Our Mission is to create a dynamic network linking prevention and community-based wellness programs throughout Montana to stimulate a higher level of wellness across the state. The RHI is managed through the Montana Office of Rural Health/Area Health Education Center. The key components of the Initiative are: A highly interactive website featuring: Showcasing of local [...]
Profile of the Week: Farm to Cafeteria Programs Across Montana
The Farm to Cafeteria Network, a project of NCAT, recently completed a survey of 35 institutions in Montana including healthcare facilities, correctional facilities, K-12 schools, and colleges. Check out the great map for information on where and how the institutions are utilizing local food systems. http://farmtocafeteria.ncat.org/?page_id=963
APHA Online Transportation and Health Toolkit
The American Public Health Association (APHA) has developed health, equity, and transportation resources such as fact sheets, a communications toolkit, and reports as part of a comprehensive online toolkit. All are available for download on this web page. Additional materials in the online toolkit (such as information on HIAs, case studies, etc.) may be accessed [...]
New SNAP-Ed toolkit helps states identify obesity prevention strategies
from the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research New SNAP-Ed toolkit helps states identify obesity prevention strategies May 7, 2013, NCCOR On March 30, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled a new toolkit to help states identify evidenced-based obesity prevention policy and environmental change interventions to include in their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education [...]
Worksite Wellness Toolkit: A Basic Guide to Employee-Based Wellness Program Implementation
Worksite Wellness Toolkit A Basic Guide to Employee-Based Wellness Program Implementation by Audrey Schadt Audrey Schadt, an intern with RHI through the INBRE Public Health Internship Program, developed a toolkit for implementing worksite wellness programs that are low-cost and effective. The toolkit includes ideas for nutrition, physical activity, and other programs that are evidence-based along [...]
Building Community Gardens in Montana by Kathryn Grear Hutchison
This guide contains tools and resources to help communities in Montana build their own Community Garden. Author Kathryn Hutchison gives tips for the process from start to finish. To find the manual, follow this link to the pdf: http://www.aeromt.org/PDFs/GardenManual.pdf.
Dawson County Farm-To-Table
Farm-to-Table is a project of Community Giving Assistance Towards Employment (GATE), a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Glendive, MT. The mission of the project is to develop a sustainable local food system in Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota and therefore increase the vitality of our rural communities. All areas of the local food economy such [...]
Bike Walk Montana
Montana’s Voice for Bicyclists and Pedestrians Bike Walk Montana is a membership non-profit organization. We strive to make biking and walking safe and accessible for everyone. This is accomplished through building a strong coalition all across Montana, providing educational programs, and advocating for increased funding and better legislation. We provide resources to communities and local [...]
Bigfork/Ferndale Community Square Foot Garden
Come Grow With Us The St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Ferndale started a Square Foot Gardening system to provide members of the Bigfork and Ferndale communities along with the surrounding areas with a place to garden. The ground was made available by the St. Patrick’s Church. There are currently 72 plots and 62 of them were planted this [...]
Sanders County BackPack Program
Providing child-friendly, nutritious food during the weekends and holiday breaks for children battling chronic hunger In February 2010 Thompson Falls Elementary in conjunction with the Sanders County Health Department, Montana Food Bank Network, and the Rural Health Initiative Incubator Program launched the Backpack Program for their students. The premise of this program is to provide [...]
Stillwater Gets Fit
Stillwater County Public Health Department launched Stillwater Gets Fit in February 2010 to mirror the activities of the statewide Shape up Montana program. However, Stillwater Gets Fit brings a local flair to the competition, adding custom nutrition and physical activity ideas to specifically cater to the population of Stillwater. Participants in Stillwater Gets Fit pay [...]
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