Building health from the ground up …. March 6, 2009.

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 ledRegionally coordinatedGovernment 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]