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Transcript of Minding Our Bodies Project Overview PARC Online Workshop April 18 and 19, 2011.
Minding Our Bodies Project Overview
PARC Online WorkshopApril 18 and 19, 2011
Minding Our Bodies is…
A provincial mental health promotion program
An initiative of the CMHA Ontario
In partnership with YMCA Ontario, York University
Faculty of Health, Mood Disorders Association of
Ontario and the Nutrition Resource Centre
With support from the Ontario Ministry of Health
Promotion through the Communities in Action Fund
(2008-2010) and Healthy Communities Fund (2009-
2011)
Purpose
Minding Our Bodies is designed to:
Build capacity within the community mental health system in
Ontario to promote physical activity and healthy eating for
people with serious mental illness to support recovery
Help mental health service providers, together with community
partners, develop and deliver evidence-based programs,
improve access to local resources, and promote social inclusion
Short-Term Objectives
Increased awareness of the relationship between healthy eating and
mental health
Increased awareness of effective strategies for promoting healthy
eating and physical activity among people with serious mental illness
Strengthened partnerships between provincial organizations
interested in these issues
Increased capacity among community mental health agencies to
deliver and evaluate health promotion activities
Increased inter-professional partnerships
Development of a group of trained leaders to promote healthy eating
skills with people with serious mental illness
Longer-Term Objectives
More healthy eating and physical activity programs, improved food
security, and access to physical activity opportunities and healthy
eating options for people with serious mental illness
Greater awareness of association between chronic diseases, healthy
lifestyles, mental health and mental illness throughout the broad
mental health field
Development of a common culture across mental health organizations
that incorporates physical activity and healthy eating promotion as
core features of mental health promotion.
Project Deliverables
Environmental scan: perceived barriers, success factors, existing
models
Literature review: evidence for decision makers
Online toolkit (www.mindingourbodies.ca): strategies and tools
to help organizations develop effective and realistic programs (fact sheets,
links to resources, documentation of successful programs, evaluation
resources and a video is in the works.)
Six pilot programs (2009-2010)
Community of practice
Project evaluation
Pilot Programs: Lessons Learned
Barriers: Clothing, transportation, motivation, staff time
Gaps: Evaluation
Creative solutions:
– Community Partnerships
– Social Inclusion
– Shift in organizational culture
– Peer leadership
– Evaluation working group
Community of Practice
Facilitated for program leaders and other allied professionals to:
Stay connected with each other to share experience and
growing expertise to support sustainability of programs
Inspire new programs among pilot organizations and other
organizations
Facilitate access to expertise for questions
Platforms:
– E-bulletin, listserv, teleconferences, in-person meetings and
forums.
Next steps
Third phase is pending funding approval
Mental Health and Physical Activity Roundtable:
May 5, 2011
Toronto, Ontario
www.mindingourbodies.ca
May 5 - Roundtable Agenda
On the agenda:
Connections, Barriers and Opportunities in Mental Health and Physical Activity — Keynote
by University of Toronto researchers Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos and Paul Gorczynski.
Peer Leaders in Action — A diverse panel of program leaders will share their perspectives on
the importance of including people with lived experience of mental illness in the planning
and delivery of physical activity programs.
Training and Tools — Physical activity champions will present tools and approaches to
encourage movement along the activity continuum.
Program Profiles — A showcase of successful program models that bridge the mental health
and physical activity sectors.
Circuit Café — An interactive cross-sectoral discussion to foster new ideas for overcoming
barriers and bridging accessibility gaps.
Opportunities throughout the day to weave connections for greater partnerships between
physical activity and mental health groups.