Early Childhood

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Early Childhood
Tracy Miller, MSPH, RD Child and Adult Care Food
Program
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Did You Know

• COPANs Early Childhood Task Force was
  established in 2003 - 2004 ??.
• EC Resource Kit was completed by TF members
• Building Healthy Foundations Conference was held
  in conjunction with Denver Metro and Colorado
  Nutrition Network
• Regional and state trainings began
• First EC grants were released and awarded
• 2005 Began the development of the early
  childhood recognition program the Child Care
  Champions Best Practices guidebook and self
  assessment

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Did You Know

• From 2003 to 2007
• Almost 50,000 has been awarded to grantees
• Over 20 state-wide trainings have been held in
  conjunction with CACFP, COPAN, WIC and CAEYC
• Almost 4,300 Child Care Champions Best Practices
  books have been distributed in CO, KS, and TX
• Over 200 centers and day care providers have
  taken all seven Best Practice tests and received
  Certificates of Completion

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School Site Task Force
Shana Patterson, RD COPAN Nutrition Coordinator
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Did You Know

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Did You Know

• Partnered with COPAN Coalition members to promote
  TV Turnoff Week and alternative activities
• Collaborated with Colorado Connections for
  Healthy Schools to implement their workplan for
  Coordinated School Health in Colorado
• Resource Development
• Trainings and Summits
• Provided over 100 annual grants to schools

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Nutrition 5 A Day Fruits and Veggies
Restaurants
Shana Patterson, RD COPAN Nutrition Coordinator
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Did You Know

• 2003 Nutrition was specifically addressed into
  the priority area of Increased fruit and
  vegetable consumption
• Done in partnership with Colorado on the Move,
  and key messages within the newly developed
  Worksite and School Site Resource Kits
• Grocery store tours as well as school-based
  health fairs

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Did You Know

• 2004- 05
• 5 A Day Task Force developed the Produce Festival
  Tool Kit for grocery stores/retailers
• Was the inception and development of the
  restaurant program Small Steps for Healthy Leaps
• 5 A Day Grants were awarded

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Continued

• Since 2004
• Over 40,000 has been awarded to nutrition
  intervention-specific grantees
• Over 200 school and business-related health fairs
  have been provided with nutrition information
• Have partnered with a national healthy restaurant
  internet program Healthy Dining Finder to promote
  healthful eating out
• Currently have 131 individual restaurants/establis
  hments participating the Smart Meal program (with
  potential for an additional 205 stores beginning
  end of Jan!)
• Denver Metro College Apprentice Program

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Worksite
Brandon Young, MA, PHR Mountain States Employers
Council Co-Chair, Worksite Task Force
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Did You Know

• The Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition
  (COPAN) Program Worksite Task Force has been in
  existence since 2003.
• Task Force Demographics for profit worksite
  wellness vendors, insurance companies, non-profit
  organizations with interest or mission related to
  health, wellness, or worksites, and local health
  agencies.
• Early initiatives trainings, grants, worksite
  resource kit, better communication and resource
  sharing, and assistance with community
  initiatives.

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Did You Know

• Since 2003
• Over 15 regional workshops, summits and web-cast
  presentations. Approximately 300 people trained.
• 38 grants have been distributed for a total of
  approximately 80,000.
• Over 500 resource kits distributed.
• Creation of the Colorado Worksite Health
  Promotion Listserv Over 150 participants.
• Assistance with community initiatives Mesa
  County Well County and Fort Collins Well City
  projects.
• Former grantees have continued to implement
  wellness programs through employer funding and
  support.

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Did You Know

• Continuing evolution of Task Force Initiatives
• Focus on collaboration and partnership
  development.
• Continuing to design infrastructure for a
  state-wide initiative to better train and deliver
  resources and assistance to communities.
• Employer conference scheduled for April/May 2008
  in partnership with the American Cancer Society.
• Worksite Resource Re-design focus groups and
  key informant interviews complete, content and
  design work in progress.

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Active Community Environments
Betsy Jacobsen CDOT Bicycle/Pedestrian/TDM
Manager Co-Chair, ACE Task Force
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Did You Know

• an Active Community Environment provides
  opportunities for people of all ages and
  abilities to engage in routine physical activity?
• ACE is an newer field only about 10 years old
• Draws data from fields of transportation and
  community planning as well as public health
• the history of the COPAN ACE Task Force?
• Began in 2003

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Did You Know

• about these ACE accomplishments?
• Conference Sponsorships/Presentations
• CD ACE Resources
• ACE Listserv
• Training
• Partnerships
• Grants
• Future Direction

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Healthcare Systems
Bonnie Jortberg, MS, RD, CDE Department of Family
Medicine University of Colorado Denver
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Did You Know

• The HCSTF has the following major
  accomplishments
• Developed of Guidelines for Adult Obesity
• Developed a DVD for physicians on how to counsel
  overweight and obese patients.
• Partnered in promoting a toll-free weight
  management telephone counseling service to
  underserved populations in Colorado. Over 400
  clients enrolled. Average weight loss was 6 of
  total body weight.

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Did You Know

• That HCSTF partnered with the Colorado Clinical
  Guidelines Collaborative to provide Rapid
  Improvement Activities (RIAs) in 10 healthcare
  practices in Colorado.
• The focus of the RIAs was to help practices
  develop simple interventions that will make it
  easier to counsel overweight and obese patients.

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Breastfeeding Promotion
Erin Murray, MSPH, RD Public Health Consultant
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Did You Know

• The Breastfeeding Promotion Work Group is part of
  the Colorado Breastfeeding Task Force. Major
  accomplishments of the Work group are
• Making over 100 Breastfeeding Friendly Business
  Awards annually
• Developing an online breastfeeding curriculum for
  nursing students through Metro State

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Did You Know

• The BFWG is distributing a Breastfeeding Policy
  Toolkit and providing technical assistance to all
  55 birthing centers in the state. The technical
  assistance will focus on implementing model
  breastfeeding-friendly hospital policies and
  practices that have been shown to increase
  initiation and duration rates.

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Surveillance and Evaluation
Jodi Drisko, MSPH
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Did You Know

• Provide input on data,analysis and reports
• Two subcommittees
• Heights and Weights BMI measurement
• Three rounds of measurement
• 1st year convenience sample
• 2nd year random sample (limited participation)
• 3rd year random sample, partnered with Oral
  Health
• Working on giving schools meaningful information

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Did You Know

• School Policy and Environment Indicators
• identify a limited set of indicators of positive
  school policy and environment around physical
  activity, nutrition, and tobacco use
• agree to coordinate and collect data on the
  common identified indicators through the programs
  or services available to them
• CDE will send out with School Health Profiles BMI
  screening in schools
• 45 DPS schools, 45 rural schools selected in RWJ
  funded study

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