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1) PBS to air Unnatural Causes beginning March 27 (back to top)
California Newsreel's ground breaking series, Unnatural Causes will be aired on PBS starting March 27. This series describes how the public and certain populations' health and well being are adversely impacted by social and physical factors. California Newsreel worked with national and local county Health Officers in the planning and development of this series, which focuses on non-biological and non -behavioral causes of poor health and disparities. For more information on the series, go to the website at www.unnaturalcauses.org.
Tune in to PBS Channel 9 at 10:00 pm for the following segments:
March 27, In Sickness and in Wealth
April 3, When the Bough Breaks and Becoming American
April 10, Bad Sugar and Place Matters
April 17, Collateral Damageand Not Just a Paycheck
The SFDPH Health Education Training Center is hosting brown bag lunch screenings & discussions of Unnatural Causes from 12-2 pm on April 2, May 7, & June 18. For more info, visit: http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oprograms/CHPP/HETC/default.asp.
2) Climate-Friendly Eating, Monday, March 31, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (back to top)
A panel discussion about environmentally conscious food choices hosted by the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA). Global climate change is now inescapable, but the good news is that you can lessen your climate impact by eating well. Come learn about which foods have the biggest carbon footprint and how you can make cooler food choices.
Panelists:
Helene York, Director of Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation and Project Director of the company's Low Carbon Diet program
Gail Feenstra, Food Systems Analyst at the UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program and member of the UC Davis/Bon Appétit Low Carbon Diet Project team
Laura Stec, chef and author of the forthcoming book The Global Warming Diet: Cool Recipes for a Hot Climate
Bonnie Powell, Cofounder of the Ethicurean food-politics blog and deputy editor of Edible San Francisco
Location: Port Commission Hearing Room, Ferry Building, SF. Program at 6:30, reception w/ light refreshments at 8. Free and open to the public.
3) Environmental Prevention Webinar: April 16, 2008 (back to top)
Talking about Environmental Prevention: How can we do a better job?
When we say prevention, most people think about what individuals can do for themselves, not what neighborhoods can do for residents, or what we can do for each other. How can we help people understand that prevention means we have to create healthy places if we want healthy people? Please join Linnea Ashley from Strategic Alliance's Rapid Response Network and Lori Dorfman from Berkeley Media Studies Group in an interactive Webinar to explore what environmental prevention means and how we can talk about it.
By the end of the Webinar, participants will:
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be able to describe the default frames that make it harder for people to understand the environmental perspective on nutrition and physical activity
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have identified the difficulties they have when it comes to explaining the environmental perspective
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be able to describe environmental perspectives at three different levels (values, categories and policies)
The Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments is thrilled to be hosting an online forum on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 from 10:00 -11:30 a.m. (PST).
Please register by April 7th. Go to: https://calcasa.ilinc.com/public/preventioninstitute: If you have any further questions or problems registering for the Webinar, please contact Linnea Ashley at linnea@preventioninstitute.org
4) BANPAC Sugar Savvy Workshop - April 18 (back to top)
Did you know: The average person eats almost 175 pounds of sugar a year – that's about half a pound of sugar a day! Thirty percent of all calories consumed each day come from sweetened beverages, and soda is the number source of sugar in the American diet.
To educate, motivate, and empower Bay Area Residents to eliminate or reduce their sugar consumption BANPAC is launching Soda Free Summer.
We want you to get Sugar Savvy and join our campaign. Come to the Sugar Savvy Workshop:
When: April 18th from 9a.m. to Noon
Where: Elihu Harris State Building. 1515 Clay St., Oakland, 94612. Room #1
At the train-the-trainer Workshop you will:
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Receive a hands on education curriculum with camera ready copies
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Learn how to spread the message on how to be Sugar Savvy
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Learn how to promote the Soda Free Summer Campaign in your community
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Leave feeling informed, inspired and ready to get involved!
To Register: http://ucanr.org/besugarsavvy
5) California Pacific Medical Center 2008 Community Health Grants Program is now accepting Request for Proposals (back to top)
Their funding priority areas for 2008 include:
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Access to health care services (examples include oral health care, vision screening, behavioral health, palliative and medical respite care);
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Chronic diseases prevention and management (specifically diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease and stroke);
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Communicable diseases prevention (examples include sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS);
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Violence and injury prevention
California Pacific Medical Center 2008 Request for Proposals (Word)
Proposals including all attachments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. They are offering an opportunity for potential applicants to meet with CPMC staff to discuss the RFP application process. The Bidders' Conference will be held on April 11, 2-3:30pm, at Bothin Auditorium, 3700 California Street. Please RSVP with Mark Vaughan (vaugham@sutterhealth.org and/or 600 2817) if you are interested in attending.
Please do not hesitate to contact Shirley Manly Lampkin, RN, PhD, Director of Community Health Programs (at 600-2976 or ManlyS@sutter health.org) or Wylie Liu, MPH, MPA, Community Health Programs Manager, (at 600-2024 or liuw@sutterhealth.org) with any questions.
6) The Feeling Good Project has developed a curriculum "The F.L.AV.O.R of Nutrition", after a Nutrition Education Needs Assessment was conducted to identify the nutrition education training needs of the staff members of agencies and community based organizations, so they can promote increased intake of fruits and vegetables, daily physical activity, and nutrition assistance programs to their clients and staff. The results of the Nutrition Education Needs Assessment showed that the staff members' topics of interest were Nutrition 101, Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables, How to Increase Fruits and Vegetables, Shopping for Best Nutrition, Cooking Healthy Foods, Healthy Portion Sizes, and Developing Nutrition Presentations.
By training staff on how to provide nutrition education to their clients, we can help them promote increased intake of fruits and vegetables, daily physical activity, and nutrition assistance programs, to more staff and clients on a continuous basis. For these reasons we have decided to offer a series of train-the-trainer classes to the staff of community organizations who in turn could share these skills with their clients. We will be offering this train the trainer class series beginning May 2, 2008 through June 6, 2008 at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Room 252 S.F. CA 94102
Due to limited space, the class series is open on a:
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First come first served-maximum 12 participants
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To those that plan to provide these classes to their staff and clients
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To those who can commit to attend all six classes
For more information or to register, please contact Suzanne Malone at suzanne.malone@sfdph.org
LOCATION: 30 Van Ness Avenue, Room 252, San Francisco CA, 94102
TIME: 1:00pm-3:00pm
DATES: Fridays, May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23, May 30, June 6
TOPICS: Nutrition 101, Healthy Portion Sizes, Developing Nutrition Presentations and Much More! (back to top)
7) California Association for Health, Physcial Education, Recreation and Dance Governor's Challenge deadline extended to May 31st (back to top)
A record number of people have signed up to take the Governor's Challenge this year - over 75,000 students and teachers so far! Schools participating in the Governor's Challenge are noting increased attendance, increased school spirit, and increased focus in the classroom. To ensure that all schools have the opportunity to experience these benefits, the Council has just announced that it is extending its deadline to participate in the 2008 Governor's Challenge Competition to May 31st. There is now plenty of time for your school to sign up for the Challenge and compete for the competition's fabulous prizes. There is also plenty of time for your students and teachers to complete the Challenge and qualify for individual rewards.
Sign your school up to learn more for the Governor's Challenge today at www.CalGovCouncil.org/Challenge or call the Governor's Council at 310-689-0841.
8) Research Shows Benefits of Breakfast for Adolescents (back to top)
(Reuters, March 3, 2008)
At study of more than 2,000 teens in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area found that those who eat breakfast regularly tend to weigh less than those who skip the meal. Teens who eat breakfast also exercise more as well as consume an overall healthy diet. The study focused on measuring Body Mass Index (BMI) - lean individuals have lower BMIs than overweight or obese persons. Adolescents who skipped breakfast, according to the research published in the journal Pediatrics, weighed as much as 5 pounds more on average than the teens who ate breakfast every day. It's believed that breakfast helped teens control their hunger, and kept them from binge eating at lunch and dinner. Study author Mark Pereira, of the University of Minnesota, noted that adolescents who ate breakfast are "much more physically active and& have lower fat intake, lower cholesterol intake, higher fiber intake." The study mentioned that approximately 25 percent of the nation's teens skip breakfast.
9) Let's Be Healthy and Newcomers Health featured in SF Chronicle article on community health workers (back to top)
Read the article! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/03/24/BA6UV94RF.DTL
