Promotores de Salud: A New Model for Community

Sustainability

Christine Dresslar MossNutrition Network/Project LEAN

Monterey County Health Department

The North Central Coast

•Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel and Pebble Beach

•Population (combined) approximately 50,000

The North Central Coast

Pajaro, Soledad, Greenfield, Santa Cruz, Hollister, King City, etc.

Population of Monterey, Santa Cruz & San Benito Counties: 723,946

Our 5-a-Day message is in the news, but how can we spread the message into more

communities, with limited resources?

Selecting & Recruiting Agencies

• Do they serve my target population?

• Could they add/enhance a nutrition component to their current services?

• Do they have staff available to learn and then teach the curriculum?

• Does my service match their needs?

Agencies Receiving Staff Training in Nutrition Education

• Monterey County Adult Literacy Program• Salvation Army – Hollister/San Benito County• Answers Benefiting Children (ABC),

Watsonville• San Benito County WIC• San Benito County Adult Literacy Program• California State University – Monterey Bay

Student Interns