Yes. My support is with your suggestion, Roxanne.
Cherry Lawrance
Director Health Promotion
Northwestern Health Unit
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Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:02 PM
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Subject: Re: banning pop/junk food in schools
Well stated! I agree with you 100%!
Joe
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Dr. Joseph Levy
Professor
School of Health Policy and Management
Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies
and Director, Wellness Centre at York University
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Quoting Roxanne Felix <[log in to unmask]>:
> While I most definitely think there are many different
> strategies to tackling a health issue, like health in
> school settings... I really would like to see how different
> experts in health promotion on this list-serv can *work together* in
> providing
> expertise in taking a multi-strategy approach, as opposed to
> vying for which approach is *best*!
>
> For example, banning pop/junk food in schools can be done through
> a variety of ways:
> - bringing schools, parents, and teachers together on an issue
> - working with communities to develop capacity building, participatory
> seminars
> on how to influence policy in their schools, appply for funding,
identify
> what
> and how determinants of health are affecting their lives - and taking
action
> on
> them...
>
> all of which can later translate into action on *other* issues of
health
> and social well-being *like* community co-hesiveness, SES,
accessibility,
> etc. whatever the community decides! And, if there are tips on how
> to make a program like this better equipped to deal with challenging
issues
> like income inequity and the social value of food, I would like to
hear
> about them to help me improve *my* practice and increase *my*
knowledge.
>
> it is a challenge - but i think it's important for health promotion
> practitioners to actually model inter-sectoral work :)
>
> Roxanne
>
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