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The Alliance Safari – A Tour of Unchartered Territory
1999 Canadian Diabetes Strategy
In 1999, to enable Canadians to benefit more fully from the considerable resources and expertise available across the country, the Government of Canada pledged $115 million over five years to the development of a Canadian Diabetes Strategy. Its partners in this national initiative include the provinces and territories, various national health bodies and interest groups, and Aboriginal communities across the country.
March 2000 Cost of Obesity in N.S. Report Triggers Talk About Coordinating a Network for Healthy
Eating and Physical Activity
Summer 2000Working Group Meets to Plan Follow Up
Stakeholder Meeting
Nov 2000 Endorsement of Alliance Concept by Over
100 participants at “Communicating for Change” workshop
Jan 20011st Meeting of Alliance Coordinating Group
Spring 2001Barriers and Enablers Research Project
Begins
Mar 2001First Action Plan Approved by Membership
Summer 20011st Meeting of Action Groups
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4
June 2001Support Letter From the Alliance to the
Minister of Sport and Recreation to Support Active Kids, Healthy Kids Strategy
Fall 2001Action Plans and Alliance Statement of Purpose
Revisited and Approved by Members
Fall 2002Alliance Agrees to Lead Physical Activity
Counseling Recommendation of the Active Kids Healthy Kids Strategy
March 2002 Telephone Interview of Alliance Members
Designed to Inform the Health Promotion Clearinghouse on the Type and Format of Information Most Useful to Alliance Members
September 2002
Barriers and Enablers to Healthy Eating and Active Living in Barriers and Enablers to Healthy Eating and Active Living in Children: Key Findings in Six Nova Scotia CommunitiesChildren: Key Findings in Six Nova Scotia Communities
Executive SummaryExecutive Summary
Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living in Children ProjectPromoting Healthy Eating and Active Living in Children Project
The Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living in Children Project has The Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living in Children Project has been made possible by a financial contribution from the Canadian Diabetes been made possible by a financial contribution from the Canadian Diabetes
Strategy, Health CanadaStrategy, Health Canada
September 2002 Website Was Developed on Health
Promotion Clearinghouse
Spring 20034 Working Groups Implement Action Plans
Physical Activity Action GroupResource sharing Group
Healthy eating action groupNetworking action group
Fall 2003Developed Alliance Identity and Logo
September 2003Completion of Research Into Physical Activity
Counselling by Health Care Providers
September 2003
Physical Activity Counselling by Healthcare Professionals in Nova Scotia: The Need for a Consistent Message A Final Report Laurene Rehman, Ph.D.1, Angie Thompson, Ph.D.2, Phil Campagna, Ph.D.1, TanaraPickard1, Terri-Lyn Bennett1, and Aldona Perks2
The need for this project was identified in the Active Kids Healthy Kids strategy which is coordinated by the Sport and Recreation Division of the Office of Health Promotion. The project, “Physical Activity Counselling by Healthcare Professionals in Nova Scotia”, and preparation of this report were sponsored by the Nova Scotia Alliance for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity and funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia and Cancer Care Nova Scotia.
1School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University2Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University
October 2003 Draft of the Healthy Eating Strategy to the Office of Healthy Promotion As Part of the
Chronic Disease Prevention Strategy
November 2003 Conference At White Point Beach Resort
Also in 2003
•The Physical Activity Action Group Decided to Use PACE As the Physical Activity Counseling Tool
• Heart and Stroke Foundation NS Agreed to Be Lead Agency for the PACE Project.
February 2004Creation of the Healthy Eating Coordinator
Position
Summer 2004Alliance Representative Invited to Sit on the
Pan Canadian Healthy Living Strategy Intersectoral Coordinating Committee
August 2004Completion of Building Momentum
Conference Evaluation
Recommendation: Let’s do it again!!!
Fall 2004Alliance Invited to Allocate one
Representative to Participate on the OHP Advisory Committee
December 2004• PACE Training With Teams of Health Care Providers on Physical Activity Counselling
•Organized Pilot Implementation of PACE
January 2005Recreation N.S. & N.S. Alliance Partnered to
Plan October 2005 Conference
February 2005
•PACE Lunch and Learn Session
•Physical Activity Action Group Decides to Collaborate With Capital Health on Physical Activity Counseling Project and a Person Was Contracted for 1 Year to Help With the Project.
March 2005Release of the Healthy Eating Strategy:
“Healthy Eating Nova Scotia”
March 2005Creation of the Provincial Chronic Disease Prevention Strategy Coordinator Position
April 2005Announcement of District Public Health Nutritionists to Support Healthy Eating
Strategy
April 2005Announcement of District Sport Animator
Positions
End of the Journey
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