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Updates for May 1 -
14, 2006
Steps to a Healthier WA News and Upcoming Activities
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Our next Community Conference
Call will be June 7, from 10:00am to 11:00am, PST. Please call
1-800-490-7515 and enter code 3579438 to participate.
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Our next
Monthly Steps Communications Call with CDC will be
May 31, from 11:00am to 12:00pm, PST. Please call
1-800-857-7673 and enter code 97057 to participate.
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Nearly All Sodas Sales to Schools to End
By SAMANTHA GROSS, Associated Press Writer, Wed May 3, 5:31
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NEW YORK - The nation's largest beverage distributors have
agreed to halt nearly all soda sales to public schools,
according to a deal announced Wednesday by the William J.
Clinton Foundation. For the
complete story.
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The Allies Against Asthma Resource Bank is a centralized
database for sharing information about resources, tools and
materials that may be useful to coalitions and community
programs addressing asthma, including:
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Materials to educate individuals about asthma
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Resources to help implement asthma intervention programs
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Evaluation/survey instruments to measure asthma-related
activities or outcomes •
Materials to assist community coalition efforts Allies
Against Asthma does not distribute nor endorse the resources
listed in the Resource Bank, but provides contact
information to access tools and materials.
http://141.211.50.63/index.jsp
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U.S. Should Restrict Sales, Impose Taxes on Sugary
Drinks, Opinion Piece Says
"It makes no sense to enforce restrictions" on products such
as lead paint "while allowing children to ingest other
debilitating substances, particularly sugary drinks," New
York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes in an opinion
piece. According to Kristof, sugary drinks now account for
one-sixth of the calories U.S. residents ingest, adding an
extra 100 calories per day and an extra five pounds per
person per year. For the entire U.S., the added weight
equals 750,000 new tons of fat annually, he says. Noting
that "fat is one of the most important public policy
challenges we face," Kristof calls on the U.S. government to
take a number of steps toward reducing residents'
consumption of sugary drinks. He says these steps should
include "ban[ning] sugary drinks from schools"; reducing
advertising for sugary drinks, especially when it is "aimed
at children"; and imposing a tax on sugary drinks of five
cents per fluid ounce. "Most of the debate on our national
health crisis has focused on financing, and indeed we need
universal health care," Kristof says. However, he concludes,
"[I]t's equally important to change Americans' diet and
exercise habits -- and the first step to do that is to fight
our addiction to sugary drinks" (Kristof, New York Times,
4/11).
Complete article
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Captive Kids Easy Target for Junk Food Marketers
SACRAMENTO, CA -- Kids are repeatedly exposed to unhealthy
product ads and logos on vending machines, signage and
posters on school campuses every day, according to a new
survey released today by the Public Health Institute (PHI).
The first statewide survey to look at the prevalence of
marketing on high school campuses found that 60 percent of
food and beverage product posters and signage promote foods
and beverages high in sugar, sodium and fat, and low in
nutrients.
Complete article
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Tools
Grant and Funding Opportunities
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Robert Wood Johnson: Active Living By Design
Grants
Due date: May 10, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. PDT
Active Living Research is a $12.5 million national program
to stimulate and support research that will identify
environmental factors and policies that influence physical
activity. Findings are expected to inform environmental and
policy changes that will promote active living among
Americans, both young and old. This research will help
increase our understanding of the relationship of
environmental characteristics to physical activity for three
priority topics: young people’s use of parks, physical
activity in and around buildings, and physical activity in
rural areas. Evaluations of community interventions that are
part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Active Living
by Design program also will be supported. The research
funded under this call for proposals will inform the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation’s efforts to help halt the
increasing prevalence of childhood obesity by 2015.
For more information, please visit the
Active Living Research Web site.
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Healthy Homes Demonstration
projects, application deadline is June 7, 2006.
Applications may be submitted through GRANTS.GOV
http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa06/hhdsec.pdf
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9th annual National Native
American Youth Initiative program:
National Native American Youth Initiative (NNAYI) June 17th
- 25th, 2006 The Association of American Indian Physicians
is now accepting applications for the 9th annual National
Native American Youth Initiative program to be held June
17th-25th 2006 in Washington D.C. Application deadline is
April 20, 2006.
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Starbucks Foundation: Literacy programs that address 21st
Century learning
Deadline: September 1, 2006
The Starbucks Foundation funds programs for youth ages 6-18
that integrate literacy with personal and civic action in
the communities where they live. The Starbucks Foundation
invites letters of inquiry from qualifying 501(c) 3
organizations that work with underserved youth in the fields
of literacy (reading, writing, and creative/media arts) and
environmental literacy. Grants range from $5,000-$20,000.
For more information, go to:
http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/grantinfo.asp.
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Conferences or
Training
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Conference on Exercise and Recreational Technologies, May
30-31, 2006
This State of the Science Conference, which will be held in
conjunction with the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American
College of Sports Medicine, will provide a forum for
discussing innovative technologies and increasing health and
function through safe and effective exercise and recreation
for people with disabilities. Registration is available
online at
http://www.rectech.org/conference
for this conference, which will take place May 30-31, 2006
at the Hyatt Regency at the Colorado Convention Center in
Denver, Colorado.
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6th Annual Summer Evaluation Institute at CDC,
June 12-14, 2006
at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta, GA. The
Institute welcomes staff at
all
levels--Federal, state, local, and community--who do or use
program evaluation. This year's
Institute is being co-sponsored with the American Evaluation
Association (AEA) and we anticipate a larger and more
diverse crowd of participants and offerings than ever. As
in the past, the Institute's three days of training will
include both longer skill-building sessions and small,
interactive sessions with national faculty. our
Institute web site www.evaluationinstitute.org
with information on
agenda, course selection,
and lodging information.
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CDC's 2006 National Health Promotion
Conference
Join local, state and national public health leaders,
businesses, communities, researchers,
policymakers, communicators, and other professionals to
discuss new directions in health promotion.
Together, we will lay the foundation for a national public
health agenda that is focused on the
broadest concepts of health promotion and wellness delivery.
The conference tracks include Nontraditional Partnerships;
Innovative Approaches to Public Health Practice; Translating
Science and Evaluating Results; Health Policy and
Communications; Implementing Best Practices at the Local
Level; and Emerging Issues and Hot Topics in Public Health.
Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, September 12-14, 2006
Visit
www.cdc.gov/cochp for
updates and more information.
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80th Annual American School
Health Association (ASHA) Conference
The 2006 conference theme is
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds: The Mental Health Connection
will be held,
October 11 - 14, 2006
in St. Louis, Missouri.
Many Programs will address identifying the causes of mental
health problems among children and youth, emerging
prevention or intervention strategies, the interactions
between mental health and other educational and health
outcomes, and/or practical approaches to school-based
prevention or intervention. For registration or exhibit
information, contact: Mary Bamer Ramsier at -
mbramsier@ashaweb.org
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Quality Health Care for
Culturally Diverse Populations
October 17-20, 2006, Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison Street,
Seattle, WA. For more information:
http://www.diversityrx.org/ccconf/, e-mail:
ccconf@drexeledu
or call 215-762-7638. Please note that February 28,
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