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| Promoting Healthy Communities |
Is your community a place where it is easy for people to be physically active,
eat healthy and be tobacco-free? By promoting healthy behaviors, your community
can increase residential demand and economics while improving the health of everyone.
| Michigan Steps Up recommends that each community,
township, city or village have a Community Health Coalition. A Community
Health Coalition can be a new launch or an expansion of an existing community
group. It is important for community coalitions to include interdisciplinary
representation from community leaders who can assist with supporting and
implementing physical activity, nutrition, tobacco-free programs, policies
and changes in the environment. Your Community Health Coalition could include
representatives from: |
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Zoning and Planning Boards
City Engineering
Key Businesses
Colleges/Universities
Farmers
Faith-Based Organizations
Community Service Organizations
Hospitals
Residents (all ages)
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School Districts
Parks and Recreation
Health Clubs
Local Transportation
Law Enforcement
Public Officials
Public Health Department
Health Care Professionals
Media
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The Community Health Coalition can work to increase physical activity, healthy eating and/or tobacco-free lifestyles by first completing the Healthy Communities Checklist. The Healthy Communities Checklist is a short assessment that will identify a community's health environment related to promoting and supporting physical activity, healthy eating/healthy weight, and tobacco-free lifestyles. It assists your community in developing an action plan and setting priorities focused on changing policies and the environment to support healthy behaviors.
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