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Blue Ribbon Health & Wellness Planning Team

Blue Ribbon Health & Wellness Planning Team. Sarah Nail, MA Community Outreach Coordinator, Bothwell Regional Health Center Megan Webb, MPH Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, University of Missouri Extension. A planning team is born.

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Blue Ribbon Health & Wellness Planning Team

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  1. Blue Ribbon Health & Wellness Planning Team Sarah Nail, MA Community Outreach Coordinator, Bothwell Regional Health Center Megan Webb, MPH Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, University of Missouri Extension

  2. A planning team is born • Established in 2005 and is a subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Plan Steering Committee • Mission: To provide leadership in securing comprehensive health & wellness education, information, and services across the continuum of care. • Vision: Our vision is for a community, who shares responsibility to become the premier model of a healthy community by embracing lifestyles of wellness.

  3. Who are we? • Members of the planning team are: • John Dawes, President & CEO, BRHC • Cheri Heeren, Exec. Director, PCCP • JoAnn Martin, Administrator, PCHC • Donna Weston, President BHECU • Amy Carr, RN, Nurse Instructor, SFCC • Chris Stewart, CEO, KTCH • Mary Lou Shane, Pettis Co. Health Center • Pat Sturgis, Sedalia District 200 Schools • Jeanean Sieving, PCHC • Planning team subcommittees: Healthcare Professions Recruitment and Retention Group, Adolescent Health Coalition, Breastfeeding Coalition, Clean Air Sedalia and Healthy Living Action Group

  4. How we work Provider Recruitment & Retention Adolescent Health Coalition Breastfeeding Coalition Clean Air Sedalia Healthy Living Action Group Blue Ribbon Steering Committee Arts & Rec Economic Dev. Health & Wellness Education Local Government Social Services

  5. Health & Wellness Planning Team • Hosts annual health summit • 7 to date • Topics included tobacco use, childhood obesity, adolescent risky behaviors and Affordable Care Act • Several of the task groups were created based on feedback from health summits • Hosted stakeholder meetings with business leaders, educators, physicians and healthcare providers, and social service agencies to gain feedback on their understanding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform)

  6. Healthcare Professions Recruitment and Retention Group • Members include hospital CEO, CEO of FQHC, hospital medical staff coordinator and mostly community members (insurance agent, banker, city director, etc.). • Objective: Recruit and develop health-care providers to meet the needs of the communities we serve. • Accomplishments: • Hosts Doctor’s Day appreciation events • Planning a welcome party for new providers • Provide personalized experiences for prospective physicians during site visits. • Net of 20 new providers and 12 minority health professionals recruited to Sedalia/Pettis County in the past year.

  7. Objective: To enable adolescents and parents to access information to help adolescents develop healthy lifestyles Adolescent Health Coalition

  8. Starting with the health summit in October 2012, the Adolescent Health Coalition has held meetings with parents and guardians to provide educational materials and tools for communicating with their teens Develop and deliver a school based sexual health education program for 9-12 grade students For the 2012-2013 school year, the AHC plans to provide programming to the Sedalia 200 and Northwest school districts Develop a half day prevention workshop for 7-9th graders on internet safety, impact of drug/alcohol use, and safety in personal relationships Adolescent Health Coalition

  9. Started Start Now Talk Now website through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Billboards to advertise the website Recognized through the Missouri Department of Mental Health to focus on suicide and drug abuse in adolescents Arranged for a Megan Meier presentation for high school students Working with the Missouri DHSS to become a provider for an evidence based pregnancy prevention program – Teen Outreach Program, developed by the Wyman organization Adolescent Health Coalition

  10. Joined Health and Wellness Planning Team in March 2012 Members represent Early Head Start, Bothwell Regional Health Center, Birthright, LaLeche League, Pettis County Health Center, midwife from private practice, and SFCC nursing faculty Activities: Developed a breastfeeding resource guide for the county Started a local LaLeche League Group for mother-to-mother breastfeeding support Made and distributed breastfeeding cover-ups to new mothers Started the Mother-Friendly Workplace Initiative Breastfeeding Coalition

  11. A coalition of community organizations, agencies, and individuals working together through education and empowerment to promote smoke-free indoor air and tobacco-free lifestyles Clean Air Sedalia

  12. Presented to Sedalia City Council about the effects of second-hand smoke Contacted most council members individually Made presentations to local restaurants and bars recognizing them as tobacco-free establishments Purchased lighted signs to highlight tobacco free restaurants and businesses throughout Sedalia Clean Air Sedalia

  13. Surveyed likely voters to determine the interest in an indoor smoking ban – 61% in favor of a smoke free law. Collected signatures in favor of a smoke-free ordinance Received support from ACT Missouri to purchase banners to be placed around the community promoting stopping tobacco use. Billboard on highway 50 Sedalia Parks have now become smoke free in designated areas Clean Air Sedalia

  14. Objective: Inspire and motivate the Pettis County community to make lifestyle changes that result in weight loss, and create a culture where healthier choices are encouraged Members represent Bothwell, Katy Trail Community Health, Pettis County Health Center, Pettis County Community Partnership, Boys & Girls Club of West Central Missouri Healthy Living Action Group

  15. Started in January 2012, after two years of planning 12 students selected from 142 applicants Students must share with others about their weight loss journey through media, blogging and social media Healthy Living Action Group

  16. 540 pounds lost to date 10 of 12 have lost more than 10 percent of their starting weight Tracking BMI, inches lost, physical fitness (flexibility, balance, agility, push-ups, sit-ups), blood pressure, cholesterol, Hemoglobin A1c, Students have indicated their immediate family members have experienced weight loss as well https://www.facebook.com/HUPettisCounty/app_203351739677351 Healthy U Results

  17. Moving 101 Cooking demonstrations Restaurant items Community Support Group Textbook http://issuu.com/bgckids/docs/hupettiscounty_textbook Community Contest 75 registered Dozen lost 60 pounds in the first 3 weeks Healthy U Community Components

  18. Focus on health literacy and health care delivery system Continued support and growth of task groups, and identify any gaps Health and Wellness Planning Team

  19. Questions? Thank You

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