SOLVING OBESITY: EVERYONE’S ISSUE Cross-Sector Work on Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Weight Maintenance: Models for Change Debra S. Oto-Kent, MPH Executive Director, Health Education Council WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Overarching Consideration: Leadership LESSONS LEARNED Leadership Leaning/ Launching Forward WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG I. Lessons Learned: Three T’s Terminology Time/Timing Trust WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Lessons Learned Terminology Time/Timing Trust WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Obesity Cross-sector Partnerships Financial Institutions Violence Parks and Recreation Safety Education Law Enforcement Business Resident Engagement Obesity/Hunger Housing Workforce Development Community Development Public Health/ Clinical Healthcare Transportation/ Regional Planning WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Terminology matters “asset” “safety” Community asset Violence prevention/ Gang Intervention Asset building Business property crime Asset poverty Safe parks and public spaces Asset mapping Safe routes to school WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Acronym/Alphabet Soup A&O HEAL MBOC MAPPS WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Lessons Learned Terminology Time/ Timing Trust WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG South Sacramento HEAL Zone Collaborative Elk Grove Unified School District Afterschool Providers Sacramento County Schools Community Residents Neighborhood Associations Community Bayside of South Sacramento COALITION MEMBERS Faith-Based Orgs Local Elected Officials State Assembly Representatives Youth Serving Organizations Community Health Center CommunityBased Orgs Built Environment Source: Center for Community Health and Evaluation Parks and Recreation Rebuilding Together South Sacramento Christian Center Valley Hi Covenant Local Government Property Business Improvement District Health Education Council Crossover Basketball Sacramento Violence Economic Development Intervention Program WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Summer Night Lights in the HEAL Zone ELECTED OFFICIALS FAITH COMMUNITY Promote safe neighborhoods and reduction campaigns Reduce violence and link congregations to community service HEC: HEAL ZONE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Reduce crime to business, loitering, shoplifting (BACKBONE ORGANIZATION) Increase physical activity and healthy eating where people live, play, learn and pray LAW ENFORCEMENT Reduce gang violence/ homicides HEALTHCARE Reduce emergency room visits related to violence during summer peak months YOUTH Stay engaged in the community and gain leadership skills RESIDENT CHAMPION Get neighbors involved in community WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Summer Night Lights in the HEAL Zone BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS HEALTHCARE FAITH COMMUNITY HEAL Zone Collaborative LAW ENFORCEMENT HEALTH EDUCATION COUNCIL (HEAL ZONE) RESIDENT CHAMPION CITY COUNCIL WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Summer Night Lights in the HEAL Zone BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS FAITH COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE LAW ENFORCEMENT HEALTH EDUCATION COUNCIL (HEAL ZONE) RESIDENT CHAMPION CITY COUNCIL WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Lessons Learned Terminology Time/ Timing Trust WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG “ We build trust by building relationships. And building relationships builds history. - Bishop Sherwood Carthen Bayside Church of South Sacramento ” WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG “ Trust is not transferrable. It is built over time. - Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez Consul General of Mexico in Sacramento ” WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG “ I like to call ‘community-policing’ ‘relationship-policing.’ - Lieutenant Roman Murrietta Sacramento Police Department ” WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Overarching Consideration: Lessons Learned LEADERSHIP Leaning/ Launching Forward WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG “ Leaders of successful collective impact initiatives have embraced a new way of seeing, learning, and doing that marries e m e rg e n t s o l u t i o n w i t h i n t e n t i o n a l o u t c o m e s . Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review ” WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Characteristics of Effective Leadership 1. Collaborative Relationship Builder 2. Results Oriented 3. Focused but Flexible 4. Influential Communicator WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Collaborative Relationship Builder WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Results Oriented WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Focused, But Flexible WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Influential Communicator WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Overarching Consideration: Lessons Learned Leadership LEANING/ LAUNCHING FORWARD WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Resident Leadership WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG “ Recognize that collaboration is not always linear. It is often unclear and messy, but the right thing to do. ” WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG Debra S. Oto-Kent, MPH Executive Director Health Education Council (916) 556-3344 [email protected] WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG “ Leaders must make time to build new thinking within themselves and make the space to develop new thinking partners. T h e l i m i t i n g re s o u rc e s o f c h a n g e m a y n o t b e m o n e y, b u t T I M E . -Kevin McCarthy, ChangeRX WWW.HEALTHEDCOUNCIL.ORG