ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS

Vision Eating healthy and being active are an integral part of daily life for everyone. Mission Improve the nation’s health by integrating sound policy, programs, resources, services, and messages where individuals, children, adolescents, and families make healthy choices about eating and being physically activity.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Target Audience ✔ State and Community Professionals ✔ Community Leaders ✔ Health & Public Health Agencies ✔ Government & Non-Profit Organizations ✔ Businesses ✔ Schools & Universities

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Guiding Principles ✔ Consumer-focused and community-based ✔ Reflects community’s cultural dimensions ✔ Cultural competency is critical for success ✔ Broad definition of physical activity and healthy eating ✔ Uses a public health planning process ✔ Collaboration public health professionals

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS The Cornerstones ✔ Access ✔ Collaboration ✔ Science, Research & Evaluation ✔ Workforce ✔ Communications ✔ Policy and Advocacy

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Cornerstone 1 - Access Assure ACCESS to healthy foods and beverages as well as opportunities for physical activity.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Access: Strategy 1 Assure access to a safe, health-promoting and sustainable food supply that supports healthy eating and good nutrition. ✔ Inventory resources ✔ Promote breastfeeding ✔ Advocate for choices ✔ Local food systems ✔ Wellness policies ✔ Nutrition standards ✔ Assistance programs ✔ Locally grown food ✔ Food Councils ✔ Access assessments

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Access: Strategy 2 Assure access to safe, affordable and convenient opportunities for physical activity. ✔ Inventory resources ✔ Provide incentives ✔ Advocate for supportive policies ✔ Assess quality and quantity

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Access: Strategy 3 Commit to achieving health equity within healthy eating and physical activity efforts ✔ Educate workforce ✔ Engage communities ✔ Target interventions ✔ Community leadership teams ✔ Do not increase health disparities

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Access: Strategy 4 Support and expand services to people of all income levels, ages, racial/ethnic groups and abilities. ✔ Interventions across the lifecycle ✔ Lifelong physical activity and healthy food consumption ✔ Secure funding

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Access: Project Example Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Cornerstone 2: Collaboration Maximize partnerships to promote healthy eating and physical activity

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Collaboration: Strategy 1 Build relationships and promote collaborative efforts among partners to maximize impact of healthy eating and physical activity interventions. ✔ Strengthen relationships ✔ Leadership training ✔ Collaboration training ✔ Identify partners ✔ Inventory partnerships ✔ Identify new partners

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Collaboration: Project Example Launching the Kansas Nutrition and Physical Activity Collaborative

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Cornerstone 3: Science, Research & Evaluation Accelerate the transfer of research to practice by building and using the science base.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Science, Research & Evaluation: Strategy 1 Develop a community-based research agenda that addresses the impact of nutrition and physical activity policies, programs and services ✔ CBPR model ✔ Advisory Board ✔ Engage partners ✔ Develop skills ✔ Research plan ✔ Disseminate findings

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Science, Research & Evaluation: Strategy 2 Use and improve data systems to measure the impact of interventions. ✔ Partner with experts ✔ Data metrics ✔ Existing data systems ✔ Secure missing data ✔ Share best practices ✔ Disseminate findings ✔ Adjust efforts

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Science, Research & Evaluation; Strategy 3 Incorporate best available evidence and research into policy, programs and systems changes. ✔ Evidenced-based ✔ National guidelines ✔ Planning process ✔ Health equity ✔ Evaluation ✔ Research to practice ✔ Disseminate findings ✔ Best/promising practice

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Science, Research & Evaluation: Strategy 4 Contribute to the evidence base by identifying effective strategies to support healthy eating and physical activity. ✔ Evidenced-based info ✔ Establish standards ✔ Measure impact ✔ Findings to practice ✔ Communicate results ✔ Report findings ✔ Best/promising practice

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Science, Research & Evaluation: Project Example Creating a New Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Unit

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Cornerstone 4: Workforce Increase the diversity, capacity and competence of the nutrition and Physical activity public health WORKFORCE.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Workforce: Strategy 1 Build and sustain a diverse nutrition and physical activity workforce that has the necessary knowledge and skills and is reflective of the U.S. population. ✔ Promote careers ✔ Competency-based ✔ Continuing education ✔ Entry level opportunities ✔ Retain professionals ✔ Supportive policies ✔ Current legislation

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Workforce: Strategy 2 Support credentialing of health promotion professionals to ensure a competent workforce. ✔ Educate about nutrition and physical activity ✔ Hire credentialed providers ✔ Continuing education from legitimate sources

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Workforce: Project Example Birth and Beyond California

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Cornerstone 5: Communication COMMUNICATE effectively the value of healthy eating and physical activity.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Communication: Strategy 1 Use effective communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions about healthy eating and physical activity. ✔ Develop campaign plan ✔ Tailor to audience ✔ Partnerships ✔ Unified messages ✔ Pilot test messages ✔ Pretest materials ✔ Varity in dissemination ✔ Evaluate effectiveness

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Communication: Strategy 2 Ensure that messages and materials are culturally and linguistically appropriate. ✔ Competent workforce ✔ Use standards to develop messages ✔ Involve knowledgeable organizations. ✔ Pretest messages.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Communication: Project Example Oregon's Shared Meals Initiative

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Cornerstone 6: Policy & Advocacy Develop and fund effective nutrition and physical activity interventions, programs and policies.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Policy & Advocacy: Strategy 1 Find opportunities within current laws and regulations to expand access to healthy eating and physical activity. ✔ How to address with current regulations ✔ Share recommendations ✔ Advocate for new laws and regulations

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Policy & Advocacy: Strategy 2 Educate decision-makers & funders about the role of healthy eating & physical activity in preventing, delaying the onset, & reducing the severity of chronic diseases that lead to early death & disability. ✔ Support impact research and share findings. ✔ Professional/consumer educational material. ✔ Funder/legislator education material.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Policy & Advocacy: Strategy 3 Strengthen the quality and availability of programs and interventions designed to improve healthy eating and physical activity. ✔ Support impact research and share findings. ✔ Professional/consumer educational material. ✔ Funder/legislator education material.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Policy & Advocacy: Strategy 4 Support professionals and community members in advocating for healthy eating and physical activity opportunities. ✔ Learn advocacy and lobbying restrictions. ✔ Develop advocacy skills. ✔ Materials for funders. ✔ Collaborate to advocate

ASSOCIATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONISTS Policy & Advocacy: Example Improving Nutrition Standards for Child Care Centers in North Carolina

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