DE HEAL
Delaware Coalition for Healthy Eating and Active Living
Mission and Purpose
The mission of DE HEAL is to reverse the rising tide of obesity and chronic diseases among Delawareans by facilitating opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating.
The Delaware Coalition for Healthy Eating and Active Living (DE HEAL) is a network of over 70 organizations and 200 individuals that provide statewide leadership and serve as a catalyst for policy, environmental, and systems changes that aim to prevent obesity through healthy eating and increasing physical activity throughout Delaware. As the central forum for obesity prevention in Delaware, DE HEAL provides advice and support to state and local government agencies, community and state organizations/agencies, employers, healthcare practitioners, and schools regarding their roles in preventing obesity as facilitators of opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating.
Additionally, the DE HEAL facilitates collaborative partnerships among interested agencies and organizations to carry out recommended obesity prevention strategies. The DE HEAL focuses on opportunities to prevent obesity utilizing environmental, policy, and systems change strategies in various settings. These settings include: schools, healthcare, worksites, community institutions, community design, the built environment, and social marketing.
Heart Truth Delaware
Mission and Purpose
- Primary Care Physician professional education and training to improve clinical processes for the prevention, assessment, and treatment of cardiovascular disease for women in our state.
- Facilitate clinical and behavioral interventions for primary care providers in New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties.
- Communication of services and events of local health providers and community health programs for improved referral processes.
The campaign is especially aimed at women ages 40 to 60, the time when a woman’s risk of heart disease starts to rise. But its messages are also important for younger women, since heart disease develops gradually and can start at a young age-even in the teenage years. Older women have an interest too—it’s never too late to take action to prevent and control the risk factors for heart disease. Even those who have heart disease can improve their heart health and quality of life.
Healthy HENS
University of Delaware
www.udel.edu/studenthealth/healthyhens
Mission and Purpose
Healthy HENS provides preventative student health screenings, wellness promotion services and a variety of campus-wide-activities and educational outreach efforts that encourage Healthy Exercise Nutrition and Sleep.
Urban Bike Project
of Wilmington
Our Mission is to serve the community's needs by educating and promoting cycling as a safe, practical, cost-efficient mode of transportation. Our facilities provide a means for the public to become more self-sufficient both in bicycle maintenance and transportation. We work to foster a greater sense of awareness in motorists, pedestrians, and the community at large.
Delaware Greenwayswww.delawaregreenways.org
Delaware Greenways (DGI) is a statewide, community-based organization, specializing in natural and scenic resource protection and sustainable land use to improve quality of life and promote healthy and active lifestyles. Delaware Greenways has established and currently oversees the management of three of the state's byways, numerous multi-use trails and linkages across the state, and we have expanded the scope of our work to cover community economic development, community wellness, eco-tourism and locally grown foods programs. We believe that the addition of these, our most recent initiatives, will help further our community focused mission of protecting community resources and promoting healthy lifestyles.
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