Minutes - April 1, 2013 Regular Meeting

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RK ow-r. Pn-ndR9 Page 2 of S The Healthy Communities program seeks to address the risk factors of physical inactivity, poor nutrition, tobacco use, violence and unintentional injury. Research shows that implementing systems and environmental changes, such as providing access to nutritious foods, improving safe options for active transportation, promoting tobacco free facilities, supporting diabetes management programs, providing evidence -based practices and interventions for violence and injury prevention in communities and other broad -based strategies, can result in positive behavior changes that decrease chronic diseases and injuries and improve health. The Healthy Communities Program provides funding for county and district health departments to develop and implement community -based initiatives to create policies and environments that support increased physical activity, promote healthy eating, reduce obesity, prevent the use of tobacco, support diabetes self - management and prevent violence and injury. The Healthy Communities program receives funding from state and federal appropriations annually and is administered by DPH. U. Purnose : The Purpose section below is now effective through March 31, 2013: The Healthy Communities program provides North Carolina counties with resources to develop and implement policy, systems, and environmental change interventions that improve local food systems, increase food security, promote active living through planning and policies, and prevent chronic diseases. The sentence above is replaced with the following as ofApril 1, 2013: The Healthy Communities program provides North Carolina counties with resources to develop and implement policy, systems, and environmental change interventions that improve local food systems, increase food security, promote active living through planning, reduce and prevent tobacco use, and prevent chronic diseases, violence and injury. III. Scone of Work and Deliverables The following sentence is now effective through March 31, 2013: The key to the success of this Healthy Communities program will be using accurate information to inform and engage leaders to make jurisdiction -wide policy, systems, and environmental change decisions that promote active living and healthy eating. The sentence above is replaced with the following as ofApril 1, 2013: The key to the success of this Healthy Communities program will be using accurate information to inform and engage leaders to make jurisdiction -wide policy, systems, and environmental change decisions that promote active living and healthy eating, support tobacco free environments and diabetes self- management programs and reduce violence and unintentional injury. This revision #1 to the Agreement Addendum will be allocating additional funds to the Local Health Department so the Local Health Department will be able to develop a new Community Action Plan, as outlined in Paragraph C, to address additional intervention strategies chosen from Paragraph D, Interventions. For the sake of clarity, Paragraph A. St is unchanged. In Paragraph A Assessment, subparagraphs c. and d. listed below are deleted as ofApril 1, 2013: C. County policies that support both production and sales of healthy foods d. The availability of alternative transportation options Revised 4/26/11