Community Projects          

Staff work with community partners to plan, facilitate and evaluate evidence-based strategies that are relevant to the communities they cover.  Typical activities for team members include:  Media interviews, car seat checkup events, facilitating meetings and professional education programs, gathering data on health issues, planning and organizing community events with community partners, immunization outreach activities, coalition building, providing information related projects at health fairs, etc. 

           Target populations for projects vary  and are ever-changing.  Some examples of activities and strategies are described below.

School Health:

• 5 A Day (Eating fruits and vegetables)

• Body Mass Index project

• VERB (physical activity for tweens)

• Take 10 (physical activity in the classroom)

•  Get Moving KY

•  Injury prevention (Buckle Bear, Battle of the Belts, Booster seats and Seatbelt safety)

•  Point-of-Decision prompts for healthy food choices and walking

Worksite Wellness:

• BRDHD Employee Wellness program

• 5 A Day

• Point-Of-Decision prompts for walking and using the stairs

Community-wide Strategies:

• Physical activity and nutrition coalitions
• Child Passenger Safety… technician training and car seat checkup events
• Injury prevention coalitions, such as SAFE KIDS and Safe Communities
• Immunization coalition
• Asthma coalition
• Nutrition...5 A Day and Choose 1% or Less campaigns

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