Co-sponsored by ABAG and Kaiser Permanente on September 12, 2013 View Presentations and Other Resources
The Local Government Health and Wellness Forum on Creating Healthy Communities was offered as a special resource and benefit for ABAG member cities, towns, and counties on Thursday, September 12th in the MetroCenter Auditorium in Oakland. Expert panelists showcased best practices demonstrating how communities can become healthier places to live, work and play. View these presentations online as shown below to learn more about creating worksite wellness programs, walkable active communities, and accessible healthy food options.
Loel Solomon, Ph.D., Vice President, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente
http://www.abag.ca.gov/rss/pdfs/SolomonKeynote.pdf
Scott Hadley, Human Resources Benefits Manager, County of Marin
http://www.abag.ca.gov/rss/pdfs/ScottHadley.pdf
Barbara Brown, Occupational Health Program Manager, Solano County Health and Social Services
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Melissa Stevenson Dile, Assistant City Manager, City of Mountain View
http://www.abag.ca.gov/rss/pdfs/MelissaStevensonDile.pdf
Supervisor Eric Mar, City and County of San Francisco
http://www.abag.ca.gov/rss/pdfs/SupervisorEricMar.pdf
Coire Reilly, Manager Injury, Prevention & Physical Activity Promotion Project Community Wellness and Prevention Program, Contra Costa Health Services
http://www.abag.ca.gov/rss/pdfs/CoireReilly.pdf
Preston Maring, MD, Kaiser Permanente Associate Physician-in Chief
http://www.abag.ca.gov/rss/pdfs/Blackbeansaladrecipe.pdf
Other Local Government Health and Wellness Resources (links)
Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Cities Campaign
http://www.healcitiescampaign.org/policies.html
HEAL Zones
http://bit.ly/healzones
Healthy Workplace Strategies
http://www.grahamlowe.ca/documents/93/Hlthy%20wkpl%20strategies%20report.pdf
American Heart Association: Fit Friendly Workplace
http://www.startwalkingnow.org/Fit-FriendlyCompaniesProgram.jsp
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/
Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO)
http://www.the-hero.org/
East Bay Parks Trails Challenge
http://www.regionalparksfoundation.org/page.aspx?pid=582
San Francisco Department of Public Health
http://www.sfdph.org/dph/default.asp
Shape Up San Francisco
http://www.shapeupsfwalkingchallenge.org
Contra Costa County Health Services
Community Wellness and Prevention Program
http://bit.ly/CCHSCWPP
City of Richmond Community Health and Wellness Element
http://bit.ly/healthelement
Concord HEAL
http://bit.ly/monumentHEAL
Healthy and Livable Pittsburg
http://bit.ly/healthypittsburg
Marin County Wellness
http://www.marincounty.org/e3wellness
http://www.facebook.com/e3wellness
Sonoma County Healthy Habits
http://www.sonoma-county.org/healthyhabits
Santa Clara County Wellness
http://www.sccgov.org/sites/wellness/
Live Healthy America
http://www.livehealthyamerica.org/