Program areas at CHEF
Washington state department of health (doh) youth cannabis and commercial tobacco prevention education program (ycctpep)-practice collaborative: the Foundation for Healthy Generations (Healthy Generations) provides support to the youth cannabis and commercial tobacco prevention and tobacco prevention education program (ycctpep) practice collaborative and its leadership team. Support is provided to the doh ycctpep staff, 19 statewide contractors and their numerous subcontractors and partners by providing facilitation of the pc and technical assistance to advance their policy, systems, and environmental (pse) work at local and state levels.
Chronic disease prevention objective b: the cdc dp18-1817 grant funds from the Washington state department of health to address cardiovascular risk in high burden subpopulations, and test innovative use of community health workers (chws) and linking of community health and clinical systems to support patients with high blood pressure, diabetes, and high blood cholesterol.the Foundation for Healthy Generations (Healthy Generations) provides support to agencies/organizations with chws who work with the priority populations to facilitate their engagement within these agency settings to address hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol management. Healthy Generations provides training and support to the identified agencies/groups, and assists in identifying barriers, challenges, needs, and successes to implementation.
Statewide prevention (objective a): coalescing for change - for effective policy and systems change we connect leaders from a variety of sectors and disciplines and inform them about their overlapping interest and investments; analyze data and research to supply findings to decision makers at all levels of health improvement efforts to inform how they design policy and implement innovations. This strategic support is in the form of funds and technical expertise to support the work related to the prevention alliance. The prevention alliance incubates pse (policy, systems and environmental) strategies for local and statewide health improvements. We coordinate this broad collaboration between cross sector groups representing transportation, Healthy eating, tobacco and vape prevention, school-based clinics, housing, and local health departments. Focus on connecting meeting the needs of the diverse community health worker workforce by continuously improving training, professional development, such as training chws in diabetes, hypertension, and Healthy cooking. Estimated impact: 4 million Washington residents statewide.