At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wright was recognized by various state and national leaders for creating and co-leading the Historically Marginalized Populations Workgroup to ensure that the inequities and disparities exacerbated by the pandemic were addressed through focused response and recovery efforts. Wright, MPA is a prominent leader in health equity who previously served as the executive director of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Paving the way as Healthier Generation's first chief health equity officer, Cornell P. Prior to the Clinton Foundation, Secuban led community relations programs across 34 states for Alltel Wireless. Recognized as a health champion by Healthier Generation, Secuban previously served as the program director in the Office of Chelsea Clinton and communications manager for the Clinton Presidential Center. In her current role, Secuban shapes and implements the strategic direction of the Office of Chelsea Clinton, inclusive of various public health priorities across the Foundation.
Joy Secuban, chief of staff, Office of Chelsea Clinton at the Clinton Foundation and public health strategist will serve on Healthier Generation's board of directors joining leaders from the fields of medicine, public health, education, and business in support of Healthier Generation's mission.
NEW YORK, /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - On the heels of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation's (Healthier Generation) largest gift in the organization's history, the nation's preeminent children's health organization announced a new cohort of public health leadership to accelerate the organization's efforts to advance equitable whole child health. In addition, lower implementation among schools serving minority students suggests that the Alliance's targeted efforts to provide intensive technical assistance to such schools is warranted and necessary.Contemporary leaders bring innovative health expertise in program management, strategic partnerships, and organizational sustainability However, many administrators at schools who sold competitive products were not aware of the guidelines, indicating a need for continued efforts. Schools with a majority of Black or Latino students were less likely to implement the guidelines.ĬONCLUSIONS: Awareness and implementation of the Alliance's beverage and food guidelines has significantly increased since the 2006-2007 school year, indicating successful diffusion of the guidelines. Implementation was higher among schools from Southern states. By 2009-2010, almost one third of the schools that sold competitive beverages and foods reported having implemented or being in the process of implementing the guidelines. 01) awareness of the food guidelines increased from 29.4% to 40.2% (p <.
RESULTS: From 2006-2007 to 2009-2010, awareness of the Alliance's beverage guidelines increased from 35.0% to 51.8% among school administrators (p <. METHODS: Data were collected from a nationally representative sample of elementary schools using mail-back surveys in 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010. This study examines nationwide awareness and implementation of the guidelines in US public elementary schools. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation launched the Healthy Schools Program in 2006 to encourage schools to create healthier food environments, including the adoption of nutritional guidelines for competitive beverages and foods. BACKGROUND: The availability of competitive foods in schools is a modifiable factor in efforts to prevent childhood obesity.
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