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A cutting-edge partnership between the national
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the
YMCA of the USA
is working to develop and implement policy, systems, and environmental
change strategies that can help prevent or manage health-risk factors
for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity, and arthritis. The
ACHIEVE
program (Action
Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental changE) provides funds to
selected organizations to strengthen
community leadership, build capacity, and
activate change. The
YMCA
Southcoast was selected in March 2009 as one of
43 communities nationwide to develop specific activities
directed toward reducing tobacco use and
exposure, promoting physical activity and healthy
eating, and improving access to consistent,
high-quality preventive health services. New Bedford YMCA director Nancy Bonell invited members of a CHART
Team who will work together over the next two years to a first meeting
on May 20, 2009 to begin planning
for the Southcoast region. The group began by reviewing the health
challenges for the region and reviewing assessment tools for schools,
worksites, healthcare settings, community institutions and the
community-at-large. Click
here for the Standard-Times article. For further
information about the project, contact
Nancy Bonell at
508-996-9622 X 25. |
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(Top row, left) YMCA director Nancy Bonell introduces Hunger Commission of SE Massachusetts director William Shell to New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park superintendent Jennifer Nersesian before the meeting begins. (Top row, center) Nancy Bonell welcomes member of the CHART team to their first planning meeting at YMCA headquarters at 18 South Water Street in New Bedford. (Top row, right) Southcoast Hospital Group Cardiovascular Prevention Program nurse clinician Donna Querim, RN, BS, MS, JD, reviews the health demographics for the Southcoast Area. (Middle row, left) Partners for Clean Air director Judith Coykendall makes a point while Southcoast Hospitals marketing director Kerry Mello and Catholic Social Services executive director Arlene McNamee listen. (Middle row, center) Southcoast YMCA CEO Gary Schuyler describes the next steps for the group. (Middle row, right) American Heart Association corporate events director Melyssa Beaudry responds as Southcoast Hospitals vice-president of marketing Jim Rattray listens. Bottom row, right) Judith talks with Donna and Fall River Children in Balance project manager Marcia Picard. (CHART Team members not pictured include Amanda Szot of Southcoast Hospitals, Maria Evora-Rosa of the Mass. Dept. of Public Health, State Representative John Quinn, New Bedford Health Department director Marianne DeSouza, Old Rochester Regional Junior High School principal Kevin Brigioli and Dartmouth resident Mark Kruger. |
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