October 2011 - Absentee Shawnee Tribe Of Oklahoma

THE FOSTER CARE LICENSING
COMMITTEE NEEDS YOU!
REACH US and CATCH Training
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe Community Health and
Preventon Programs, Physical Actvity staf provided
training on the Coordinated Approach to Child Health
(CATCH) on September 24 th with the AST Building Blocks
staf. CATCH is an evidence-based, coordinated school
healthprogram designed to promote physical actvity,
healthy food choices, and to prevent tobacco use.
The FCLC has two (2) member positions
open and would like for you to join in
making a difference in bringing smiles
to tribal foster children.
If you are interested in serving on the
FCLC, please send your resume along
with a letter of interest to Secretary,
Teri Reed’s office, located at
Absentee Shawnee Tribe
ATTN: Secretary Terri Reed
2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive
Shawnee, OK 74801
CONSTITUTION REVISION
COMMITTEE MEETING
October 22, 2011
The program includes a fun and easy to use toolkit that
allows improvement in the health of students and
teaches lifelong health behaviors. It is a program that
brings together school, families, and communites to
teach children how to be healthy for life.
Why
• Physical Actvity and healthy eatng beneft all
people by improving the quality of their lives.
• Oklahoma ranks 50 th in fruit and vegetable
consumpton in the United State that rates last
place. 3
• 32% of Oklahomans are obese. 3
• By teaching children that eatng healthy and
being physically actve every day can be fun, the
CATCH Program has proven evidence that
establishing healthy habits in childhood can
promote behavior changes that last a lifetme. 1
• CATCH is the most cost-efectve program that is
a youth-focused initatve to reduce obesity. 4
htp://www.catchinfo.org
1. htp://www.catchinfor.org
2. htp://www.cdc.gov/HealhtyYouth/yrbs/pdf/obe
sity/ok
3. htp://www.americashealthrankings.org/2009/re
port/AHR2009%
4. Cawley, J. (2010). The Economics of Childhood
Obesity. Health Afairs, 29:3, 364-371.
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
LITTLE AXE RESOURCE CENTER
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
BRIANA PONKILLA (405) 275-4030 x 131 or
bponkilla@astribe.com
Supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number
5U58/DP001094-04 from
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
11 October 2011