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The Alliance for Health Promotion is a partnership of organizations from
business, healthcare, government, education, media, and other sectors
that promotes healthy living. In 2001, the Alliance chose obesity as a
primary focus. In collaboration with the Partnership to Promote Healthy
Eating and Active Living, (the Partnership) a national public/private
organization, the Alliance developed Indiana on the Move!™.
The goal of the multi-component effort is to reduce the rate of weight
gain in the community by promoting increased lifestyle physical activity
(primarily walking) and healthier food choices through modifying the environment.
In early 2006, the Alliance (in partnership with the Marion County Health
Department) initiated the project by conducting four focus groups of community
leaders from healthcare, business, and education, which indicated widespread
support for a collaborative community approach to addressing obesity and
overweight.
Count Your Steps
When funding becomes available, phase one of Indiana
on the Move!™ will consist of a community wide campaign promoting
the use of electronic step counters, leading toward a goal of individuals
walking 10,000 steps per day. Key partners include: Fire FitKids, Marshall
Middle School, the City of Indianapolis Wellness Program, four congregations
in the Parish Nurse Partnership Group, Indy Parks Greenways, and local
shopping malls.
Youth Programs
The second phase of Indiana on the Move!™ - Kids in Motion,
expands youth development programming to include new physical fitness
and nutrition opportunities in community settings. Kids in Motion offers
fitness resources and programming to Big Brothers Big Sisters matches,
introduces a nationally acclaimed curriculum (CATCH) to the after school
program of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, and expands the Marion County
Health Department/Indy Parks Walk in the Park program, offering daily
staffed walking programs, health screenings, and innovative fitness and
nutrition classes.
Join Our Efforts
Indiana on the Move!™ is conceptualized as an umbrella coalition
of local businesses, organizations, and concerned citizens which can encompass
multiple healthy eating and active living projects, promoting coordination
and collaboration among all efforts targeting obesity in our community.
Additionally Indiana on the Move! ™ in partnership with America
on the Move!™ provides a national forum to share with and challenge
other communities across the United States to join our efforts. For more
information about the Indiana on the Move!™ Coalition, contact
Kelly
Alley, Executive Director of the Alliance for Health
Promotion at (317) 278.0778 or visit online by clicking
here.
© 2006 Public Safety Medical Services
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