Healthy People eLearning Lesson: The San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative
Healthy People eLearning (http://1.usa.gov/10ERXpm) is an online educational resource designed to help students and health professionals learn how to reach our Nation’s health goals. All educational offerings feature a case study of a community working to achieve Healthy People 2020 objectives and provide free continuing education. Educational offerings will take participants beyond the data to explore the challenges, successes, and processes involved in creating and sustaining healthier communities.
Healthy People 2020 just launched an online lesson featuring the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative, the organization from the March LHI webinar on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. You can earn free continuing education while learning about: Healthy People 2020 and the Leading Health Indicators; Determinants of childhood obesity; Processes involved in collective impact, or large-scale social change; and Measures to evaluate policy, system, and environmental change related to nutrition and physical activity.