Cooper
County Healthy Lifestyles Initiative (CHeLI)
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The Next Meeting of the
Cooper County Healthy Lifestyles Initiative
Will Be
at 11:30 p.m. on December 14, 2011 |
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The Cooper County Healthy Lifestyles (CHeLI) group
meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the second
Wednesday of each month at the Cooper County Health
Department meeting room, 17040 Klinton Drive,
Boonville, MO 65233-3542 (660-882-2626)
The M. U. campus URL for the statewide program
is:
http://extension.missouri.edu/healthylife/.
Individuals wishing to participate can send an
e-mail to the initiative and let us know their views
and whether they wish to be on our e-mail list.
We also will be linking from our website to Twitter
and Facebook. To participate and be informed
about meetings, send an e-mail to any of the below
members:
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Mission Statement:
The Cooper County Healthy
Lifestyle Initiative vision is to create
healthy communities that support the
availability of healthy, affordable,
locally-produced food and safe, accessible
physical activity. To achieve this, we will
work with families, youth, community
members, agricultural producers, business
leaders, healthcare providers, and others.
We believe that through collaboration we
create sustainable approaches to address
preventable health issues like overweight,
obesity, sedentary lifestyle and related
diseases, create positive behavior change
and impact lifelong health within the
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What is the Healthy Lifestyles initiative?
In the first part of 2010, Cooper County received a $4000 University of
Missouri grant to support the Cooper County Healthy Lifestyles
Initiative communities to develop and implement community action plans
focused on increasing the availability of healthy, affordable, locally
produced food and safe, accessible physical activity. Initial leadership
for this effort came from the Boonslick Heartland Y and Cooper County
University Extension. The first meeting was held March 10, 2010. For
years, health agencies, organizations, and institutions have worked to
improve the health of individuals and communities by delivering programs
that focus on changing peoples’ behaviors. While these programs have had
positive short-term results, they haven’t been able to fully address
increasing rates of obesity and related chronic diseases. There is a
growing movement to move beyond programs and develop comprehensive,
sustainable approaches to address preventable health issues. They are
bringing the entire community together to talk, share resources and
begin planning community-wide health initiatives. They are also focusing
their efforts on finding ways to change the policies and environments
that influence peoples’ day-to-day activities.
Statewide the first Healthy Lifestyle Initiative
(HLI) supported four pilot communities. During this
time, each community engaged a broad spectrum of
community members and stakeholders to draft and
carry out plans that focus on policy and
environmental changes to support healthy lifestyles
within their community.
Membership is open to all individuals and
organizations.
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Upcoming Committee Meetings
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Livable Streets Committee At 5:30 P.M.
On October 25, 2011 At The Boonslick
Heartland Y, 701 Third Street, Boonville
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