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) Bkozak@arha.ca