Healthy Ottawa @ Work

Healthy Ottawa @ Work, a program of Ottawa Public Health, links with Partners in Healthy Living Ottawa to provide heart health resources, on site consultation, training, an E-Bulletin, the Health Themes planning calendar, and a Web site to about 700 large and small businesses throughout the City of Ottawa.

Current Project: Physical Activity Audits in the Workplace.

If you would like to become involved in our partnership to promote health living in the community, please contact (613)580-6744 for more information.

For more information call the Ottawa Public Health Business Health Line at (613)580-6744, ext. 24197, or email: Businesshealth@ottawa.ca

http://ottawa.ca/city_services/yourhealth/professionals/workplace_en.shtml.

Contact:

Barbara Woodward,

Ottawa Public Health

613-580-6744, ext 26143

Healthy Weights Initiative

1. Campaign
   Children naturally love to move and play and enjoy new, fun foods. With childhood obesity on the rise, you can make a move to protect children from unhealthy eating habits and physical inactivity. Your home is an important place to help guide your family towards reaching a healthy weight. Get hands on, realistic information to eat better and move more, every day is available on Ottawa.ca/health or contact:

   Dietitians at Ottawa Public Health Nutrition Line

   613-580-6744 ext 23403

   OR visit Energy In. Energy Out. website: http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/
   health/living/eieo/index_en.html

2. Fuel to XcellŽ Vending machine program
   Fuel to XcellŽ is a nutrition program developed by Ottawa Public Health to help consumers make healthier choices from vending machines. Through its 2 color coded categories, consumers can feel more confident about the nutritional value of the snacks chosen in schools and community vending machines.
   To learn more about this program, contact:
   Pascale Messier, dietitian 613-580-6744 ext 23772 or at Pascale.Messier@ottawa.ca

3. School Lunch program :
   Children's performance at school can be influenced by a number of factors, among which what children eat and how active they are during the school day. The Healthy School Lunch program addresses nutrition as one of these factors. This three-pronged program provides grade four teachers with all they need to promote healthy eating: 1) a comprehensive teaching manual with lesson plans for fun in-class activities 2) complementary nutrition resources for the students and 3) nutrition resources for the parents.
   For more information on the program:
   Marie-Claude Thibault, dietitian:
   613-580-6744 ext 23703 or at Marie-Claude.Thibault@ottawa.ca

   For more information about healthy lunches and snack, consult our website: http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/health/living/
   nutrition/school/lunch_ideas_en.html

Kanata Partners in Healthy Living

Kanata partners from the Kanata Leisure Centre, Kanata Seniors' Centre, Ottawa Public Library, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Queensway Carleton Hospital, West Region Kanata YMCA-YWCA, Kanata Seniors' Council, City of Ottawa Parks and Recreation and Ottawa Public Health who have been working together for over 15 years to bring health activities to Kanata and surrounding areas.

Kanata Partners in Healthy Living brings healthy lifestyle information, activities and skill building opportunities to residents through various activities including community events, health fairs, festivals, newspaper inserts, school programs, and more. The Kanata Partners in Healthy Living Ottawa Centre, located at the Kanata Leisure Centre, provides dedicated space for program delivery.

Contact:

Susan Gough

Ottawa Public Health

613-580-6744, ext 26231

Multicultural Health Coalition

The Multicultural Health Coalition is a group of community associations representing a variety of ethnic communities, settlement, health and resource agencies. The coalition develops multilingual resources, and supports activities for individual associations as well as the multicultural population throughout the City of Ottawa.

The main focus is promoting and supporting physical activity and healthy lifestyle in communities facing barriers to access through partnership and mutual support.

Contact:

Abebe Engdasaw,

Ottawa Public Health

613-580-6744, ext. 23730

Partenaires franco santé

This committee, including community agencies, serving the francophone population and health professionals throughout the City of Ottawa, works together to bring health promotion activities to the community. The committee's initiatives are developed and delivered by four sub-committees which focus on various age groups:

• Seniors
• Parent-Child
• Baby Boomers
• Youth/Young Adults

Pathways to Health

This group of partners has been working together to enhance opportunities for active living by producing booklets marking local trails and recreational pathways.

The group has produced booklets making it easy for walkers, joggers, and cyclist to access and use the beautiful network of pathways. The group also supports special events to promote pathway use, distribute the booklets, and promote active living and respect for the environment.

Contact:

Heather Seaman,

Ottawa Public Health,

City of Ottawa,

613-580-6744, ext 23444

Pathway Patrol

The Pathway Patrol, in partnership with Ottawa Public Health, is a community coalition involving volunteers, businesses, health/recreational professionals, politicians, police, EMS and other community agencies. Patrollers are trained volunteers who cycle, walk or in-line skate in pairs on designated pathways from Victoria Day to Labour Day. The pathway patrol helps:

• Improve the safety of Ottawa's recreational pathways
• Encourage courtesy among the users of the pathways
• Promote physical activity

For more information please contact the Pathway Patrol office at 828-4382 or visit their website at: www.pp-ps.ca

Physical Activity for Young Families:

Active Play Every Day!
Parents are powerful influencers in their children's lives. If being active is valued by their parent(s), children will learn to value being active as well. Children who have the opportunity and support to be active on a regular basis benefit both physically, mentally and socially. Families can help their children to develop a healthy active lifestyle by creating a family routine that includes regular physical activity. It can be as easy as an after dinner walk on a daily basis, or going to a 'parent and child swim' at the local pool together.

Active Play Every Day! is an initiative that is aimed at helping children learn the importance of being active and eating healthy. Active Play Every Day! kits that include activities, games, and resource information regarding physical activity and healthy eating have been disseminated through Ottawa Early Years Centres.

Contact:

Janice Meisner

Public Health Nurse

Ottawa Public Health

613-580-6744 ext. 26316

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