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Healthier Together

March 3rd, 2017

Healthier Together Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions
• Community Health Needs Assessment

& Implementation Plan

• Health Priorities
• Health Break
• Take Action/Small Group Activity
• Next Steps

Introductions

What is Healthier Together?

• Healthier Together Pierce and St. Croix Counties is a

community coalition working to create and maintain healthy communities and provide a strategic framework for local health improvement activities.

• Our intention is to bring together a wide range of people

from across the two-county region to identify and address health priorities.

Community Health Needs Assessment & Implementation Plan

www.healthier2gether.org

Alcohol Abuse

GOAL: Reduce alcohol abuse of residents of Pierce and St. Croix counties. STRATEGY #1: Decrease youth alcohol use through changes to policy, systems, environment and community support. STRATEGY #2: Decrease adult alcohol abuse through changes to policy, systems, environment and community support.

Alcohol Abuse

Objective 1: By 12/31/19 target at least two communities, one in both Pierce and St. Croix Counties, and increase enforcement of and/or change alcohol-related ordinances

• Inventory existing ordinances and assess enforcement
• Meet with law enforcement
• Engage volunteers
• Find champions in the community
• Outreach to community leaders, schools, elected officials
• Advance proposed policy changes

Alcohol Abuse

Objective 2: By 12/31/19 target at least two communities, one in both Pierce and St. Croix Counties, and implement specified activities to reduce underage access to alcohol.

• Parents Who Host: public information campaign, media advocacy and
• utreach, law enforcement support
• Meet with law enforcement to assess enforcement of existing ordinances and

identify priorities and identify priorities for increased enforcement &/or policy change

• Advance policy change recommendations
• Work with school district to increase participation in YRBS (to get good data)
• Work with colleges and high schools to increase non-alcohol related activities
• Volunteers to share story of impact of youth alcohol use

Alcohol Abuse

Objective 3: By 12/31/17, expand Al-anon, Al-ateen meetings/sites.

• Inventory existing meeting sites and times, identify gaps and priorities
• Secure commitments from sites willing to host meetings
• Identify meeting leaders for new sites
• Launch and promote new meeting locations and times

Mental Health

GOAL: Improve mental health status of residents of Pierce and St. Croix counties. STRATEGY #1: Increase awareness about mental health issues and reduce the stigma of mental illness. STRATEGY #2: Increase access to mental health services.

Mental Health

• By 12/31/19, implement Make it OK in all

communities (school districts) throughout Pierce and St. Croix Counties.

• By 12/31/19, increase community capacity

for early and appropriate response to mental health issues

• By 12/31/19, increase access to mental health

services in schools.

• By 12/31/19, create and disseminate a

comprehensive inventory of mental health services and resources for residents of Pierce and St. Croix Counties.

Mental Health

Make It OK is a community campaign to reduce stigma by starting conversations and increasing understanding about mental illness.

• Resources
• Website www.makeitok.org
• Podcasts
• Ambassador Trainings
• Community Presentations
• Community Events
• Media Campaign

Overweight/Obesity

GOAL: Decrease the percentage of the population that’s

• verweight or obese in Pierce and St. Croix counties.

STRATEGY #1: Decrease food insecurity and improve nutrition through changes to policy, systems, environment and community support. STRATEGY #2: Increase physical activity through changes to policy, systems, environment and community support.

Food Insecurity

Objective 1: By 12/31/19, develop and implement an infrastructure to (1) increase SNAP enrollment and (2) improve access to healthy foods through food pantries and other hunger prevention partners.

Food Insecurity

Food Insecurity

• Focus areas
• Working together more effectively
• Raising awareness of food insecurity in our region
• Increase access to healthy food through our food shelves, and
• Increasing SNAP enrollment in our region

Food Insecurity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI67TgP FMmo&feature=youtu.be

Physical Activity

Objective 2: By 12/31/19, increase the number of Active School Core 4+ strategies being implemented in elementary schools.

Physical Activity

• Community Opportunity

Grant ‒ $50,000 over 2 years ‒ 10 elementary schools

• Active Schools Core 4+

‒ Before/After School ‒ Classrooms ‒ Recess ‒ Physical Education ‒ +Home/Community

Physical Activity – Home/Community

Bike to School Day - May 10, 2017

• Invitation letter sent out to middle

schools in Pierce and St. Croix Counties to determine interest in holding event.

• Tool kit being revised to include local

physical activity opportunities for families and tips for schools to promote activity before, during and after school.

• Flashing reflectors to be ordered and

provided to all participants.

Physical Activity – Home/Community

• St. Croix County Parks System
• Park Rx program in planning stages
• Brainstorming avenues to promote the parks and
• ther free or low-expense family activity

Resources/Communication

Objective 3: By 12/31/19, increase communication about

• verweight/obesity resources in Pierce and St. Croix Counties
• Website:

‒ Gathering top 10 resources for each health priority to post on HT website

• Social Media:

‒ Preparing Social Media posting guidelines for HT Facebook to promote current events related to priorities ‒ Planning themed monthly post for current events

• Brainstorming Longer Term Options for Resource Database

Health Break

Take Action/ Small Group Activity

Next Steps

• Alcohol Abuse: Monday, March 13 @ 11am, River Falls Area Hospital; Pierce County

Partnership for Youth at 11am and full meeting at 11:45am - 1:30pm

• Mental Health: Friday, March 3 @ 9:30am, Hudson Hospital & Clinic
• Food Insecurity: Wednesday, March 29 @ 9:30am, John Coughlin Food & Resource

Center

• Physical Activity: TBD
• Resources/Communication: TBD
• Large Group: June 2017

Contact Kelly Monson at kelly.m.monson@hudsonhospital.org with

• questions. Visit www.healthier2gether.org for more information and

resources!