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| Behavioral & Emotional Health |
| This website is a school based resource for overweight, undernourished and sedentary youth. |
| Organization that supports our youth as they face the many challenges ahead of them. Provides parents and other community leaders opportunities for networking, prevention, education and advocacy. This site also links to the Lorain County Youth Pages- a directory of local resources for youth, including: Who can I talk to?, Drugs and Addiction, Social & Recreational Activities, Health, Violence, etc. |
| This factsheet contains tips and techniques to help you and your loved ones manage life's inevitable stresses. |
| Coordinated School Health |
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This presentation, given by Dr. Weschler from the CDC, was given April 2, 2009 at the Ohio Obesity Symposium in Columbus, Ohio.
His presentation highlights the research and facts that reinforce the importance of establishing coordinated school health programs in Ohio schools. For more information on how to get coordinated school health started in your school, contact us at healthed@loraincountyhealth.com. |
| These quick and easy activities are a great way to get middle school kids moving and reinforce curriculum goals. Print them today and see how they can fit into your lesson plans to get kids moving and engaged! |
| These quick and easy activities are a great way to get middle school kids moving and reinforce curriculum goals. Print them today and see how they can fit into your lesson plans to get kids moving and engaged! |
| Make Math fun! These quick and easy activities are a great way to get middle school kids moving and reinforce curriculum goals. Print them today and see how they can fit into your lesson plans to get kids moving and engaged! |
| Gets your students moving and engaged during Music! These quick and easy activities are a great way to get middle school kids moving and reinforce curriculum goals. Print them today and see how they can fit into your lesson plans to get kids moving and engaged! |
| Gets your kids moving during Science! These quick and easy activities are a great way to get middle school kids moving and reinforce curriculum goals. Print them today and see how they can fit into your lesson plans to get kids moving and engaged! |
| These quick and easy activities are a great way to get middle school kids moving and reinforce curriculum goals. Print them today and see how they can fit into your lesson plans to get kids moving and engaged! |
| Download these Energizer cards to get your classroom moving! These quick and easy 2-3 minute activities allow you to get your students up and moving while reinforcing curriculum goals. |
| These quick and easy to follow cards are great for classroom teachers, substitutes and aides to use to get kids moving! Help kids get more movement in their day while learning at the same time! Print the cards today! |
| Be sure to get this list of healthy fund raising ideas to your booster clubs, food service, principals and any other groups that do fund raising in your district! You can make money and not compromise the health of your students. |
| The candy drawer is no more in schools! Be sure to motivate your students with rewards that are not food. This list of ideas gives you practical and cheap options that keep kids motivated and doesn't compromise their health. |
| Is the Ohio weather keeping your students in from recess? Print these cards, hang them up in the hallways of your building and have an instant indoor fitness course! |
| Food Safety |
| A FDA website that provides complete information on food safety and nutrition for consumers. |
| Hand Washing |
| Don't let germs call your number! This hand washing poster is great for your bingo events! |
| This hand washing poster is great for middle school and high school bathrooms to reinforce hand washing. |
| Tips on hand washing that are essential to good health! |
| This hand washing poster is great for any work place. Four out of five people don't wash their hands after using the restroom...let's talk to the fifth guy. |
| Use this poster anywhere to promote hand washing. |
| Use this tray liner to reinforce good hand washing habits for students. Washing hands often prevents disease! |
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Hand Washing Buttons to Add to Your Web Site
The CDC has ready-to-use buttons available for you to add to your school, business or organizations web site to promote hand washing and get up to date information on H1N1 (swine flu). Click here to choose your button!
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| Great ways to tie hand washing into science, math and other core subject areas! Promoting hand washing keeps your kids healthy and ready to learn! Print these free lesson plans and get started in your school today! |
| The best way to prevent disease and infection is free! This factsheet will teach you how to properly wash your hands. |
| Quick and easy lesson plans for grades 3-6 for teaching and reinforcing hand washing. Washing hands prevents disease! |
| Easy to implement lesson plans for grades 6-12 about hand washing and preventing the spread of germs. Free to reproduce. |
| Connect these great hand washing lesson plans to your current curriculum to prevent disease in your school. Hand washing prevents the spread of disease and keeps your students and staff healthy and ready to learn. |
| Add these quick messages to your morning announcements - or before lunch - to remind students and staff to wash their hands! This is a great way to reinforce healthy habits. |
| Washing your hands for as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice prevents the spread of disease. |
| Keep your baby healthy by washing your hands often. This poster can be placed in waiting areas or near changing stations. |
| This poster of two businessmen shaking hands is an illustration of how professional adults need to wash hands. A great poster for the work site. |
| You definitely don't want to catch a cold...so post this message in your workplace to promote hand washing and healthy habits! |
| Use this poster to encourage proper hand washing in the farming community. |
| Washing your hands is like Antivirus Software for your body. This poster can be used to promote hand washing in the workplace. |
| Healthy Lifestyles |
| This handout will help you on your way to eating healthy with easy ways to correctly identify portion sizes. |
| This quiz is a good tool that will help you identify differences in portion sizes and calorie amounts between 20 years ago and today. |
| Better lifestyle habits can help you reduce your risk for heart attack. Learn what you can do to help prevent heart disease and stroke. |
| The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) helps people make choices that reduce their chances of developing cancer. |
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Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person's weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.
Visit this link through the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to calculate BMI's for Adults, Teens and Children. |
| An apple a day isn't the only way to prevent chronic disease. This factsheet contains both reasons and ideas for increasing physical activity, improving nutrition and screening for abnormal conditions. |
| If you're interested in learning more about eating better and living a healthier lifestyle, go this website, coordinated through the US Department of Health and Human Services, for daily tips and motivation along with up to date resources for the whole family. |
| Before heading outdoors be sure to protect yourself and those in your family by following a few easy sun smart precautions contained in this factsheet. |
| Maternal and Infant Health |
| A mother's alcohol use during pregnancy is one of the top preventable causes of birth defects and developmental disabilities. There is no known amount of alcohol that is safe to drink while pregnant. There is no time during pregnancy when it is safe to drink. Read this factsheet to learn more about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). |
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The Lorain County Breastfeeding Coalition strives to educate the community on the importance of promoting, preserving, and protecting breastfeeding.
The Coalition can assist with:
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| Nutrition |
| This pocket guide is a quick resource to assist people in making healhty choices when eating outside of their home. It includes ideas for food substitutions, snacking tips and ways to identify American and other ethnic dishes that are heart healthy. |
| CDC Nutrition efforts cover a wide spectrum of related topics. Good nutrition is vital to good health, disease prevention and essential for healthy growth and development of children and adolescents. |
| Check out the new Fruit & Veggies Matter Web site for tips, recipes, and more! You can find easy ways to add more fruits and vegetables into your daily eating patterns. |
| MyPyramid offers personalized eating plans, interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices, and advice to help you in making choices for a healthy lifestyle. |
| When your kids are feeling the need to nibble, take a junk food detour and give them a snack that will fuel them up the healthy way. |
| Developed by the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Snackwise is a research-based snack rating system that calculates Nutrient Density in snack foods. Snackwise is designed for use by any organization or individual interested in making healthier snack choices. |
| Physical Activity |
| The American Council on Exercise (ACE)is the largest nonprofit fitness certification and education provider in the world. Widely recognized as "America's Authority on Fitness," ACE continually sets standards and protects the public against unqualified fitness professionals and unsafe or ineffective fitness products, programs and trends. |
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Fitting regular exercise into your daily schedule may seem difficult at first, but the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans are more flexible than ever, giving you the freedom to reach your physical activity goals through different types and amounts of activities each week. It's easier than you think!
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| See what programs and resources the Elyria City Parks and Recreation program has to offer. |
| Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. This is a great way to get out for a walk with purpose. |
| The way we design and build our communities can affect our mental and physical health. This website gives tips on designing and building healthy communities that can improve the quality of life for all people who live, work, worship, learn and play within their borders. |
| Check out the resources available at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio for physical education facilities available to the community. |
| Walking trails, hiking trips, guided walks with naturalists, kids programs, and so much more! Find out what Lorain County MetroParks has to offer. |
| A variety of images are available for use in your school, workplace, or community for physical activity and nutrition promotion. |
| A variety of images are available for use in your school, workplace, or community for physical activity and nutrition promotion. |
| Poster available for use in your school, workplace, or community to promote walking and nutrition! |
| Print double sided and get three cards to promote walking in your school, workplace or community. |
| Logo can be used in your school, workplace or community to promote walking and nutrition through the Lorain County Walks program or livehealthyloraincounty.com website. |
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MapMyWalk.com is a community web site for runners, joggers and walkers who want to stay healthy, lose weight or train more effectively.
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| Get the latest information and ideas on physical activity for school age children from PE Central. Great for teachers, parents and students! |
| Public Health Links |
| Find out about programs offered through Community Health Partners for physical activity, nutrition, tobacco prevention/cessation and more by clicking on the "Our Health Services" tab on the left side tool bar. |
| LorainCounty.com is a community-specific website that provides users with unmatched resources to learn about or get involved in the issues, organizations and events that make-up our community. |
| No matter which county you visit, you can find people who are helped by the four major OSU Extension program areas: family and consumer sciences, 4-H youth development, community development, and agriculture and natural resources. Extension provides practical advice, sensible solutions, and realistic down-to-earth answers for ALL Ohioans. |
| Information, resources and services related to the health and safety of Ohio's schoolchildren and the creation of environments where students can learn. |
| Walking Maps |
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This route is equal parts busy city and quaint residential area, featuring many points of interest including banks, historical locations and parks. Next time you are in Elyria, park your car and slip on your walking shoes. There is no better way to explore the Lorain County seat, than by foot!
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Flowers, benches, historical storefronts and a view of Lake Erie create a pleasant downtown Lorain walking area. This particular route provides access to a variety of distinctive historical landmarks and parks as well as administration and entertainment locations such as the library, theater, Post Office and Lorain City Hall. The Black River Landing is the perfect destination for a leisurely stroll, afternoon of fishing or a stop at the weekly Farmer’s Market.
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Flowers, benches and tree lined streets create a pleasant downtown walking area. This commercial district has a variety of distinctive restaurants and shops. The route includes access to practical locations such as the library, theater, post office, beauty salon, florist, banks, and churches. Special points of interest include Oberlin College and historical landmark buildings such as Finney Chapel, Charles Martin Hall House, and the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Several memorial parks and gardens line the route. For more information regarding historical tours visit the Oberlin Heritage Center website Here.
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Wellington is a historical town with plenty of sights to see and places to go. A library, bank, restaurants and other small shops are located along this route. Park your car, lace up your shoes and explore this wonderful part of Southern Lorain County on foot!
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| Walking and Biking Safety |
| View this document for information on making safer streets and play places for your child. |
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