CPPW Communities
The Minnesota Communities Putting Prevention to Work effort was two-year program designed to promote wellness and reduce chronic diseases by changing our environment to enhance walkability, bringing healthier foods into our schools and communities, and increasing awareness of these opportunities all help to promote healthy choices.
MDH partnered with the City of Minneapolis and Olmsted County. After two years and ground-breaking work improving health on a community level, the project ended in the winter of 2012.
Minnesota's CPPW Communities was funded by the national Communities Putting Prevention to Work effort from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Read more about CPPW from the CDC
Making it Better
One cornerstone for Minnesota's CPPW efforts was Making it Better: http://makingitbettermn.org/. People in Olmsted County and Minneapolis were invited to submit stories to the Making it Better web site about people working to build a healthier community.
Minneapolis
CPPW funding supported a number of active living and healthy nutrition activities in Minneapolis, including:- Enhanced Safe Routes to School plans help ensure that kids can walk and bike to school safely.
- Market Bucks help lower the cost of healthy fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets for low-income customers.
- Expansion of Nice Ride bike share program.
Read more at the Minneapolis CPPW
- Minneapolis Healthy Corner Store Program (PDF: 6.4MB/44 pages)
- Home Grown Minneapolis (PDF: 5.1MB/30 pages)
- Increased Park Safety and Utilization (PDF: 679KB/4 pages)
- Local Food Resource Hubs Network (PDF: 941KB/4 pages)
Olmsted County
Olmsted County worked on a number of programs to promote wellness in their community, including:- Signage for bikeways and walkways helps people find routes for active living.
- Bicycle Master Plan to promote cycling for transportation and active living.
- Expansion of farmers’ markets throughout the county.
- Rochester Area Bicycle Master Plan (PDF: 512KB/2 pages)
- Bike Safety Rolls into Physical Education Classes (PDF: 315KB/2 pages)
- Eat Smart and Save on Campus (PDF: 422B/2 pages)
- Supporting Safe and Complete Streets for all (PDF: 448KB/2 pages)
- Baseball Team Launches Healthy Concessions Menu (PDF: 282KB/44 pages)
- All Signs Point to Active Transportation (PDF: 422B/2 pages)
2011 Making it Better Conference:
Creating a Healthier Community Together
November 14-16, 2011
As part of a mentoring grant supplement from the CDC, Minnesota brought together stakeholders from throughout the country to increase knowledge of best practices; build skills in policy, systems, and environmental change efforts; and facilitate learning from each other in an effort to address the epidemic of obesity and commercial tobacco use and exposure.
Presentations are archived here.
Highlights
Healthy Minnesota 2020:
Chronic Disease & Injury
(PDF: 1.7MB/28pages)
VOICE used storytelling and story-based dialogues to engage community members from various cultural backgrounds to share their insights how culture is connected to food, healthy weight and body size. A project of the Minneapolis Health Department, a video of the project is now available.
MDH partnered with the City of Minneapolis and Olmsted County, and after two years and ground-breaking work improving health on a community level, the project has come to a close. Learn more about their achievements.
Making it Better: Minnesota stories about people working to build a healthier community: http://makingitbettermn.org/
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