Resources

This guide is designed for healthcare professionals already engaged in or starting their involvement in community advocacy efforts to bring about change in obesity rates. This guide teaches healthcare professionals how to effectively connect and partner with local and state organizations involved in community based education and advocacy to maximize the impact of efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.

This report describes provides recommendations for how best to create a healthcare system in which all children receive care that is safe, effective, efficient, timely and family centered, regardless of background or cultural differences.

This report presents examples of how 10 teams in the Collaborate for Healthy Weight project brought together primary care providers, public health professionals and leaders of community organizations to work across traditional professional borders to address obesity at the community level.

This report presents eight stories about healthcare professionals who used their voices to advocate for policy changes designed to improve the health of children and families.

Partnerships are at the heart of improvement initiatives. In these five short videos, leadership expert Gwen Webber-McLeod, president and CEO of Gwen Inc., helps you learn how to research potential partners and confirm mission alignment, ensure accountability while celebrating successes, and preserve your partners' energy. 

Effective leadership can make or break an improvement initiative. In these four short videos, leadership expert Gwen Webber-McLeod, president and CEO of Gwen Inc., provides strategies for improving your leadership style. Follow along as she guides you on managing communication, dealing with dysfunction and learning to practice self-care.