Participation Type
Panel
Session Title
Session 1.06 MountainWise: A Story Worth Sharing, a People worth Preserving -Community Transformation Grant Project of Southwestern North Carolina
Presentation #1 Title
MountainWise: A Strategic Analysis of Creating Healthier Communities in Southwestern NC Through the Community Transformation Grant Project
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
The North Carolina Division of Public Health Community Transformation Grant Project aims to create healthier communities by facilitating sustainable policy, systems and environmental change that increase opportunities connected to the four strategic action areas of active living, healthy eating, tobacco free living and community-clinical linkages. The evidence based practices for achieving this work in rural communities is minimal. The work of MountainWise : Region 1 Community Transformation Grant Project seeks to address this need. MountainWise serves the 8 most western counties of North Carolina which are Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Transylvania. The panel presentation will provide: 1) the strategic vision of the regional work; 2) the relevance and power of a customized external communications plan; 3) the integration Health Impact Assessments for creating healthy communities through improved Comprehensive Plans; and 4) the relevance of conducting a rural healthy eating assessment to improve community nutrition status. MountainWise seeks to create healthier communities by bringing traditional and non-traditional partners to the decision making process for each of the four strategic action areas. Policy, systems, and environmental change approaches are promising and essential to addressing health inequities endured by rural Appalachian communities.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Elaine Russell, MPH, is a career public health administrator with an extensive background in the health care, public health systems, and community networks of Western North Carolina.
Presentation #2 Title
MountainWise: The Merits of an External Communications Plan With Community Resonance
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #2
Sarah Tennyson, MPH, specializes in public health project management with a focus on the inclusion of community systems of care, data analysis, and the associated communications.
Presentation #3 Title
MountainWise: Connecting Health Impact Assessements and Comprehensive Plans in Southwestern NC to Create Healthier Communities
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #3
Don Kostelec, AICP, develops and designs award-winning planning solutions to support healthy, sustainable communities. He specializes in the integration of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) to local comprehensive planning endeavors.
Presentation #4 Title
MountainWise: How a Rural Eating Assessment Proposal Can Lead to a Healthier Community
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #4
April Tallant PhD, RD, LDN, is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Western Carolina University with a focus on the assessment and analysis of the nutritional decisions and resources of rural and at-risk communities.
MountainWise: A Strategic Analysis of Creating Healthier Communities in Southwestern NC Through the Community Transformation Grant Project
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The North Carolina Division of Public Health Community Transformation Grant Project aims to create healthier communities by facilitating sustainable policy, systems and environmental change that increase opportunities connected to the four strategic action areas of active living, healthy eating, tobacco free living and community-clinical linkages. The evidence based practices for achieving this work in rural communities is minimal. The work of MountainWise : Region 1 Community Transformation Grant Project seeks to address this need. MountainWise serves the 8 most western counties of North Carolina which are Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Transylvania. The panel presentation will provide: 1) the strategic vision of the regional work; 2) the relevance and power of a customized external communications plan; 3) the integration Health Impact Assessments for creating healthy communities through improved Comprehensive Plans; and 4) the relevance of conducting a rural healthy eating assessment to improve community nutrition status. MountainWise seeks to create healthier communities by bringing traditional and non-traditional partners to the decision making process for each of the four strategic action areas. Policy, systems, and environmental change approaches are promising and essential to addressing health inequities endured by rural Appalachian communities.
