Leadership for Healthy Communities - Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Reference List

Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Reference List

The Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit is becoming an essential resource for state and local governments, school boards, advocacy groups, academics and concerned citizens.

Below are influential organizations and decision makers that have referenced the toolkit:

Action for Healthy Kids:
http//www.actionforhealthykids.org/resources/files/200906.pdf

Active Living Research:

http://www.activelivingresearch.org/resourcesearch/resourcesforpolicymakers

African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN):
http://www.aacorn.org/Comm-1396.html

American Academy of Pediatrics: http//www.aap.org/obesity/community_advocacy.html
American Planning Association – featured in Essential Info Packet EIP-14, Planning, Public Health, and Physical Activity: http//www.gethealthysmc.org/uploads/pages/197_healthy_planning_in_action.pdf

Arizona Department of Health Services: http//azdhs.gov/documents/snap/SNAP_Policy_Paper.pdf Association for Community Health Improvement: http://www.communityhlth.org/communityhlth/resources/hlthycommunities.html Baltimore Spokes: http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=2009051413023072 British Columbia Food Security Gateway: http//www.phabc.org/modules.php?name=Food_Security&NSNST_Flood=9386f636fc03c3e0adc56f5340b9582a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fruits & Veggies — More Matters Initiative: http//www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/downloads/NationalActionGuide2009.pdf Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy Communities Program: http//www.cdc.gov/STEPS/newsletters/june-sept2009.htm#8
Coalition on Regional Equity: http//www.equitycoalition.org/index.php?/site/resources/ Colorado Diabetes Prevention and Control Program: http//www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/diabetes/Diabetes%20eNewsOct-Nov2009.pdf Colorado State University: http//www.ext.colostate.edu/cis/food_ag.html Common Pathways (local coalition in Worcester, NY): http//commonpathways.org/default.asp?ID=128 Complete Streets Coalition – June 2009 newsletter: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5184/t/6237/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1093459&t=#resources Consortium for Infant and Child Health: http//cinchcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/09/healthy-communities-action-strategies.html
Convergence Partnership: http://www.convergencepartnership.org/site/c.fhLOK6PELmF/b.3917607/k.BB87/News_and_Resources.htm Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina: http//www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/TheEvidence/TheEvidence.html Farm to School and School Garden Research Consortium: http://datadorksunite.ning.com/profiles/blogs/rwjf-toolkit-recommends-farm Florida Children's Services Council: http://www.floridacsc.org/events/newsletters/FCSCNewsUpdate20090610.html Gaston Rehab Associates, Inc.: http://gastonrehabassociates.typepad.com/gaston_rehab_associates_i/2009/07/leadership-for-healthy-communities.html Green Changemakers: http://green-changemakers.blogspot.com/2009/07/leadership-for-healthy-communities.html Harvard School of Public Health, the Nutrition Source: http//www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/index.html Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee http://healthequity.us/2009/08/05/action-strategies-toolkit-from-rwjf/ Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City: http://www.healthcare4kc.org/resources.aspx International City/County Management Association: http//icma.org/en/Article/4630/Leadership_for_Healthy_Communities_Publishes_Toolkit Iowa Department of Economic Development: http://www.iowalifechanging.com/community/greenetwork/march2009.aspx Lifestyle Information Network, Ontario, Canada: http://lin.ca/resource-details/14435 Local Government Commission: http//www.lgc.org/healthycommunities/index.html#toolkit Louisiana Council on Obesity Prevention and Management: http//www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?ID=270&Detail=9186 Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission: http://www.mdhwc.org/Downloads/leanandgreen/RG-%20Addtl%20Resources.pdf Mississippi Department of Health: http//www.msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/43,0,213.html Montana Nutrition and Physical Activity Program: http://montananapa.org/resource.html

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): http//www.naccho.org/advocacy/positions/upload/10-01-Obesity-Prevention-Policy-Statement.pdf National Association of State Boards of Education: http//nasbe.org/index.php/nhlr/703-healthlines0709 National School Boards Association (NSBA), “Improving Child Nutrition Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity”, Formal Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities of the Committee on Education and Labor, United States House of Representatives, May 14, 2009: http//edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/testimony/20090514ReginaldFeltonTestimony.pdf
National School Boards Association: http//secure.nsba.org/register/webcast/index.cfm
National Conference of State Legislatures: http//www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=18060 National League of Cities: http//www.nlc.org/articles/articleItems/NCW122109/childhoodobesityacademy.aspx New Jersey, Department of Health and Senior Services: http//www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/shapingnj/community.shtml New Mexico Department of health, Public Health Division, Region 5: http//www.health.state.nm.us/phd/dist3/index.htm New York State Department of Health: http://www.health.state.ny.us/prevention/prevention_agenda/physical_activity_and_nutrition/ North Carolina Division of Public Health: http//www.nutritionnc.com/links.htm Ohio, Healthy Ohio Program: http//www.healthyohioprogram.org/ASSETS/4B8E5B9E261D476F9465BB6F184C2189/hcresource.pdf Oregon Action for Healthy Kids: http//www.oregonactionforhealthykids.org/index_files/Page1242.htm Pennsylvania HeadStart Association: http//www.paheadstart.org/UserFiles/File/November_2009.doc Public Schools of North Carolina: http//www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/stateboard/hrstudents/2010/leadership-strategies-toolkit.pdf Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=42514 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Prevent Childhood Obesity: http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/content/school-nutrition http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/content/healthy-foods-home http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/content/physical-activity-school http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/content/community-design-recreation http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/content/media-marketing Safe Routes to School National Partnership: http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/state/5764 http//www.saferoutespartnership.org/mediacenter/6621/266703/ Save the Children: http//www.savethechildren.org/publications/programs/usp/STC-USP-2009-CHANGE-Brochure.pdf ShapeUp San Francisco: http://www.sfgov3.org/index.aspx?page=1158
Smart Growth Network: http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7146&state=52&res=1152 Society for Public Health Education: http//sophe.sophe.org/newsletter.asp?item_ID=13632 Texas Department of State Health Services: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/schoolhealth/fridaybeat/2009/20090515.doc Tipping the Scales for Better Health, a project of the Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition: http://www.tippingthescales.net/neighborhood/neighborhoodresources.html United States Conference of Mayors: http//usmayors.org/chhs/uploads/00USCMJune09enews.pdf University of Utah Center for Public Policy and Administration: http://www.imakenews.com/cppa/e_article001444898.cfm University of Washington: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/PM%205-15-09%20PDF%20template%20FINAL%20without%20password%20protection.pdf Urban Health Today, New York Academy of Medicine's blog: http://urbanhealthtoday.blogspot.com/2009/07/action-strategies-toolkit-guide-for.html Urbanicity, a resource for local governments and urban development worldwide: http//www.urbanicity.org/Site/News/June09.aspx http//www.urbanicityalerts.org/urbanicityalerts/CMBJune09.htm Whatcom County, Washington: http://www.whatcomcounts.org/whatcom/modules.php?op=modload&name=Article&file=articles&artid=294 White House: www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/leadership-for-healthy-communities-applauds-the-first-ladys-lets-move-cities-and-towns-initiative-96329444.html

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