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PAN Training Series: Sharpen Your Skills for Effective Physical Activity & Nutrition Programming

Session One
Make Change Happen: Implementing Evidence-Based PAN Practice
Dec 11, Bangor Civic Center

• Agenda
• Crawford Welcome
• Make Change Happen: Implementing Evidence-based PAN Practice
• Evidence-based Practice: What does it Mean? Why do we care?
• Physical Activity Policy and Environmental Change: The Community Guide to Preventive Services
• Nutrition Environmental and Policy Change - The Evidence
• Using a Social Support Approach to Impact Food & Physical Activity Choices
  • Guidelines for establishing healthy eating peer support groups or programs
  • Facilitated Group Discussion
• Childhood Obesity: Recommendations and Working with PCPs (Crawford)
• Childhood Obesity: Recommendations and Working with PCPs (Orr)
• Cost-Effective Strategies to Improve Employee Health & Productivity
• Building an Integrated Health & Productivity Program (Works on Wellness WOW!)
  

Session Two
You Can Do It! Translating Social Marketing Principles into Practice
Jan 8, Augusta Civic Center

• Agenda
• Welcome
• A Powerful Tool for Behavior Change (Kohr)
• A Powerful Tool for Behavior Change (Newton-Ward)

• CDCynergy: A Tool for Planning, Implementing and Evaluating a Social Marketing Program

• Lessons Learned: Health Messaging to Adults

• Oxford Hills Healthy Moms Project: A Real-Life Example of the Social Marketing Process

• Developing Focus Group Moderator Guides

• Separating the Apples from the Oranges: How to Effectively Segment Your Audiences
  

Session Three
Go for it! Implementing Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice
March 4, Augusta Civic Center

• Agenda
• Effective Evaluation: Enhancing Translation and Decision-Making for Obesity Prevention
• PAN Action Packets: A Practical Tool for Creating Nutrition Policy and Environmental Change
• Creating Breastfeeding-Friendly Environments through Policy and Environmental Change
• Partnering with Food Pantries
• Nutrition Advocacy
• Linking Healthcare Settings with Local Nutrition Resources
• Partnering with Food Pantries

Session Four
The Built Environment and Physical Activity
A Walking, Biking and Active Community Conference
May 7, 2008 Eastland Park Hotel, Portland

• Agenda
• The Built Environment: Influencing Physical Activity, Health and Community Vitality
• Infrastructure Options for Improving the Built Environment
• How to Create and Improve Local Plans for Compact Active Communities
• Community Mobilization for Change
• Kid-Friendly Approaches for Walking and Biking to School
• Show Me the Money: Getting Your Project Funded