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Updates for the
week of January 17, 2006
Steps to a Healthier WA News and Upcoming Activities
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Our next Community Conference
Call will be January 25, from 11:00am to 12:00pm, PST. Please call
1-800-490-7515 and enter code 3579438 to participate.
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Theory at a Glance: A Guide
for Health Promotion Practice. (second edition)
The monograph describes influential theories of
health-related behaviors, processes of shaping behavior, and
the effects of community and environmental factors on
behavior. The foreword is by Bob Croyle.
http://www.nci.nih.gov/theory/pdf
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50th
Anniversary Partners to Get America Moving!
To celebrate our 50th by becoming a Partner in our national
endeavor to get America become and stay active. Each of
us contributes at all levels in such unique ways that we
welcome an opportunity to celebrate 50 years by highlighting
the physical activity initiatives, promotions, and campaigns
at local, state and/or national levels. For more
information:
http://www.fitness.gov/50th_anniv_partner_info.htm
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The Winning With Asthma
program is now available! An online asthma educational
program for coaches, referees, PE teachers and anyone
involved in youth athletics.
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New York Times Series: The New York Times has published a
four-part series entitled Bad Blood: Diabetes in New
York City. Diabetes has become what the Times calls,
the biggest health problem menacing New York City. Visit:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/nyregionspecial5/.
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State of Tobacco Control Report: The American Lung
Association has released the American Lung Association State
of Tobacco Control 2005 report, which grades federal and
state tobacco control laws and regulations enacted as of
December 31, 2005. The report can be found at:
http://lungaction.org/reports/tobacco-control05.htm
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On a team of 15 players, at
least one athlete is likely to have asthma:
The Minnesota Department of Health today unveiled an
innovative tool designed to help coaches understand asthma
so they can help their players with asthma properly manage
their condition while succeeding in sports. Asthma is
chronic respiratory condition causing inflammation,
excessive mucus production, and contraction of the muscles
surrounding the airways. For many people with asthma,
exposure to specific allergens or irritants or even aerobic
activity can cause the muscles around the irritated airways
to contract and begin producing symptoms. When these muscles
contract, they also narrow the airway passages, making
breathing more difficult, and the athlete starts to
experience an asthma "attack." The Coach's Asthma
Clipboard Program, "Winning With Asthma," consists of a free
30-minute online educational program created for coaches,
referees and physical education teachers. Upon completing
the program, the coach will receive a special clipboard
detailing steps to take during an asthma attack, a
certificate of completion, and a booklet that expands on
asthma information written with coaches in mind.
Read the entire news release at:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressrel/asthma011106.html
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Office on Smoking and Health
January E-Bulletin 2006
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Newly Updated
Health-Related Quality of Life Website Now Available:
CDC is pleased to announce the release of updated
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) state-level data and
CDC's first surveillance summary on HRQOL, which are
available at
http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/.
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Healthy Living
Calendars
Below is a to a variety of 8½ x 11 one-page calendars that
promote taking simple steps every day to live a safe and
healthy life:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/calendar.htm
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The January issue of
Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is now available and
includes:
Steps to a HealthierUS Cooperative Agreement Program:
foundational elements for program evaluation planning,
implementation, and use of findings.
Available from:
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/jan/05_0136.htm
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Grant and Funding Opportunities
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Champions for Healthy Kids Program Offers Grants to
Improve Kids' Fitness and Nutrition Habits
Deadline: February 1, 2006, RFP Link:
http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/5002197/generalmills
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The Environmental
Protection Agency invites you to apply for the National
Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management,
online at
http://www.asthmaawards.info.
Applications
are being accepted until February 1, 2006.
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New Voices: Community New Ventures
Deadline: February 8, 2006
The Institute for Interactive Journalism (J-Lab) invites
U.S. nonprofit groups and education organizations to apply
for funding to launch new community news ventures and to
cooperate with J-Lab in spotlighting best practices and
lessons learned. Each project may receive as much as
$17,000.
For more information, go to:
http://www.j-newvoices.org
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NEW: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces New
Initiative to Promote Healthy Eating Among Children
Deadline: March 7, 2006
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (
http://www.rwjf.org/ ) has launched
Healthy Eating Research (http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/
), a five-year, $16 million program to
evaluate changes in policies and environments that can
promote healthy eating among children.
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Starbucks Foundation: Literacy programs that address 21st
Century learning
Deadlines: March 1 and 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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Learn and Serve America Community-Based Grant
Program.
Due Date: 3/7/2006 Match Requirement
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Women's Health Funding Opportunities:
http://www.naccho.org/topics/fundingguide/fundingmap.cfm |
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Conferences or
Training
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5th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth:
Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities:
January 26-28, 2006 Denver, Colorado.
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Smart Growth
Conference:
The Pennsylvania State University and the Local Government
Commission are hosting 5th Annual New Partners for Smart
Growth: Building Safe, Healthy, and Livable Communities on
January 26-28, 2006 in Denver, Colorado. The conference will
feature the latest information on cutting-edge smart growth
issues, implementation tools and strategies, best practices,
interactive learning experiences, new partners, new
projects, and new policies.
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INTER-DISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE:
Enduring Understanding of "Health is Life in Balance":
Learning and Teaching Diabetes, Science, and Health.
January 26-27, 2006, Northwest Indian College, Lummi
Nation, 2522 Kwina Road, Bellingham, WA 98226-9217.
There is no registration fee.
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2006 Healthy Youth Survey
(HYS) and upcoming recruitment training
The HYS 2006 Recruitment Training will be held on January
25, 2006 in the afternoon at each of the nine Educational
Service Districts. Local health partners play a key role in
promoting school recruitment and participation, and using
the HYS county and school data for local program planning
efforts. School participation is critical to the survey, and
as someone interested in supporting the survey, you can help
with school recruitment efforts. Thank you for your efforts.
Please contact Judy Schoder at 360.236.3520;
judy.schoder@doh.wa.gov if
you have any questions.
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2006 DASH
Funded Partners Meeting, January 29-February 1, 2006 in
Washington, DC at the Capital Hilton Hotel.
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You are invited to the 2nd Northwest Healthy Foods Expo
Are you responsible for buying or choosing foods for
Schools, Childcare Centers, Colleges, Universities,
Hospitals, Company/organization worksites, or other places
that serve food? Are you looking for healthy choices
for food and vending services that are nutritious, available
in single-serve portions, within your budget, and great
tasting? The Healthy Foods Expo brings together food
buyers that want to provide healthy foods for their
customers with food suppliers that produce and sell healthy
foods.
Click here for the Expo Flyer.
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The Washington State Collaborative
introduces strategies to help healthcare professionals
improve the quality of care for patients with chronic
conditions, in particular diabetes and those at risk for
cardiovascular disease. Collaborative 5, which begins in
February 2006, will offer separate tracks for teams that
would like to focus on prevention strategies for
cardiovascular disease or diabetes management.
Click
here for more information.
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Washington State Diabetes Network Second
Annual Meeting
Save the Date March 14, 2006 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Tukwila Area
More than 1.4 million people in Washington have either
diabetes or pre-diabetes. In order to prevent this costly,
disabling disease and improve the health and longevity of
those living with diabetes, nothing less than the
coordinated effort of everyone working on diabetes
prevention and control throughout the state is required.
Join the Washington State Diabetes Network at its second
annual meeting to enhance the work of diabetes prevention
and control on March 14, 2006.
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International Congress on Physical
Activity and Public Health
April 17-20, 2006.
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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
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