LiveWell Wheat Ridge (LWWR) is a partnership of community stakeholders in Wheat Ridge, Colorado working to reduce obesity through programs and policies that support healthy eating and active living. LWWR is funded by LiveWell Colorado and focuses on creating environments and infrastructure that make healthy choices easier through initiatives like increasing access to fresh foods and active transportation. LWWR implements strategies across multiple sectors and aims to make Wheat Ridge a more livable community with support from various local organizations.
Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS): Toward a Nutrition-Sensitive ApproachJordan Teague
Multiple-use water services (MUS) is a participatory, integrated approach to water management that supports both agricultural production and domestic activities at or near the home. One of its principle strengths is that it overcomes traditional barriers between the domestic and productive water sectors.
MUS has the potential to bridge agriculture and nutrition through water use: enhance crop production and household income, increase access to diverse foods, decrease disease transmission, and empower women and communities through income generation and time and labor savings. Additional nutritional benefits from MUS may be linked to safer drinking water and improved hygiene.
With emerging evidence suggesting that stunting cannot be addressed without also focusing on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), SPRING wanted to better understand current WASH and water strategies that sought to bridge agriculture and health to reduce undernutrition at the community, farm, and household levels.
Pulling on examples from the field, this report highlights some opportunities and challenges around linking MUS to improved nutrition and outlines some promising practices for making MUS more nutrition-sensitive.
Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS): Toward a Nutrition-Sensitive ApproachJordan Teague
Multiple-use water services (MUS) is a participatory, integrated approach to water management that supports both agricultural production and domestic activities at or near the home. One of its principle strengths is that it overcomes traditional barriers between the domestic and productive water sectors.
MUS has the potential to bridge agriculture and nutrition through water use: enhance crop production and household income, increase access to diverse foods, decrease disease transmission, and empower women and communities through income generation and time and labor savings. Additional nutritional benefits from MUS may be linked to safer drinking water and improved hygiene.
With emerging evidence suggesting that stunting cannot be addressed without also focusing on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), SPRING wanted to better understand current WASH and water strategies that sought to bridge agriculture and health to reduce undernutrition at the community, farm, and household levels.
Pulling on examples from the field, this report highlights some opportunities and challenges around linking MUS to improved nutrition and outlines some promising practices for making MUS more nutrition-sensitive.
Amy Margolies
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Using Malawi’s Community-Based Childcare Centers to Implement an Agriculture and Nutrition Intervention
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RV 2015: Integrating Health, Livable Communities and Transit: A How-To Discus...Rail~Volution
Where do wellness issues fit in the transit conversation? What is the link between how we build our cities and transportation networks, and the physical, social, mental and economic wellness of our communities? Participate in the discussion with health funders, community development professionals, health equity advocates and urban planners. Hear how they've leveraged new funding sources for critical investments. What are the politics, processes and mechanics of integrating health, wellness and health equity issues into the planning and design of livable communities? Learn new techniques and perspectives from health foundations, public policy advocates and urban designers and cities in the US (Phoenix, Dallas, Houston) and Canada.
Moderator: Elizabeth Sobel Blum, Senior Community Development Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas
Antonio Gomez-Palacio, Principal, DIALOG, Toronto, Ontario
C.J. Hager, Director, Healthy Community Policies, St. Luke's Health Initiatives, Phoenix, Arizona
Niiobli Armah, IV, Managing Director, WE-COLLAB, Houston, Texas
Presentation about the Community and Regional Food Systems project given at the 2013 Wisconsin Local Food summit.
Included is an overview of the project, discussion of the food system framework we're creating, examples from our community engagement projects (carrots to schools, lead contamination, food policy council evaluation, healthy corner stores), and a review of our project's values and outcomes (just, healthy, place-based, prosperous, and sustainable).
Bi-State Health-Related Activities and Bi-State Servicesnado-web
During the 2016 NADO Annual Training Conference, Denise Bulat, Executive Director of the Bi-State Regional Commission, discussed the work of the agency in partnering with health agencies to improve health outcomes in a variety of ways.
This powerpoint was presented by Julia Rosenbaum of FHI360 and WSP Water and Sanitation Specialist Kebede Faris,during AfricaSan 3 (Kigali, Rwanda - 2011) under the "CLTS in Africa: Experiences, Challenges and Ways Forward" session.
This session provided a brief overview of CLTS and of its progress and status in Sub-Saharan African countries offering insights into current challenges and how they have been and can be tackled.
Exploring gender differences in household food security and implications for ...ILRI
The potential impacts of climate change on food security in East Africa, while complex and variable due to highly heterogeneous landscapes, are a cause for concern.
Significant knowledge gaps still exist, especially regarding the assessment of adaptation options in different environments and how these might be appropriately targeted to different types of households to reduce food insecurity.
This study aims at addressing this challenge by learning from households that are doing better than others across different areas.
Amy Margolies
POLICY SEMINAR
Using Malawi’s Community-Based Childcare Centers to Implement an Agriculture and Nutrition Intervention
Co-organized by IFPRI, the University of Washington led SEEMS nutrition project, and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
RV 2015: Integrating Health, Livable Communities and Transit: A How-To Discus...Rail~Volution
Where do wellness issues fit in the transit conversation? What is the link between how we build our cities and transportation networks, and the physical, social, mental and economic wellness of our communities? Participate in the discussion with health funders, community development professionals, health equity advocates and urban planners. Hear how they've leveraged new funding sources for critical investments. What are the politics, processes and mechanics of integrating health, wellness and health equity issues into the planning and design of livable communities? Learn new techniques and perspectives from health foundations, public policy advocates and urban designers and cities in the US (Phoenix, Dallas, Houston) and Canada.
Moderator: Elizabeth Sobel Blum, Senior Community Development Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas
Antonio Gomez-Palacio, Principal, DIALOG, Toronto, Ontario
C.J. Hager, Director, Healthy Community Policies, St. Luke's Health Initiatives, Phoenix, Arizona
Niiobli Armah, IV, Managing Director, WE-COLLAB, Houston, Texas
Presentation about the Community and Regional Food Systems project given at the 2013 Wisconsin Local Food summit.
Included is an overview of the project, discussion of the food system framework we're creating, examples from our community engagement projects (carrots to schools, lead contamination, food policy council evaluation, healthy corner stores), and a review of our project's values and outcomes (just, healthy, place-based, prosperous, and sustainable).
Bi-State Health-Related Activities and Bi-State Servicesnado-web
During the 2016 NADO Annual Training Conference, Denise Bulat, Executive Director of the Bi-State Regional Commission, discussed the work of the agency in partnering with health agencies to improve health outcomes in a variety of ways.
This powerpoint was presented by Julia Rosenbaum of FHI360 and WSP Water and Sanitation Specialist Kebede Faris,during AfricaSan 3 (Kigali, Rwanda - 2011) under the "CLTS in Africa: Experiences, Challenges and Ways Forward" session.
This session provided a brief overview of CLTS and of its progress and status in Sub-Saharan African countries offering insights into current challenges and how they have been and can be tackled.
Exploring gender differences in household food security and implications for ...ILRI
The potential impacts of climate change on food security in East Africa, while complex and variable due to highly heterogeneous landscapes, are a cause for concern.
Significant knowledge gaps still exist, especially regarding the assessment of adaptation options in different environments and how these might be appropriately targeted to different types of households to reduce food insecurity.
This study aims at addressing this challenge by learning from households that are doing better than others across different areas.
Health Equity Considerations for Virginia's African American Children: The Importance of Social Determinants of Health
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Carolyn Zezima, Director of Food and Nutrition Initiatives, Communities IMPACT Diabetes Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Despite increasing recognition that fresh, healthy, local foods are scarce in low-income communities, and the creation of a number of healthy food initiatives targeting these communities, historically underserved communities still lack novel, profitable, and sustainable businesses that supply healthy, affordable and taste-satisfying foods. Bringing together the business and public health sectors, Communities IMPACT Diabetes Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine invited business students to submit concepts and plans for viable, market and community-driven business solutions to one of our most pressing public health needs: healthy, affordable food in underserved communities. The proposed enterprises must have served communities with limited availability to healthy foods, be tailored to the particular assets and challenges in the communities, and must be developed in consultation with target communities. Proposals were judged by a panel of experts in business, food and local government. Teams competed for $25,000 in start-up funds and other business support services.
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Parks have long been recognized as major contributors to the physical and aesthetic quality of neighborhoods. Through a partnership with the Health Department and Communities Putting
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The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
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2. Who We Are LiveWell Wheat Ridge (LWWR) is one of 22 Colorado communities funded by LiveWell Colorado working to reduce childhood and adult obesity . LiveWell Wheat Ridge is a partnership of community stakeholders to create an environment and culture which supports healthy eating and active living (HEAL) to combat adult and childhood obesity. We accomplish this through supporting Wheat Ridge programs, policies and changes to the physical environment and community infrastructure .
7. Why Are We Here? Is There a Connection Between The Built Environment And Rising Obesity Rates ?
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10. How We Move Around 60% Driven 27% Bused 1% Biked 12% Walked 85% Car 1% Bike 9% Foot 5% Other Source: NHTS
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13. Active Community Environments (ACE) Working with community members, organizations, schools and city staff to identify strategies and projects to increase active community environments in Wheat Ridge
Bill – Thank you for your time – I found this postcard recently and thought it was quite funny but it does raise a question. Is there a connection between the built environment and rising obesity rates? Public health has recently entered into this debate by looking at data on obesity and other chronic diseases. This has raised awareness about our health and the connection to the physical environment and the outcomes of wider roads and isolated neighborhoods
Bill – One of those outcomes is our typical approach to transportation. We have all probably been in situations like this. Do you see the pedestrian in the middle of the road. Wide roads can create barriers and often do not provide pedestrian facilities. There are many roads like this in metro area and Wheat Ridge, however Wheat Ridge city officials are now taking steps to look at transportation in a more integrated approach. Their recently adopted comprehensive plan aims to provide transportation options for autos, bikers and pedestrians. In addition they are in the process of a mixed use zoning project that in the long run will foster walkable places and LiveWell Wheat Ridge has been a partner in both of these endeavors
Bill – Another unfortunate example. What is the health ramification of a lack of pedestrian facilities– less options to be active, unsafe to walk. The simple addition of a sidewalk would provide an improved level of safety and comfort level that encourages people to move about.
Bill – a brief snapshot of how we move around – 30 yrs ago approximately 80% of children walked to school.
Bill – Former planning strategies were developed with good intent but now we are seeing the health consequences of typical development approaches
Bill – Recent land use planning approaches provide a much more collaborative process involving planners, health, transportation engineers and the public – not necessarily easier but the end result provides options for our communities – I want to stress options because we certainly are not talking about moving away from auto focused development but working towards a multimodal approach in development and transportation – the dividend will hopefully lead to improved health and well being
Bill – How is LiveWell Wheat Ridge addressing the built environment – We are in the process of forming a new task force-Active Community Environments ACE. Our kick off meeting is this Wednesday 5:30pm at Wheat Ridge City Hall and you are welcome to attend. The task force will be a grass roots efforts to focus on implementing projects and policies that help foster active environments.
Bill – some specific reasons why we are developing this task force – support younger and older populations
Bill – 1% is the typical amount of a local transportation budget that is allocated for pedestrian and bike facilities
Bill – economics many studies have shown improved access to goods and services support economic growth
Bill – and to recap a major goal our health
Bill – LiveWell Wheat Ridge is working to improve the built environment in Wheat Ridge through a number of funded projects
Bill – an example of long term goals – notice this does not reduce travel lane capacity but allows for a reorganization of the road right-of-way