California Convergence is closely allied with the collaboration of major funders and partners at the national level, the Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership (also referred to as National Convergence or Convergence Partnership). The national Convergence Partnership website will serve as a portal or hub, linking regional efforts, such as California Convergence, across the country for the collective goal of creating healthy people in healthy places.

About the National Convergence:

HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIVING CONVERGENCE PARTNERSHIP
Working Together to Create Healthy People in Healthy Places

Our environments determine our health.
Where children and families live, learn, work, and play affects their health. People thrive when they earn living wages and live in communities with parks and playgrounds, grocery stores selling nutritious food, and neighbors who know one another. Without a healthy environment, people are more likely to suffer from obesity or one of the many chronic diseases plaguing the United States: diabetes, asthma, and heart disease.

Preventing disease, then, means creating environments that surround children and families-neighborhoods, schools, childcare centers, and workplaces-that support healthy decisions. As concerns about healthy environments grow, professional boundaries are becoming fluid. Advocates from various fields are beginning to see how their work can enhance progress in other fields. They are beginning to see how their efforts can foster policy and environmental changes that help families and children lead healthier lives.

Creating healthier neighborhoods, schools, childcare centers, and workplaces across the country will require synergy across many disciplines. The Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership aims to strengthen and accelerate collaborative efforts among practitioners, policymakers, funders, and advocates to support healthy eating and active living. Through policy and environmental change, we can create healthy people in healthy places-in every community.

To learn more about the national Convergence Partnership and its activities, visit: http://www.convergencepartnership.org/