In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Ali Maffey, Vice President of Social and Behavioral Health at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, described strategies for braiding and layering public health funding and share specific examples.
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In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Andrea Grenadier, Senior Marketing & Communications Specialist at the National Association of County and City Health Officials, shared examples of local health department-related success stories and highlighted tools and resources to support your communications work, particularly around promoting nutrition and physical activity.
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In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University and Steve Gortmaker, Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology, Director of the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the CHOICES Project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shared evidence about cost-effective, population-level nutrition policies that have been shown to prevent obesity and improve health equity as well as updates about implementation.
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In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, DeAnna Nara, Senior Policy Associate at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, explored strategies to incorporate added-sugar warning labels into restaurant menus to reduce added sugar consumption and shared resources to support practitioners at the state and local levels with this work.
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In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Anna Clayton, Senior Program Analyst from the National Association of County and City Health Officials explored resources available through the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP 2.0) framework that can support community engagement and partnerships in planning efforts.
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In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Matthew Lee, PhD Candidate from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and California native who has researched sugary drink trends and the impacts of sugary drink excise taxes in the San Francisco Bay Area, discusses insights from his recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that he led along with other researchers from the CHOICES Team. Matt also focuses on the ways in which these taxes, and the potential revenue raised from them, can benefit communities by improving health equity.
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In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Dr. Steven Gortmaker, Principal Investigator of the CHOICES Project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, highlights the new features available in the Action Kit 2.0, including more detailed information on costs and health equity impacts. Dr. Gortmaker also discusses how this information can be helpful for planning and prioritization purposes to ensure responsible investments to improve child health, nutrition, physical activity, and health equity.
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In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, guest speakers Dr. Susan Carlson and Magdalena Pankowska highlighted the resources and data available through PLACES — a collaboration between the CDC, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CDC Foundation that provides local data estimates for all U.S. counties, places, census tracts, and ZIP Code tabulation areas — showcased the 2023 data release, and shared how these resources can be used to inform work around healthy eating, active living, and advancing health equity.
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In this coffee chat, guest speakers Suzanne Gates, Strategic Communication Team Lead, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Jana Scoville, Project Director, State and Community Health Media Center/Banyan Communications, shared about free and low-cost resources and best practices to support public health professionals in effectively communicating their work to their community.
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In this coffee chat, Amanda Yarnell, Senior Director for the Center for Health Communication and Instructor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and an experienced science journalist, shared tips and strategies to add to your communications toolbox.
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