Cost

• $30 - General Registration
• $45 - General Registration + T-shirt

Please visit the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative website to register. 

If you have questions, please contact Autumn McGill at AMcGill@iowamedical.org.
 

Welcome and Leadership Update
Caitlin Pedati, MD, MPH, State Epidemiologist and Medical Director, Iowa Department of Public Health
Jami Haberl, MPH, MHA, Executive Director, Iowa Healthiest State Initiative

Sustainable Change through Policy, System and Environmental Adjustments
Laura Perdue RD, MPH, Extension Educator, University of Minnesota Extension

If you teach it, will they change? In many instances, individual efforts to make healthy choices are deterred by the environments where we live, learn, work and play. In this session, we'll discuss how to go beyond traditional programs and create sustainable change by implementing policy, systems and environmental changes that make the healthy choice the easy choice.

Mindfulness Break
Fallon Siedenfeld, Inner OMazing Warriors

The Importance of Community Involvement and Multi-Sector Coalition Building

The Well Kids of Central Iowa Coalition: A Multi-Sector Approach to Children’s Health & Well-Being

Nola Aigner, Polk County Health Department
Jennifer Groos, MD, Blank Children’s Hospital
Erin Drinnin, MSW, Community Impact Officer, Health, United Way of Central Iowa

Originally convened in 2016 by the United Way of Central Iowa, Well Kids Coalition provided an opportunity for organizations from a variety of sectors supporting healthy eating and physical activity for children and families to share missions, goals and strategies. With input from multi-disciplinary partners, the Coalition works to focus and prioritize their multi-sector work on improving health outcomes for children prenatal through age 18 primarily around childhood obesity.

Mason City Community

Matt O’Brien, Regional Planner at North Iowa Area Council of Governments
Kelli Gerdes, Cerro Gordo County Public Health
Lezah Hanson, I-Smile / North Iowa Community Action Organization

Eating for the Health of It
Location: Ruza Lecture Hall

Jody Gatewood MS, RD, LD, Assistant Coordinator, Buy. Eat. Live Healthy Program, Nutrition Extension State Specialist, Iowa State University

Join Registered Dietitian Jody Gatewood in the kitchen to learn new recipes and tips for fitting nutrition into busy lifestyles. Leave with the skills to do your own food demonstrations and share free nutrition resources with others in your school, clinic or community.

Get in the Game and Adapt your PLAY: Grow, Develop, Believe and Play
Location: Wellness Center

Melissa Clarke-Wharff, Founder and President, Courage League Sports Extension and Outreach

This session will challenge the audience to adapt their views of those who live daily with a disability - more than 20% of our population - and their need for access to positive physical and social activities. Participants will learn how one mother turned her son’s challenge into an inspiring inclusive community program and walk away with ideas to grow their own programming.

Going Beyond the Grant: Strategies for Sustainability 
Location: Olsen Center

Kady Reese MPH, CPHQ, Director, Education and Engagement, Iowa Medical Society

Successful 5-2-1-0 implementation is about more than simply executing a grant.  It requires creating the processes and systems that enable and empower change.  This session will discuss the steps that come after creating those systems, leading to opportunities for long-term commitment and sustainability.

Breakout Session #2

Repeat of first sessions – same locations

Break

Mindfulness Break
Fallon Siedenfeld, Inner OMazing Warriors

• How to sign up as a 5-2-1-0 Registered Site.
• Share the 5-2-1-0 message with social media and marketing.