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Michigan Steps UpMichigan Steps Up
Work Groups Overview
Work Groups Overview
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Business GroupMolly Cotant
Business GroupMolly Cotant
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Business Stakeholder Group
Business Stakeholder Group
Call to Action• Develop opportunities for
businesses to share information.
• Gather resources that support health at the worksite.
• Provide policy-level support of worksite health promotion programs.
MISU and Michigan Businesses:Partners for Michigan’s Health
• Public Health and Financial Health
• Improved Health Outcomes and Increased Productivity
• Desire to lower health care costs
Policy and Environmental Change
• Primary means to achieve worksite wellness
• Cost effective
• Supported by state level programs
Lessons Learned
• Different cultures
• Varied goals
• Example: Business Brochure
Success Story
• Health Alliance Plane
• Greater Detroit Area Health Council
• Accident Fund of Michigan
Moving Foward
• Collaborate
• Promote
• Keep an open mind
Business Stakeholder Workgroup
• Ken Holtyn, Holtyn and Associates- Health Promotion Consultants
• Tim McDonald, General Motors Corp.
• Rosemary Smith, UBS Financial
• MDCH Staff: Cardiovascular Disease and Tobacco Sections
Call to Action• Develop opportunities for
businesses to share information.
• Gather resources that support health at the worksite.
• Provide policy-level support of worksite health promotion programs.
MISU and Michigan Businesses:Partners for Michigan’s Health
• Public Health and Financial Health
• Improved Health Outcomes and Increased Productivity
• Desire to lower health care costs
Policy and Environmental Change
• Primary means to achieve worksite wellness
• Cost effective
• Supported by state level programs
Lessons Learned
• Different cultures
• Varied goals
• Example: Business Brochure
Success Story
• Health Alliance Plane
• Greater Detroit Area Health Council
• Accident Fund of Michigan
Moving Foward
• Collaborate
• Promote
• Keep an open mind
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Community GroupMikelle Robinson
Community GroupMikelle Robinson
1. Enhance physical activity by making it easy and safe to be physically active each day.
2. Support daily consumption and easy access to healthy foods.
3. Support tobacco-free lifestyles by focusing on tobacco prevention and reduction.
Goals
Accomplishments1. Provided Designing Healthy Livable
Communities Conference .2. Compiling a comprehensive list of Michigan
Community Health Coalitions.3. Encouraging and supporting the completion
of community assessment tools by coalitions.
A. Physical ActivityB. NutritionC. Tobacco-Free Policies
4. Action plans to include community-based policy and environmental changes
Success Stories1. Increased number of smoke-free business
and restaurant policies among Asian communities in Grand Rapids.
2. Michigan State University Extension awarded 10 community grants to improve nutrition for food stamp recipients.
3. MDCH awarded fifteen community grants focusing on policy and environmental change
4. Promotion of “MI Steps Up” by major grocery chains throughout the state
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Faith-Based GroupJanet Kiley
Faith-Based GroupJanet Kiley
Objectives• Implement a nutrition-based guideline
• Implement a Walk-by-Faith or other effective walking or physical activity program .
• Develop, approve and implement a campus-wide tobacco-free policy.
Accomplishments
• Provided funding via Michigan Nutrition Network for mini-grants in Metro Detroit
•ACS Body & Soul•AHA Search Your Heart
• Promotion of campaign by group partners
Success Stories• Breakfast meeting with over 50 faith-
based leaders to discuss mini-grant opportunities
• Training for at least 40 health ministry leaders providing support and educational resources.
Success Stories
• Development and testing of resource manual to implement a fruit and vegetable mini-market.
• Presentation to Governor’s Faith-Based Steering Committee.