Resources

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC
National Prevention Council

We Choose Health Best Practice Guide

The We Choose Health Best Practice Guide encompasses project profiles and accomplishments, as well as best-practice guides and resources that can be utilized by communities for future public health reforms.

We Choose Health Best Practice Guide (PDF)

Baby Friendly Guide (PDF)

Active Transportation Alliance Guides (ZIP)

Worksite Wellness Plan (PDF)

We Choose Health Action Institute (March 2014)

Held in conjunction with the 10th Annual Rural Public Health Institute put on by the MidAmerica Center for Public Health Practice, the We Choose Health Action Institute took place from March 11-13, 2014. For more about the Rural Public Health Institute, visit the conference page here. Sessions held during We Choose Health Action Institute, or the Transforming Communities Track as designated within the Rural Public Health Institute, include:

Sustainability Training (PDF)
CDC Sustainability Guide (PDF)
Health Equity & Community Transformation Panel Discussion (PDF)
Illinois “Healthy Worksite” Designation – A Tool to Increase Community Engagement (PDF)

Building Public Health Champions:
Miriam Link-Mullison, Jackson County Health Department
Ben LeRoy, City of Champaign Planning Department (PDF)
Nat Smith, Henry County Housing Authority (PDF)

We Choose Health Regional Action Institutes (September 2013)

Agenda
Presentations
Action Institute Resources

We Choose Health Action Institute (9/21/12)

Grantee Resource Guide
Presentations

Active Living and Healthy Eating

National Farm to School Network
Illinois State Board of Education
Let’s Move Campaign

Breastfeeding/Baby Friendly Hospitals

Baby Friendly Guide (PDF)
Unicef Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
Illinois Department of Human Services
Illinois State Breastfeeding Taskforce
Preparing for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Onsite Assessment (Webinar)

Coordinated School Health Model

University of Illinois Extension Farm to School
Safe Routes to School Toolkit
National Center for Safe Routes to School
California Coordinated School Health Toolkit
Student Nutrition Curriculum Resources from the USDA
Healthy Concession Guide
Healthy Concession Stand Wellness Policy Example
Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools
Enhanced Physical Education (P.E.) Strategic Plan
Coordinated School Health - CDC
CDC Coordinated School Health Publications and Resources
SPARK
SPARK Funding Opportunities

Worksite Wellness

Worksite Wellness Plan (PDF)
Illinois "Healthy Worksite" Designation brochure (PDF)
Recognizing Workplaces That Make Employee Health a Priority - An employer's guide to qualify for recognition
Illinois Healthy Worksite Designation Info Pack (PDF)
We Choose Health 365 Wellness Portal flyer (PDF)
Healthier Worksite Initiative - CDC

Smoke-free Living

American Lung Association
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights
Bringing Healthy Air Home, Smoke-free Housing Initiative (PDF) - American Lung Association
Model Ordinance: Smoke-free Housing, Public Health Law and Policy
Tobacco-free Campus Initiative in Your Workplace Toolkit - CDC
Tobacco-free Workplace Tool Kit (PDF) - American Cancer Society
Model Ordinance: Comprehensive Smoke-free Places

Smoke-free Public Places

Parks

Resources
Lake County Tobacco-free Parks Tool Kit - Lake County Health Department
Tobacco-Free Youth Recreation - Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota

Action Institute – Requested Resources
Tobacco Free Parks Community Assessment Tool - Tobacco Free Youth Recreation
Listing of Tobacco-free Parks - American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Non-Health Arguments (Lake County Tabacco-free Parks Toolkit)

College and University Campuses

Resources
College Campus Listing - American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Sample College Campus Toolkits
Making Your College Campus Tobacco-Free - Skoke-free Oregon
Tobacco-Free Campus Toolkit - Arkansas Department of Health

Action Institute – Requested Resources
Strategies for engaging with large campuses and other stakeholders
Making Your College Campus Tobacco-Free - Skoke-free Oregon
Tobacco-Free Campus Toolkit - Arkansas Department of Health