2017
DOI: 10.18865/ed.27.s1.347
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Empowering One Community at a Time for Policy, System and Environmental Changes to Impact Obesity

Abstract: <p class="Pa7"><strong>Objective: </strong>This article describes Mayors Mentoring Mayors (3M), an initiative of the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention (ArCOP), which expanded to five states to become the signature community initiative of the Mid-South Transdisciplinary Collab­orative Center (Mid-South TCC) for Health Disparities Research.</p><p class="Pa7"><strong>Methods: </strong>The 3M program is an exten­sion of the Growing Healthy Communities (GHC) program… Show more

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“…1,2,[7][8][9] Unfortunately, multiorganizational partnerships to create such networks can be difficult to establish and sustain. 6 Currently in communities across the US, multiple voluntary organizations geographically co-located share the same clients, resources, and information. Often, they have differing values, norms and ideologies-all which impact service coordination and collaboration.…”
Section: Objectivementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…1,2,[7][8][9] Unfortunately, multiorganizational partnerships to create such networks can be difficult to establish and sustain. 6 Currently in communities across the US, multiple voluntary organizations geographically co-located share the same clients, resources, and information. Often, they have differing values, norms and ideologies-all which impact service coordination and collaboration.…”
Section: Objectivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…1,2 Community health coalitions are effective at creating collaborative inter-organizational networks to innovatively address wide-ranging issues and enhance community capacity for health. [3][4][5][6] Population health needs can only be addressed if communities work together. 1,2,[7][8][9] Unfortunately, multiorganizational partnerships to create such networks can be difficult to establish and sustain.…”
Section: Objectivementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…PSE strategies have the potential to create broad-reaching sustainable health impacts (Bunnell etet alal., 2012; Kelly etet alal., 2021; Rohan etet alal., 2019). PSE strategies have been used in efforts to improve obesity rates (Betancourt etet alal., 2017), prevent chronic disease (Bunnell etet alal., 2012), and reduce cancer rates (Townsend etet alal., 2019). Examples of successfully implemented health promotion policies include instituting a healthy food donation policy in food pantries and creating shared-use policies at school playgrounds.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other studies have concentrated on the value of local expertise, cultural practices, and traditional coping mechanisms in fostering resilience, contending that these elements can increase the efficacy of DRR and public health preparedness efforts [5,6]. The "One Community at a Time" approach includes institutional and governance considerations [7]. According to studies [8,9], community people must be involved in the development and execution of programs to enhance resilience.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%