Health_Education_Council_HEAL_Policy_Recommendations

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Proposed Healthy Eating Active Living Recommendations
Healthy Sacramento Coalition Meeting
January 23, 2012
Debra Oto-Kent, MPH
Executive Director
Dana Fields-Johnson, MPA
Program Director

Background and Rationale on
Healthy Eating and Active Living
Policies

IOM Research and Evidence

Considerations
• Evidence
• Readiness
• Reach and Impact
• Sustainability

POLICY STRATEGY
• Adopt policies and implement practices to
increase consumption of healthy beverages and
promote water as the healthy beverage of choice.

Background
• Focus on Sugar-
Sweetened Beverages
• Community Education
and Outreach
• Media Advocacy
Campaigns
• Policies to Restrict
Availability and Limit
Consumption

Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD. Director Atkins Center for Weight & Health

Daily Consumption
• 41% of kids age 2-11
• 62% of kids age12 -17
• 24% of adults

Policy Objectives
1) Work with employers and businesses to
adopt and implement healthy beverage
guidelines and meeting practices .
2) Work with four school districts to address
water access and availability in their school
wellness plans and require it be available at
all school meals.

Policy Objectives
3) Work with local jurisdictions and special
districts to increase access and availability of
fresh drinking water in public facilities.

Policy Strategy
• Increase access to
locally grown and fresh
produce in communities
with limited access.

Background
• Zoning Regulations Regarding Farm Stands
• Address Costly Fees and Restrictions
• Supports Farm Stands on Private Property
• Under consideration in Sacramento

Rationale/Evidence
• Make affordable, nutritious foods more
accessible to residents.
• Evidence supports farms stands in
underserved communities through rezoning
and conversion of blighted property.
• Equity Tool

Policy Objectives
1) Advocate for changes to zoning regulations
2) Work with retailers and small stores to improve access to
fresh produce
3) Zoning changes to limit new fast food establishments near
schools.
4) Restrictions on fast food advertising

Policy Strategy
• Leverage and expand
existing joint use
agreements in school
districts in priority zip
codes to expand access to
facilities and encourage
active living and increased
recreational use of school
property.

Maximizing Physical Activity
through Joint Use Agreements
• Strategy 4: Leverage and expand existing joint use agreements in the four school
districts located within the priority zip codes to expand access to facilities to
encourage active living and increased recreational use of school property.
• Population Target: Families and children who live in close proximity to target
schools
• Geographic Target: The school districts with the highest readiness to engage in
joint use efforts

Geographic
School District Zip Codes Communities included
Sacramento City Unified
95811, 95814, 95817,
95820,95822, 95823, 95824,
95832
(Over 40 Schools)
Down Town, East City,
South Sacramento,
Twin Rivers Unified 95660, 95673, 95815, 95838
(Over 30 Schools)
North Natomas, Rio Linda,
North Highlands, North
Sacramento
San Juan 95821, 95841
(15 Schools)
North Highlands/Foothill
Farms, Citrus Heights
Elk Grove 95828, 95823
(8 Schools)
South Sacramento

What is Joint Use?
• A joint use agreement (JUA) is a formal
agreement between two separate government
entities-typically school districts and a city or
county- setting forth the terms and conditions for
shared use of public property or facilities

Benefits of Joint Use
• Makes physical activity easier by providing
kids and adults with a centrally located place
to exercise and play.
• Makes sense financially. Builds on built
assets- fields, gyms, playgrounds, etc.

Opportunity
• Sacramento City Unified School District has 90 schools, 53
elementary, six K-8 schools, nine middle schools, twelve
high schools, one middle and high combination school,
and eight charter schools run by nonprofits organizations.
Of these, 80 (89%) school sites participated in the joint
use process in the 2010/11 school year. Use ranged from
one permit to 67 permits per school site.
Source: Sacramento City Unified School District Joint Use Agreement Analysis 2010/11
Health Education Council and LPC Consulting Associates, Inc.

Questions
Debra Oto-Kent
dotokent@healthedcouncil.org
916.556.3344
Dana Fields-Johnson
dfieldsjohnson@healthedcouncil.org
916.556.3344

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