About Steps
In September 2003 Community Choices 2010 was awarded a five year Steps to a HealthierUS grant funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This national program focuses on community based interventions to prevent diabetes, obesity, and asthma and addressing related risk factors - poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and tobacco use and exposure.
To address this work a coalition was formed entitled Steps to a Healthier Clark County. Over a five year period (2003-2008) this coalition will work with schools, worksites, health care systems and the community to support Clark County residents who are ready to:
- choose healthy foods, lead active lives, and live in healthy communities;
- choose a healthy lifestyle;
- participate in thirty minutes of physical activity daily;
- eat five to nine fruits and vegetables a day;
- support indoor and outdoor smoke-free environments.
Steps Guidelines
- Address youth k-12 grade, adults and low-income individuals and families
- Evidence-based or best practice
- Demonstrate community collaboration
- Measurable
- Result in system, organizational and individual change
Steps Data Indicators
- 2 out of 3 adults were either overweight or obese;
- only 1 out of 5 adults ate 5 daily servings of fruits and vegetables and;
- 1 out of 2 met the requirements for physical activity.
-Clark County BRFSS 2003
Steps Website
Browse our website for resources, activities and Steps projects in Clark County