| Preliminary Program subject to change | ||
| Finding NEMO in Cortland County: Nutrition Environment and Menu Optimization | ||
| Structure | Community | |
| Description | This session will describe one piece of a community-university collaboration to address obesity and cardiovascular disease in a rural county of upstate New York. Working from a community organization framework, and employing social marketing principles, the collaborators sought to identify valuable, viable, and visible environmental changes to support its 5-A-Day and Low Fat Dairy recommendations. The presentation will describe needs assessment procedures and results; how they were used in issue selection; and describe the resulting intervention initiatives. Challenges and successes related to building social capital with restaurant owners and managers will be discussed. | |
| Presider: | Deitra E. Wengert, Towson University, Glen Burnie, MD | |
| Speakers: | Joseph Governali, Suny College Of Cortland, Cortland, NY Suzanne Parson, Cortland County Health Department, Cortland, NY Bonni C. Hodges, State University College-Cortl, Cortland, NY | |