Creating and Funding the Fit Together Grant Initiative to Promote Environmental and Policy Change at the Local Level

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Olson Huff, MD, FAAP, Founding Medical Director, Mission Children's Hospital, Mission Healthcare Foundation, 980 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803, 828-213-1037, olson.huff@msj.org

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation, the participant will be able to

Understand Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission’s rationale in creating the Fit Together grant initiative focusing on environmental/ policy change through a collaborative, multi-disciplinary model.
Discuss the overall policy change goals and objectives of the initiative and key outcomes to date.
Describe the funding organization’s other obesity related efforts to supporting environmental and policy change at the local and statewide level.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation

North Carolina’s Fit Together Initiative: Funding, Managing and Evaluating Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions with a Focus on Environmental and Policy Outcomes

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA