication’s coverage of the issue. Feel free to copy the form if you want to nominate more than one person.
E-mail, mail or fax nomination forms at any time to linnea@preventioninstitute.org or (510) 663-1280 – our next award will be presented in 2011. Please include Journalism Award Nomination in the subject heading of an email.
Help us recognize the news media’s contribution to helping the public better understand policy solutions for health problems related to nutrition and physical activity. Send your nominations today!
If you have any questions about the nomination process, please contact Linnea Ashley: linnea@preventioninstitute.org or (510) 444-7738.
Remember:
*** New Release: Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit
Leadership for Healthy Communities has released a new Action Strategies Toolkit designed to link specific policy actions to positive outcomes in healthy eating and physical activity behaviors, with a focus on research in vulnerable communities. In conjunction 11 policy-maker organizations, Leadership for Healthy Communities developed this toolkit to equip state, municipal, county and school leaders with promising and evidence-based policy approaches designed to improve healthy eating and active living options nationwide. This comprehensive guide provides strategies in 10 policy areas, lists of key stakeholders, tips on how to start programs, and examples of policies that states and communities have implemented successfully. ***
CPEHN's Biennial Conference: Voices for Change: Connecting the Dots Between Prevention & Care June 30, 2009 Los Angeles, CA
Save the Date! Voices for Change will provide an opportunity to forge stronger partnerships between traditional health care and primary prevention. The conference will give participants a chance to increase advocacy skills, forge new relationships, and connect the dots to create a more comprehensive approach to achieving health equity.
The conference will have two tracks; one highlighting practices that bridge prevention and care, and another focused on increasing participants’ advocacy skills. To find out more about Voices for Change and to register, click here! *** CDC Inaugural Conference on Obesity Prevention and Control: “Weight of the Nation” July 27-29, 2009, Washington, D.C. National Association of County Health Officials (NACCHO) Annual 2009 Conference: “The New Public Health – Working Across Sectors to Leverage Investment in Communities”
Local Government Commission Workshop Series: “Implementing SB 375: What Local Governments Need to Know about Climate Change Legislation” July 15 - Oakland July 30 - Sacramento ...
Thanks for reading! The Strategic Alliance is currently engaged in building a broad and diverse statewide membership. If you were forwarded this e-mail and want to receive your own copy in the future, please click here or e-mail shakirah@preventioninstitute.org. And if you’re already a member, please forward this message to your colleagues so we can continue to strengthen our coalition. Thank you!
WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE? The Strategic Alliance is reframing the debate on nutrition and physical activity away from a focus solely on individual choice and lifestyle towards one of environmental influences and corporate and government responsibility. Current Steering Committee members are: California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFit), California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA), California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA), California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, California Park and Recreation Society (CPRS) , California Project LEAN, California WIC Association (CWA), Child Care Food Program Roundtable, Latino Health Access, Partnership for the Public’s Health, PolicyLink, Prevention Institute, Samuels & Associates and Public Health Law & Policy. Home | About Us | Our Approach |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![[space]](http://www.preventioninstitute.org/sa/images/khaki2a.gif){kind=small}
![[space]](http://www.preventioninstitute.org/sa/images/curve2b.gif){kind=small}