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Mission, Goals & Objectives
MISSION:

To promote healthy lifestyles in St. Joseph County through the prevention and reduction of overweight and obesity in adults and children.


GOAL 1:

Increase awareness of nutrition, physical activity, and appropriate healthcare related to health and obesity.

  • Objective 1.1: Support efforts to increase awareness of nutrition and physical activity behaviors that promote good health and healthy weight.
  • Objective 1.2: Support efforts to increase awareness of existing community-based services and resources that support physical activity and nutrition-related health promotion behaviors.
  • Objective 1.3: Support efforts to increase awareness of existing healthcare services and resources that support weight control and management of health conditions linked to obesity.

GOAL 2:

Improve individual and household attitudes toward health and wellness.

  • Objective 2.1: Support efforts to improve attitudes toward healthy nutrition.
  • Objective 2.2: Support efforts to improve attitudes toward physical activity.
  • Objective 2.3: Support efforts to improve attitudes toward personal and family healthcare management.

GOAL 3:

Improve access to nutrition, physical activity, and appropriate healthcare services related to health and obesity.

  • Objective 3.1: Support efforts to improve access to healthy food.
  • Objective 3.2: Support efforts to improve access to safe, affordable and convenient recreational services and spaces.
  • Objective 3.3: Support efforts to improve access to appropriate healthcare services.
  • Objective 3.4: Support efforts to reduce the physical, mental/emotional, financial and information barriers to healthy nutrition, physical activity and healthcare seeking behaviors.

GOAL 4:

Increase advocacy for healthy nutrition and physical activity promotion.

  • Objective 4.1: Support efforts to increase awareness of obesity as a threat to public health.
  • Objective 4.2: Support efforts to increase representation of nutrition, physical activity, and healthcare issues in strategic plans and policy dialogues in county and city governments.
  • Objective 4.3: Support efforts to improve communications and collaborations among community-based agencies, businesses, schools, healthcare providers, local government, and the general public with regard to nutrition, physical activity, and healthcare.
  • Objective 4.4: Support efforts to enhance public policy that promotes healthy lifestyles through improved nutrition, physical activity, and healthcare.

GOAL 5:

Aid in the collection, management, analysis, and dissemination of data related to health and obesity among key stakeholders in St. Joseph County.

  • Objective 5.1: Facilitate research efforts to collect high quality data on obesity and its health-related consequences.
  • Objective 5.2: Support efforts to improve the management and analysis of obesity-related data.
  • Objective 5.3: Improve mechanisms to facilitate information dissemination and exchange.
  • Objective 5.4: Support efforts to enhance public policy that promotes healthy lifestyles through improved nutrition, physical activity, and healthcare.

GOAL 6:

Increase behavior change and increased participation as an outcome of ROC-supported initiatives.