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Connecting Federal Priorities with Local Community ActionMonday, April 21:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. (EDT)Sharon Hoelscher Day, CFCSEmeritusArea Extension Agent, Family and Consumer SciencesRegional Specialist, Nutritional SciencesUniversity of Arizona Cooperative Extension• This 60-minute web conference focused on Connecting Federal Priorities with Local Community Action • Learn about strategies that connect with women’s health through the life-cycle from early adolescents to seniors. • Share your experiences and ideas through this interactive sessionNational association priorities and federal policies often link directly to local communities and outreach education. AAFCS Chalkley-Fenn Visiting Policy Scholar, Sharon Hoelscher Day, CFCS, will share how some of these connect with women’s health through the life-cycle from early adolescents to seniors.Her Project: Healthy Women for a Lifetime, includes education resources for individuals and Extension professionals plus related advocacy efforts. Some of her time in Washington DC was spent talking with national leaders of professional associations and non-project organizations and gaining insights in how priorities are determined and communicated. Sharon will share her Chalkly-Fenn Scholar work in women’s health and its implications for Extension across the nation. There will also be an opportunity for participants to share how their state is connecting with federal policies and priorities in women's health.TRANSCRIPT
Healthy Women for
a Lifetime
SHARON HOELSCHER DAY, CFCS AAFCS 2010-11 CHALKLEY-FENN PUBLIC POLICY SCHOLAR SHDAY CONSULTANTS EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Healthy Women for a Lifetime GOAL: Explore new policy connections for AAFCS with non-profit and government agencies related to women’s health and build advocacy skills for AAFCS members • Prevention education & policy • Advocacy resources • Webinar & training • FCS Storytelling Factsheet
• Chalkley-Fenn Experience • Sabbatical • Living and working in Washington DC • Aug, Sept & Oct 2010 • April & May 2011 • Training with Framework Institute, Prevention Institute, AAFCS public policy committee, & 3 lobbyist
“We are still standing on the bank of the river, rescuing people who are drowning. We have not gone to the head of the river to keep them from falling in. That is the 21st century task “ Gloria Steinem
Larry Cohen of the Prevention Institute in Oakland, CA
• Strengthen Individual with Knowledge & Skills
• Promote Community Education
• Educate Providers
• Foster Coalition & Networks
• Change Organizational practices
• Influence Policy Legislation
Spectrum of Prevention
Larry Cohen of the Prevention Institute in Oakland, CA
Spectrum of Prevention
• Strengthen Individual with Knowledge & Skills
• Promote Community Education
• Educate Providers
• Foster Coalition & Networks
• Change Organizational practices
• Influence Policy Legislation
• American Public Health Association • Partnership for Women and Families • National Council on Aging • National Osteoporosis Coalition • National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA-USDA) • Office of Women’s Health, Department of Health and Human Services • Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) • Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC • Society of Nutrition Education • National Association of Area Agencies on Aging • National Asian Pacific Council of Aging • Leadership Council on Aging • National Hispanic Council on Aging • AARP • Center for Science in the Public Interest • Food and Nutrition Service-USDA • National Institute of Health, Heart Truth
• What are your current projects in women’s health policy and outreach? • What successful partnerships are you involved with currently • What priorities do you have for future? • Do we have any priorities in common and have potential for collaboration?
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world, indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
Advocacy is . . .
• A political process by an individual or
group influence public policy or
resource allocation decisions within
political, economic or social systems
• Advocacy is critical because we have a
representative Democracy
• Advocacy & Public Policy Training with AAFCS state leaders • Cost-Benefit workshop with Extension state program leaders, 2011 AAFCS Conference & webinars with NH & AK & AZ • AAFCS Advocacy Skills Webinar • AAFCS 2011 National Conference Super Session
Linking Health Women for a Lifetime &
Advocacy
• Get everyone on the same
page
• Don’t start with a
stereotype – Be careful!
• Avoid jargon or acronyms
• Quote or paraphrase your
student or client
• Surprise your listeners
• Let your passion show!
FCS Storytelling
FCS Storytelling
• Keep it short and sweet
• Connect the dots . . . Show
context
• Not just how one individual
“pulled themselves by
bootstraps.”
Tell me a fact and I will learn. Tell me a truth and I will believe. Tell me a story & it will stay in my heart forever. Indian Proverb
Links with National Priorities & Programs
• USDA – NIFA • National data & priorities for evaluation • National Council on Aging & Leadership Council on Aging & National Association of Area Agencies on Aging • Department of Health & Human Services – Office of Women’s Health • American Public Health Association and other associations
Connect Evaluation with National Data • Healthy People 2020 www.healthypeople.gov/ •CDC - Behavioral Risk Surveillance Survey – National & State www.cdc.gov/brfss/ • Institute of Medicine - Measuring Progress in Obesity • Institute of Health – 27 centers & institutes www.nih.gov/icd/
“If we do not change direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.” Chinese Proverb
The Trijillos
Celebrating 50th Anniversary
National Council on Aging
Improving Health & Living with Chronic Conditions • Evidence-based curriculum for national use • Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Classes • Falls Prevention – A Matter of Balance • Coordination with states to standardize senior programming
Dr. Regina M. Benjamin the U.S. Surgeon General stressed the need for medical professionals to partner with teachers, community leaders and organizations to deal with the “whole person” or family’s needs.
Cancer and Heart Disease to Bone Health, Sleep Disorders, Reproductive Issues
and Plastic Surgery
National Women’s Health Conference
• Pre-conference Advocacy Training • Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American Medical Women’s Association • Title X • Mary E. Guinan, MD, PhD, Dean of the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Advisor to the Nevada State Health Division, President of the American Medical Women’s Association.
Good Bone Health From Tweens to Seniors
Healthy Women for a Lifetime
Best Bones Forever • Targets 4 – 15 year olds with bone health messages of Vit. D, Calcium and physical activity • Arizona was pilot site • Prevention at its best • www.bestbonesforever.gov
• National 4-H is a partner
Advantages for Linking with Federal Priorities
Programming - Funding - Evaluation - Marketing
WomensHealth.gov http://www.womenshealth.gov/ Women’s Health – MedPlus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealth.html National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Office of Research on Women’s Health http://orwh.od.nih.gov/ Food and Drug Admin. – Office of Women’s Health http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/byAudience/ForWomen/default.htm National Network of Libraries of Medicine - Health Literacy http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html HealthCare.gov http://www.healthcare.gov/index.html
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Emeritus Extension Faculty, University
of Arizona
Sharon Hoelscher
Day, CFCS
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