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Using a Community Workshop Model to Promote Active Living and Improve Public Health

A live webinar to assist public health agencies put community-based public health skills into practice.

Over the past five years, public health partners in Indiana have collaborated on an Active Living Program, designed to raise awareness about how communities can create healthy places and support active living through strategic planning, policies, programs and projects. Forty-six cities and towns participated in the initiative, which consisted of a yearlong planning and implementation process, a full-day local workshop, and ongoing technical assistance and evaluation. In 2019, an Indiana Active Living Guidebook was published to assist other communities in taking action. This webinar will highlight the components and impacts of the Active Living Program, discuss the need to build civic infrastructure, and explain how this model can advance public health skills and practice.

Audience

Public health professionals in all settings, including governmental public health, non-profits, health systems, etc. as well as across disciplines, whether health education, nursing, environmental health, leadership, etc.

Participants are encouraged to join the webinars individually or with others from their agency.

Learning Objectives

• Identify Active Living Workshop and Program elements that advance healthy communities
• Name cross-sectoral partnerships needed in building healthy communities
• Integrate strategies to advance public health skills and practice through a workshop model

Speakers

Kim Irwin, MPH, is the Executive Director of Health by Design, which works at the intersection of the built environment and public health, collaborating across sectors and disciplines to ensure Indiana communities have neighborhoods, public spaces and transportation infrastructure that promote active living for all. Health by Design envisions vibrant, thriving communities that help all people live active, healthier lives. As of January 2019, Health by Design provides management services to the Indiana Public Health Association, which has a mission of building capacity among public health professionals and partners to achieve health equity and well-being for all across the state of Indiana. Kim guides the strategic direction, partnership development and programmatic, operational and financial management of both organizations.

Pete Fritz is the Healthy Communities Planner with the Indiana State Department of Health, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity.  He has a passion for working with project stakeholders in planning and designing great communities with a focus on promoting healthy, active lifestyles through changes to policies and the built environment. 

Marjorie Hennessy is the Active Living Program Manager with Health by Design in Indianapolis. She is a LEED AP for Neighborhood Development and is passionate about the stewardship of our cityscapes and natural landscapes. Her focus is on responsible, equitable and sustainable planning practices that create and define urban spaces, connect neighborhoods and ensure the long-term livability through the promotion of active living activities. 

Continuing Education Credit

• 1.0 CHES Category I CECH
• Certificate of Completion

The Michigan Public Health Training Center is a designated provider (ID# 99038) of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.

Planning Committee

Phoebe Kulik, MPH, CHES; Dany Zemmel; Kim Irwin, MPH; Pete Fritz; Marjorie Hennessey

Sponsors

The Region V Public Health Training Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31684 Public Health Training Centers ($924,899). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by Region V PHTC, HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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