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Work Groups Overview

Work Groups Overview

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Business GroupMolly Cotant

Business GroupMolly Cotant

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Business Stakeholder Group

Business Stakeholder Group

Call to Action• Develop opportunities for

businesses to share information.

• Gather resources that support health at the worksite.

• Provide policy-level support of worksite health promotion programs.

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• Public Health and Financial Health

• Improved Health Outcomes and Increased Productivity

• Desire to lower health care costs

Policy and Environmental Change

• Primary means to achieve worksite wellness

• Cost effective

• Supported by state level programs

Lessons Learned

• Different cultures

• Varied goals

• Example: Business Brochure

Success Story

• Health Alliance Plane

• Greater Detroit Area Health Council

• Accident Fund of Michigan

Moving Foward

• Collaborate

• Promote

• Keep an open mind

Business Stakeholder Workgroup

• Ken Holtyn, Holtyn and Associates- Health Promotion Consultants

• Tim McDonald, General Motors Corp.

• Rosemary Smith, UBS Financial

• MDCH Staff: Cardiovascular Disease and Tobacco Sections

Call to Action• Develop opportunities for

businesses to share information.

• Gather resources that support health at the worksite.

• Provide policy-level support of worksite health promotion programs.

MISU and Michigan Businesses:Partners for Michigan’s Health

• Public Health and Financial Health

• Improved Health Outcomes and Increased Productivity

• Desire to lower health care costs

Policy and Environmental Change

• Primary means to achieve worksite wellness

• Cost effective

• Supported by state level programs

Lessons Learned

• Different cultures

• Varied goals

• Example: Business Brochure

Success Story

• Health Alliance Plane

• Greater Detroit Area Health Council

• Accident Fund of Michigan

Moving Foward

• Collaborate

• Promote

• Keep an open mind

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Community GroupMikelle Robinson

Community GroupMikelle Robinson

1. Enhance physical activity by making it easy and safe to be physically active each day.

2. Support daily consumption and easy access to healthy foods.

3. Support tobacco-free lifestyles by focusing on tobacco prevention and reduction.

Goals

Accomplishments1. Provided Designing Healthy Livable

Communities Conference .2. Compiling a comprehensive list of Michigan

Community Health Coalitions.3. Encouraging and supporting the completion

of community assessment tools by coalitions.

A. Physical ActivityB. NutritionC. Tobacco-Free Policies

4. Action plans to include community-based policy and environmental changes

Success Stories1. Increased number of smoke-free business

and restaurant policies among Asian communities in Grand Rapids.

2. Michigan State University Extension awarded 10 community grants to improve nutrition for food stamp recipients.

3. MDCH awarded fifteen community grants focusing on policy and environmental change

4. Promotion of “MI Steps Up” by major grocery chains throughout the state

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Faith-Based GroupJanet Kiley

Faith-Based GroupJanet Kiley

Objectives• Implement a nutrition-based guideline

• Implement a Walk-by-Faith or other effective walking or physical activity program .

• Develop, approve and implement a campus-wide tobacco-free policy.

Accomplishments

• Provided funding via Michigan Nutrition Network for mini-grants in Metro Detroit

•ACS Body & Soul•AHA Search Your Heart

• Promotion of campaign by group partners

Success Stories• Breakfast meeting with over 50 faith-

based leaders to discuss mini-grant opportunities

• Training for at least 40 health ministry leaders providing support and educational resources.

Success Stories

• Development and testing of resource manual to implement a fruit and vegetable mini-market.

• Presentation to Governor’s Faith-Based Steering Committee.