1. Diabetes Today Conference October 5, 2016

2. History  Established in 2001, maintained with the Creating Healthy Communities grant administered by the Athens City-County Health Department with additional funding provided by the Communities Preventing Chronic Disease grant and the Appalachian Diabetes Translation and Control Project grant

3. Coalition Goals  Policy, system, and environmental change  Increase opportunities for physical activity  Improve access to nutrition food  Eliminate tobacco use

4. Geographic Focus: Athens County, OH

5. Athens County Snapshot  Ranked 72 of 88 of health behaviors (tobacco, obesity, food environment index, etc.)  28% of Athens County adults are physically inactive  30% of Athens County adults use tobacco products  Food environment index is 5.2 (measuring access to healthy foods and percentage of population considered food insecure on a 0-10 scale)

6. Membership Coalition PartnersAssociated Organizations Athens City- County Health DepartmentAthens Food Policy Council WellWorks at Ohio UniversityAthens City Schools Nutrition Group OUHCOM Community Health ProgramsAthens County Public Libraries OUHCOM AmeriCorps Program (COMCorps)Southeast Ohio Worksite Wellness Council Live Healthy AppalachiaRobert Wood Johnson Foundation Rural ActionVoinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs Community Food InitiativesTrimble Bridge Builders 317 BoardTrimble Local School District Village Bakery, Della Zona, Catalyst CaféNelsonville-York School District Ohio Health O’BlenessAthens City School District CHIP AlumniCorporation for Ohio Appalachian Development Athens County CommissionerED MAP Athens County PlannerRocky Brands Athens County Arts, Parks, and RecreationOhio University Frontier Nursing UniversitySikorski’s Home Plate Diner Integrated Services for Behavioral HealthHAPCAP Job and Family ServicesThree Star Senior Center Hopewell Health/WICNelsonville Wesleyan Church Ohio Department of HealthNelsonville Head Start

7. Development  Leadership training provided by the Center for Creative Leadership and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2013- 2014)  Focusing on boundary spanning leadership  Community coaching provided by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2015-2016)  Focusing on schools as a hub for health

8. Athens County Plan to Prevent and Reduce Chronic Disease  Adopted from Ohio’s Plan to Prevent and Reduce Chronic Disease  Promotes policy, system, and environmental change related to health in five sectors:  Community  Government  Worksites  Healthcare  Schools & Universities

9. Athens County’s Plan to Prevent and Reduce Chronic Disease: Successes  Partnership with Rural Action to bring Farm to School to local preschools and daycare centers  Implementation of new mile marker signs on the bike path and new bike lanes to support active transportation  Complete Streets workshop on October 19  Healthy checkout lanes at local grocery stores  Nelsonville Farmer’s Market and Athens City Schools Food Pantry

10. Athens County’s Plan to Prevent and Reduce Chronic Disease: Successes  Worksite wellness activities  Support for active commuting and employee physical activity  Water First for Thirst  Adoption of worksite tobacco policies

11. Athens County’s Plan to Prevent and Reduce Chronic Disease: Healthcare Success  Healthy Connections Clinic  Community Health Workers

12. The Appalachian Health Summit Event goals: Increase local enrollment in lifestyle change programs (DPP & CHIP) by 5% through provider-based referrals based on information received at the Appalachian Health Summit

13. Lifestyle Change Programs

14. Diabetes Prevention Toolkit  Includes lifestyle change program referral form, Healthy Connections Clinic flyer, information on the Diabetes Prevention Program, information on the Complete Health Improvement Program, Check It Change It Control It resources, community health workers information, diabetes prevention information from the Rural Health Information Hub and the American Diabetes Association, local resource guides, etc.

15. Athens County Public Library Partnership  Planned installation of iHealth blood pressure monitors at each of the seven branches in the Athens County Public Library system  Train librarians on orienting community members to health- related resources at the library  Kick-off events will be planned for each library with cooking demonstrations, physical activity, and unveiling of iHealth monitors

16. Questions?