The California Center for Health
Improvement
CCHI is an independent, impartial, not-for-profit, prevention-focused
health policy center. CCHI publishes Policy Matters, which is a series
of fact sheets on current community health and healthcare issues and
policies.
http://www.centerforhealthimprovement.org/
California Center for Physical
Activity
The Center champions creative
solutions to increasing everyday activity in California, serves as an
expert resource for California physical activity partners, helps
communities create more walkable and bikeable neighborhoods. By
targeting sedentary and irregularly active people across the lifespan,
the Center addresses the obesity and diabetes epidemics, cardiovascular
disease and stroke, osteoporosis, arthritis, colon cancer and
hypertension.
http://www.caphysicalactivity.org/achievements.html
California Center for Public
Heatlh Advocacy
The CPHA
raises awareness about public health
issues and mobilizes communities to promote the establishment of
effective health policies. Priority issues are child nutrition and
fitness, health disparities, universal access to health care, and public
health infrastructure.
http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/
California Diabetes Prevention and
Control Program
The Diabetes Prevention and
Control Program is a public health program in the
California Department of Health Services. We work to prevent and
detect diabetes, improve quality of care, reduce health
disparities, develop and sustain public health policy, and to raise
awareness.
http://caldiabetes.org
California Food
Policy Advocates
CFPA is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the
health and well-being of low-income Californians by increasing their
access to nutritious and affordable food.
http://www.cfpa.net
California
Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
The mission is to increase
awareness and understanding of agriculture among California's educators
and students. They work with K–12 teachers, students, and community
leaders, to enhance education using agricultural examples.
http://www.cfaitc.org/AboutUs/AboutUs.php
California
Healthy Cities and Communities
The program promotes a positive
physical, social and economic environment that supports the well-being
of its members. Youth development and community-based nutrition and
physical activity are among the program's areas of expertise. The
program offers educational programs, technical assistance, and various
products and services. http://www.civicpartnerships.org/
California Obesity Prevention Initiative
website
The site provides the latest guidelines, data, and resources for
combating this epidemic, including existing policies and how you might
work to incorporate healthy activity and eating policies in your
community. Download the
Do More-Watch Less Toolkit, a cutting edge effort to help
pre-teens incorporate more screen-free activities into their lives.
California Obesity Prevention Plan
A Vision for Tomorrow, Strategic Actions for Toda
In
recognition of California’s growing obesity epidemic, competing
environmental forces and fragmented efforts, the legislature mandated
that California Department of Health Services (CDHS) create this
strategic plan to guide a statewide response to this crisis. This
California Obesity Prevention Plan is meant to serve as a
springboard for government, business, voluntary and philanthropic
sectors to convert fragmentation into collaboration and synergy, to
carefully align and invest resources, and to create a shared response to
a societal crisis.
California Project LEAN
California Project Lean provides you with a wealth of resources,
evaluations, articles and materials for promoting healthy eating and
physical activity.
http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/
CANFit - California Adolescent
Nutrition and Fitness Program
The program seeks to engage communities, and build their capacity to
improve the nutritional status and physical fitness of California's
low-income, African American, Latino, Asian / Pacific Islander, and
American Indian youth between the ages of 10 and 14.
http://www.canfit.org
Center for Weight and Health
Center provides research on prevention
of childhood obesity and related conditions. It includes surveys, data,
activities, materials, programs, organizations and links, extensive
resource and reference lists, funding resources and a directory of
professionals.
http://nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/index.html
Champions for Change
We are Moms, We are Dads,
We are concerned parents, just like you.
We are making healthy changes in our
kitchens, homes, schools, and neighborhoods and so can you.
Dairy Council
of California
The Dairy
Council of California offers free health and nutrition education
materials for California teachers.
Visit their website for details.
Institute for Health and Aging
The Physical Activity and Health
Initiative (PAHI) seeks to increase the proportion of older Californians
who engage in regular physical activity; increase physical activity in
the workplace; and increase community and neighborhood policies and
environments that encourage and support walking and biking.
Kaiser's Educational Theatre Programs
Kaiser's
Educational Theatre Programs (ETP) uses live theatre, music, comedy and
drama to inspire children, teens and adults to make healthier choices
and better decisions about their well-being. ETP’s live, interactive
performances capture students’ attention while creating an emotional
connection that makes the show’s health issues real to them. To meet the
diverse health needs of today’s kindergarten through 12th grade
audiences, ETP offers four different award-winning presentations. ETP’s
programs are led by young, professional actors / educators who are trained
in peer counseling and who reflect the cultural diversity of the
communities we serve. After each performance, ETP provides students,
teachers and parents with educational support materials designed to
facilitate an ongoing dialogue about the health issues covered in the
program.
http://xnet.kp.org/etp/
Meals Matter
This website, developed by The Dairy Council of California, makes
MyPyramid and the Dietary Guidelines more useful and actionable for the
health professional and consumer. The Meal Planning
Tools — Cookbook,
Meal Planner, Meal Suggestions, Pantry, Recipes and Shopping List —
provide a range of useful features to make planning healthy meals
easier.
http://www.mealsmatter.org/index.aspx
State Health Facts...online
resources provides comprehensive and current health policy information
and health data by state. The site provides information on demographics,
health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing,
and state legislation.
Strategic
Alliance
The Strategic Alliance for
Healthy Food and Activity Environments
is a coalition of nutrition and physical activity advocates in
California that is shifting the debate on nutrition and physical
activity away from a primary focus on personal responsibility and
individual choice to one that examines corporate and government
practices and the role of the environment in shaping eating and activity
behaviors. The Alliance's goal is to benefit the health and wellness of
all California residents by promoting environmental solutions and
institutional and government policies and practices that support healthy
eating and activity. The Strategic Alliance focuses its promotion of
healthy eating and activity environments through five key sectors:
Children's Environments, Government, Industry Practices, Health Care
System and the Media.
http://www.eatbettermovemore.org/
