Prepared as a joint effort between CDPH and California Convergence, the COPP Healthy Communities Assessment provides an overview of strategies to promote healthy eating and active living through environmental and policy change at 80 local initiatives across California. Read the full report, or see which California regions and communities are engaged in these strategies in the appendices.
Resources
Improving the environment for health in California communities
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Healthy Communities Assessment Report: California Obesity Prevention Plan Healthy Communities Assessment
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1-CDPH COPP Assessment Report
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2-CDPH COPP Assessment Report-Executive Summary
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3-APPENDICES-Table of Contents
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4-APPENDICES SEC 1-Chap 1
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5-APPENDICES SEC 2-Ch I
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6-Appendices SEC 2-Chapt II-V
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7-APPENDICES SEC 2-Chap VI-Skills
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8-APPENDICES SEC 2-Chapt VII-XI
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Addressing the Social Determinants of Health (290 KB)A Vision to Transform Health and Social Equity in CA and the US: PPH Mission & Theory of Change Strong community resident leadership and a robust network of local collaborative can generate the “tipping capacity” to create health and social equity in California and elsewhere in the U.S.© 2010PDFPartnership for the Public's Health
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Youth to Watch: Making Healthier Communities (1.7 MB)Youth throughout California have become vocal advocates for health equity, food justice, safer communities, and healthier food and physical activity environments. Read about some of these inspiring youth leaders. ©2010California Convergence
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Key Lessons From California Schools Working to Change School Food Environments (1.4 MB)As part of a comprehensive, multi-sector approach to improving children’s environments for health, HEAC coalitions included school districts as core partners, with local health departments and community based organizations. This brief outlines challenges, opportunities and key considerations for working with and within schools to improve nutrition and physical activity environments for children. ©2007Healthy Eating, Active Communities
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Making Healthy Choices Possible (2.2 MB)HEAC demonstration sites included three core, funded partners, and received sector-specific as well as more general technical assistance, coaching and support. This midpoint lessons learned report from the HEAC program diagrams the structure of the demonstration sites and the technical support provided, and presents success and lessons emerging at the midpoint of the program. ©2007Healthy Eating, Active Communities
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Photovoice as a Tool for Youth Policy Advocacy (550 KB)Several HEAC sites found Photovoice to be a powerful tool in the hands of youth, to advocate for healthier environments. This brief describes key features of an effective and empowering Photovoice youth program, and lists resources that will help you get started. ©2009Healthy Eating, Active Communities
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Promoting Healthier After School Environments: Opportunities and Challenges (2 MB)As part of a comprehensive, multi-sector approach to improving children’s environments for health, HEAC coalitions work with after- and out-of-school programs for children and youth. This brief outlines challenges and opportunities, when working to improve nutrition and physical activity environments for children in after school settings. ©2009Healthy Eating, Active Communities
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Engaging Communities in Changing Nutrition and Physical Activity Environments (2.4 MB)When local residents get involved in policy and systems change to create healthier food and physical activity environments, communities begin to truly reflect the vision, needs, and possibilities of the people who live there. This brief offers lessons for effectively engaging and including community residents, from the HEAC and CCROPP programs. ©2009Healthy Eating, Active Communities
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California Convergence: Promise and Progress in Building a Movement (62 KB)This case study of the California Convergence one year after its first major conference describes Convergence’s vision, and presents early lessons on this movement-building effort. ©2009California Convergence
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Building Local Community-Based Public Health Systems (580 KB)Forging the local partnerships between community groups and local health departments that formed the essential foundation for change in the PPH Initiative required engaging residents, sharing power, and cultivating a common culture. This midpoint report describes the strategies undertaken to build effective partnerships, on the way to powerful, respectful collaboration. It concludes with systems and policy recommendations to support this Community Based Public Health approach to addressing the social determinants of health. ©2004Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative
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Strategies for Building Community-Public Health Partnerships (720KB)The Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative pioneered efforts to build partnerships between communities and public health agencies in California, to improve the environments for community health. This final report presents the key elements of this groundbreaking initiative, how it was implemented, and key learnings about the potential and impact of this approach. ©2007Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative
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The Legacy of Partnership: Enduring Practices and Sustainable Models from the Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative (2.1MB)This independent evaluation of the PPH Initiative, conducted four years after its conclusion, focuses on sites that successfully sustained elements of their PPH collaboration. It identifies best practices for sustainability of a community partnership approach to public health. ©2009Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative
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