Mississippi State University Extension Service

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Mississippi State University Extension Service

• Working Together Toward Healthier Communities

Rachel Welborn Community Health Coordinator March
23, 2006
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Major Components

• Individual Choices
• Youth Healthy Choices
• Adult Healthy Choices
• Community Development
• Access
• Resource Development

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Youth Health Body Walk
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Youth Delta HOPE

• School Assembly Program
• OrganWise Guys Materials
• Books (Younger Years Kits and AR Books)
• Videos (Educational, Health-related videos
  featuring the OWG)
• Educational Doll
• TAKE 10! Grade-specific materials kit
• 10 minutes of physical activity integrated with
  academics delivered in the classroom

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Youth Take 10

• Integrates multiple 10 minute periods of physical
  activity with core curriculum learning objectives
  in K-5 classrooms, (language arts, math, science,
  social studies, and health)

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Youth Organ Wise Guys

• The OrganWise Guys are a cast of characters that
  bring the body to life and facilitates the
  communication of important health issues in a
  manner understood by children.

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Youth Health Is Academic

• Target Schools
• Three steps for success
• Gather input assess situation
• Develop a wellness policy
• Implement wellness policy

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Adult Family Nutrition Program

• Purpose Improve the quality of life for persons
  of limited resources
• Participants will learn to
• Improve dietary practices
• Effectively manage available food resources
• Safely handle food to prevent illness

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Adult Take Care of Yourself

• This 1-hour workshop teaches participants to
• Observe and describe health changes
• Recognize true emergencies
• Manage minor health problems at home
• Decide if a health professional is needed this
  workshop.

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Adult Take Charge of Your Health

• Emphasizes the importance of incorporating
  healthy habits into daily life and
• Helps families to understand why it is important
  for them to Take Charge of Their Health.  

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Adult Strong Women Program

• A fitness program for women
• Women learn how to
• Stay strong,
• Feel better, and
• Maintain their independence  

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Adult Know Your Numbers

• Encourages participants to monitor four important
  measures of health
• Cholesterol
• Blood pressure
• Blood sugar
• Body mass index

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Adult Mississippi in Motion

•  Adopt a new healthier lifestyle!
•  Improve your health and well-being!
•  Increase your physical activity!
•  Kick the "couch potato" habit!
•  Share your successes!
•  Work through your challenges!
•  Motivate one another!
• Enjoy a little healthy competition!  

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Adult Mississippi in Motion

• Personal Goal Setting
•  Becoming Physically Active
•  Better Planning for Better Meals
•  Cooking Healthy
•  Diabetes
•  Eating Out Smart
•  Fad Diets
•  Healthy Heart
•  My Pyramid
•  Stress and Emotional Eating
•  Flexibility and Strength Training
•  Physical Activity/Walking

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Serve Safe

• Geared toward food service establishments
• Required at least one person
• Five year certification

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Tummy Safe

• Geared toward child care providers
• 5 year certification
• Food safety training required for licensed
  daycare facilities

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Agromedicine Program

• Part of the Delta Health Alliance
• Serves the farming and rural community and their
  health care providers
• Provides information, education, service, and
  trainings

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Community Development Access
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Rural Medical Scholars Overview

• Dates - July 2 through August 4
• Take two college level pre-med courses.
• Shadow a physician.
• Tour the Univ. of MS Medical School.
• Make new friends.
• Interact with previous Scholars.

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Rural Medical Scholars Cost

• 7 hours of college tuition
• Books
• Housing fees
• Food Allowance

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Rural Medical Scholars Qualifications

• Between junior and senior year of high school.
• Minimum composite score of 25 on the ACT
• High academic achievement
• Interest in a career in Family Medicine.
• Mississippi resident.

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Community DevelopmentResource Development

• HealthConnect
• Health Coalitions
• Leadership Development
• Volunteer Development

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HealthConnect

• Economic Impact Analysis
• Health Care Directory
• Community Health Survey
• Health Care Providers Survey
• Health Care Coverage Analysis
• Community Forum
• Strategic Planning Retreat
• Balanced Scorecard
• Leadership Development Training

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Health Coalitions

• State Coalitions
• County/Community Coalitions

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Training Support

• Building Effective Partnerships
• Asset Mapping
• Establishing Goals and Objectives
• Prioritizing Needs
• Moving from Conflict to Consensus
• Getting the Group Active
• Constructing a Logic Model
• Measuring Success
• Grant Writing Basics

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LeadershipPlenty

• Finding leaders
• Identifying community assets
• Managing groups effectively
• Making meetings more productive
• Managing conflict
• Building strategic partnerships
• Moving from talk to action
• Valuing evaluation
• Communicating for change
• Strengthening race relations

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Master Health Education Volunteers

• Objectives
• Accurate health information
• Community health resource
• Relevant community health programs
• Youth health initiatives
• Volunteer leadership

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Master Health Education Volunteers

40 hours of training 40 hours of community
pay-back
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Citizens Health Care Listening Sessions

• Tupelo/Verona Monday, March 27
• Wesson (Co-Lin Community College) Wednesday,
  March 29
• Hattiesburg, Thursday, March 30
• Clarksdale, Tuesday, April 11
• Greenville, Tuesday, April 18
• Newton, Thursday, April 20

http//www.citizenshealthcare.gov/
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Contact Information

• Web site msucares.com
• Rachel Welborn
• 662-325-4043
• rachelw_at_ext.msstate.edu