Webinars in the Field
UPCOMING WEBINARS:
Webinar: Equitable Strategies for Growing Urban Agriculture
Feb. 16, 2012, 2-3 pm, Eastern
A vibrant movement is afoot in cities across the country − farmers, activists, and community organizations are improving the health, economic outlook, and vitality of their communities through urban farming. Advocates are illustrating that urban agriculture is a pathway to making healthy food more available for low-income communities, a key to shifting economic revitalization efforts, and catalytic for battling the challenges of blight and abandonment.
Building from the recently released PolicyLink Urban Agriculture Tool, PolicyLink will be hosting a mini-series of webinars focusing on how low-income communities and communities of color are incorporating urban agriculture into their community development efforts and into policy infrastructures supporting this work.
This first webinar will feature Green City Grower’s CEO Mary Donnell, Ian Marvy, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Added Value, and Malik Yakini, Chairman of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. Each panelist will discuss challenges and strategies for growing and sustaining urban agriculture projects in low-income communities and communities of color.
To register for the webinar, click here.
Improving Children’s Health Through Federal Collaboration: Obesity Prevention
Feb. 9, 20124-5:30 pm, Eastern
Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. The numbers are even higher in African American and Hispanic communities, where nearly 40 percent of the children are overweight or obese. If we don't solve this problem, one third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives. This session will highlight <em>Let’s Move!</em>, the first lady’s initiative dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, as well as several other initiatives across federal agencies.
Measurement Error Webinar Series
Sep. 20-Dec. 6, 2011, 10 a.m. Eastern
This fall, the National Cancer Institute will host a webinar series on accounting for measurement error in dietary intake data. The series is organized by collaborators from the National Cancer Institute, the Office of Dietary Supplements, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Gertner Institute, Texas A&M University, and Wake Forest University. The series will run on Tuesdays from September 20th to December 6th, 2011 (10-11:30 a.m. Eastern Time).
The goal of the webinar series is to provide participants with an understanding of:
- The sources and magnitudes of dietary measurement errors;
- How measurement error may affect estimates of usual dietary intakes;
- How measurement error may affect analyses of diet-health relationships;
- How the effects of measurement error may be alleviated.
The series is intended for nutritionists, epidemiologists, statisticians, graduate students, and others with an interest in measurement error in dietary intake data. A basic level of familiarity with statistics and dietary assessment is recommended.
Please visit http://riskfactor.cancer.gov/measurementerror/ to view the schedule and subscribe to the webinar listserv to receive updates and details for joining each session. Archived webcasts will be available online shortly after each live session.
New Partnerships for Healthier Corner Stores
Nov. 17, 2011, 1:00 p.m. Eastern
Nutrition assistance programs like WIC and SNAP not only help low-income families afford healthy meals, they're also an economic boon for participating retailers. Corner store owners who become authorized WIC and SNAP vendors will need to stock healthier items for everyone in the neighborhood, and they'll benefit from new sources of revenue. We'll talk about how advocates can work effectively with store owners to maximize the benefits of nutrition assistance programs for consumers and retailers alike.
PAST WEBINARS:
Insider's View of USDA'S MyPlate
June 27, 2011, 2:00 p.m. Eastern
he webinar will provide an insider's view of the recently released United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) MyPlate icon, provide insights into the use of MyPlate in nutrition promotion and obesity prevention efforts for vulnerable populations, and discuss strategies for getting the word out to the public. For a look at the new food plate, visit: www.choosemyplate.gov.
Featured Speakers:
- Margo Wootan, DSC, Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Jackie Haven, MS, RD, United States Department of Agriculture
- Tracy Fox, MPH, RD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity
NCCOR Catalogue of Surveillance Systems
May 5, 2011, 2:00 p.m. Eastern
NCCOR's Catalogue of Surveillance Systems allows users to review, sort and compare more than 75 surveillance systems relevant to childhood obesity research. The Catalogue provides a unique window on obesity-related environmental factors and policies, as well as trends in relevant health behaviors, outcomes and determinants. This webinar describes the newly-released Catalogue's features and functions, how to use the Catalogue to support state/local health department goals, and how to use the Catalogue to increase effectiveness and innovation in research.
View a recording of this webinar (WMV file 612MB)
- Susan M. Krebs-Smith & Robin McKinnon, National Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute (slides)
- David Simmons, Minnesota Department of Health (slides)
- Jamie Chriqui, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Bridging the Gap (slides)
Visit the Catalogue: www.nccor.org/css
NCCOR Measures Registry
May 19, 2011, 2:00 p.m. Eastern
The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) is hosting a webinar featuring the Measures Registry, a searchable online registry of diet and physical activity measures relevant to childhood obesity research. The Registry includes almost 750 measures in four domains: individual dietary behavior, food environment, individual physical activity, and physical activity environment. This webinar will describe the features and functions of the Registry and explain how the Registry works to promote the consistent use of common measures and research methods across childhood obesity prevention and research.
View a recording of this webinar (WMV file 470MB)
Visit the Registry: www.nccor.org/measures
