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CLEVELAND HEALTHY KIDS’ MEALS CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE July 23 & 24, 2019

CREATING PATHWAYS TO HEALTH EQUITY. CLEVELAND HEALTHY KIDS’ MEALS CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE July 23 & 24, 2019. Commitment to Health Equity.

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CLEVELAND HEALTHY KIDS’ MEALS CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE July 23 & 24, 2019

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  1. CREATING PATHWAYS TO HEALTH EQUITY CLEVELAND HEALTHY KIDS’ MEALS CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE July 23 & 24, 2019

  2. Commitment to Health Equity Our opportunity: To advance health equity by ensuring that public policy language prioritizes implementation and funding first in areas of greatest need, then expands to benefit all children. One of the American Heart Association’s top priorities is ensuring that all Americans have access to healthcare and lifesaving information that can prevent heart disease and stroke. That’s why we often talk about eliminating health disparities and creating health equity.

  3. Life Expectancy

  4. Adult Obesity

  5. Diabetes

  6. Stroke

  7. Racial/Ethnic Disparities • Racial/Ethnic disparities are almost 2 to 3 times larger within the City of Cleveland compared to Cuyahoga County for the following: • Infant Mortality • Newly diagnosed cases of HIV and AIDS • Violent Crimes • Births to adolescents 10-14 and teens 15-17 years

  8. Population Change

  9. Baseline Health Stats from YRBS Obesity • 7th and 8th graders in Cleveland are about 10% more likely to live with obesity/overweight than their peers across Cuyahoga County • Racial/ethnic disparities persist in youth Dietary Behavior • Nearly ¾ of Cleveland 7th and 8th graders ate fast food on one or more of the past seven days • Middle schoolers in Cleveland are 15-20% more likely to have had a soda/pop in the previous day than middle schoolers elsewhere in Cuyahoga County *From Prevention Research Center, based on 2017 YRBS

  10. Food Deserts • 50% of residents live farther than a half mile from a grocery store compared to the Cuyahoga County (25%) • 1 out of 2 people live in areas that lack access to healthy food options, referred to as “food deserts”

  11. Prevalence of Fast Food

  12. PARTNERSHIP FOR IMPROVED HEALTH & WELLBEING

  13. “The Healthiest City in the Nation” • Championed by former Councilman Joe Cimperman • February 2011: Council passage of Healthy Roadmap  • Currently known as the Healthy Cleveland Initiative • Partnership on tobacco cessation  • Smoke free expansion on city property- Stronger than state • 2011: passage of Trans Fat Elimination • 2015: Tobacco policies Introduced - Flavors, Hiring and Tobacco 21 

  14. It Takes a Collective Approach • HIP CUYAHOGA/CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARd of HealtH • AWARDED 5-YEAR Reach (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) GRANT IN 2018 • HEALTHY CLEVELAND INITIATIVE/HEALTHY EATING COMMITTEE • HARVARD Technical Assistance GRANT FOR community ENGAGEMENT AROUND SUGARY DRINKS • CLEVELAND-CUYAHOGA COUNTY FOOD POLICY COALITION • Ongoing efforts to promote just, equitable, healthy and sustainable food systems in Cleveland and Cuyahoga county. • PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER – CASE WESTERN RESERVE • FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN CLEVELAND’S URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS FOR DEVELOPING, TESTING, AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO PREVENT AND REDUCE THE BURDEN OF CHRONIC DISEASE. • EARLY AGES HEALTHY STAGES/OHIO Healthy programs • TRAINING, Policy work and PROGRAMmING For CHIldREN 0-8 YEARS OLD in HOME AND EARLY EDUCATION CENTERS

  15. Questions? LISA WHEELER-COOPER Community Impact Director Lisa.Cooper@heart.org Jamie Meerdink Coalition Manager James.Meerdink@heart.org Cresha Auck Ohio Community Advocacy DirectorCresha.Auck@Heart.org

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