Programs  

  Nutrition/Physical Activity
  Community Food Security
  Tobacco Control
  Breast/Cervical Cancer
  Other Prevention
  Past Programs

Each of HEC's programs is an innovative and visionary response to the needs of a diverse population.

Nutrition Programs

• California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition) - The Health Education Council serves as the regional coordinator for California Project LEAN in the 14 county Gold Country Region. The Gold Country Region includes the counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, and Yolo.
  
• Network for a Healthy California-Gold Country Region – The Network for a Healthy California provides coordination and support for community based nutrition and physical activity education and program development to achieve the goals of the Network in Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba counties.  The Network includes these targeted campaigns:

• Children's Power Play! Campaign - a public health initiative for children encouraging 9-11 year olds to consume the recommended amount of fruits, vegetables and physical activity.
• Latino Campaign - a public health initiative designed to improve the health of low income Latino adults and their families by offering education, tools and training for advocacy that empower Latinos and their families to consume the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables and physical activity.
• African American Campaign - designed to improve the health of low-income African Americans by offering education, tools and training for advocacy that empower African Americans and their families to consume the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables and physical activity.
• Worksite Program - A public health initiative to promote healthy worksites that support fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity for their employees.
• Healthy Eating Active Living Collaborative- a collaboration of agencies working toward similar goals in the Gold County region.  The vision of the collaborative is that the Gold Country Region has an informed population that eats healthy foods and is physically active within communities that support healthy lifestyles.
  

Community Food Security Programs

• FEED (Food Education Equity and Diversity) Coalition - a food security project that established the first community-based farmers market in the low-income neighborhood of Del Paso Heights in Sacramento, California.

• Del Paso Heights Community Farmers' Market - brings food production and distribution to the local community. Local growers produce culturally appropriate and affordable vegetables and fruits in and immediately around the Del Paso Heights/Strawberry Manor neighborhoods. Market Goals are to provide an economic opportunity for the growers and access to healthy foods for the community, improving the health of individuals and community.

• Stone Soup Community Gardens - a multi site community garden project in the Del Paso Heights neighborhood of Sacramento, California that allows community members, many of who are Hmong immigrants, a place to grow native vegetables and herbs.

Tobacco Prevention Programs

• National African American Tobacco Education Network (NAATEN) - a national network of stakeholder organizations to decrease tobacco use within African American communities.
• National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty (NNTPP) - a program funded by the Centers for Disease Control to create a national network of stakeholder organizations to decrease tobacco use and its impact among poor, low socioeconomic status communities.
• Tobacco Cessation for High Risk Youth and Young Adults - aims to decrease the high use of tobacco among at risk and incarcerated youth and young adults in Sacramento County

Breast and Cervical Health Programs

• Susan G. Komen Foundation, Sacramento Valley Affiliate - expanding breast cancer screening services for women under 40 in the Sacramento Valley.

Other Prevention Programs

• Fighting Against Steroids - The Efrain Anthony Marrero Foundation (TEAM), a non-profit corporation and a program under the Health Education Council, was formed in 2005 in memory of Efrain Anthony Marrero. Efrain took his life on 26 Sept 2004, three weeks after he stopped using steroids.
• Addressing Disparities in Asthma - Conduct culturally and linguistically appropriate education sessions for African American churches committed to expanding their health ministries to address high asthma rates in the community.