Providing Management and Techincal Assistance to Promote Environment and Policy Outcomes Among Fit Together Grantees

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Maggie Sauer, MS, MHA, Clinical Associate and Director, Health Promotion Unit, Duke University Medical Center, Dept of Community and Family Medicine, Division of Community Health, DUMC 2914, Durham, NC 27710, 919-681-3086, sauer004@mc.duke.edu

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation, the participant will be able to

Discuss the Role of the Duke Technical Assistance Team in the Fit Together initiative.
Describe the barriers to sustainability and environmental/policy change that are common across the group of Fit Together grantees.
List the Duke Technical Assistance Team’s efforts to provide assistance specifically regarding sustainability and environmental / policy change.
Identify examples of grantees that have utilized the tools and technical assistance to help their local projects move toward sustainability and/or environmental / policy change.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

North Carolina’s Fit Together Initiative: Funding, Managing and Evaluating Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions with a Focus on Environmental and Policy Outcomes

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA