Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ANNUAL REPORT JULY 2014 - AUGUST 2015 1
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Who We Are GINA WINGOOD, SCD Director Sidney and Helaine Lerner Professor of Public Health Promotion in Sociomedical Sciences GRACE LEE, MPH Deputy Director
MARITA MURRMAN, EDD Associate Director of Education Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
LISA R. METSCH, PHD Stephen Smith Professor Chair of Sociomedical Sciences
RACHEL SHELTON, SCD Associate Director of Research Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
PETER TABACK, PHD Chief Communications Officer
ANA ABRAIDO-LANZA, PHD Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
JILL BARKAN, MA, EDM Associate Dean for Institutional Advancement
JAMES COLGROVE, PHD Professor and Deputy Chair for Masters Programs in Sociomedical Sciences
LINDA FRIED, MD Dean
MARNI SOMMER, DRPH, MSN, RN Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
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Highlights INAUGURAL LERNER SUMMIT Monday, July 20, 2015 – The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health hosted the first Lerner Summit. Public health visionary and Mailman School Board member Sid Lerner joined representatives of the three academic centers he created at Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and Syracuse, along with senior staff from the Mondays Campaigns, Lerner’s creative agency dedicated to healthy behavior and chronic disease prevention. Collectively and as individual research-based institutions, the Lerner Centers share the goal of translating public health evidence into popular calls-to-action through research, education, and service. The Centers used this inaugural meeting to become familiar with each other’s programming and to consider projects that might emanate from a three-way collaboration. CENTER LAUNCH September 10, 2015 – The Center launch was officially announced at the first Grand Rounds Lecture Series on the Future of Public Health, featuring guest speaker Alonzo Plough, VP for Research & Evaluation and Chief Science Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The talk was followed by a reception and dinner. PUBLICATIONS Summer 2015 Newsletter Winter 2015 Report Spring 2015 Newsletter Fall 2015 Newsletter
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WELCOMING THE NEW DIRECTOR: DR. GINA WINGOOD July 2015 – The Center selected Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH for the position of Sidney and Helaine Lerner Professor of Public Health Promotion and Founding Director of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion (the Center) within the Department of Sociomedical Sciences. Dr. Wingood is a distinguished researcher and academic leader in the areas of health promotion and HIV prevention. She will be joining the Mailman School and bringing in decades of expertise in designing and evaluating interventions aimed to reduce health disparities in HIV, particularly among African American women. Having dedicated her life to developing genderand culturally-appropriate HIV prevention interventions for African American women, Dr. Wingood has received national acclaim for her work in the field of health promotion. Her intervention Sisters Informing Sisters about Topics in AIDS (SISTA) is endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implemented widely across the country. Dr. Wingood has been invited twice as a speaker to the White House to share her experience with evidence-based, multi-level health promotion interventions. Prior to joining the Mailman School, Dr. Wingood was the Agnes Moore Faculty in HIV/AIDS and Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She was also the Director of the Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology for Drug Abuse and Sexual Behavior at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, CoDirector of Atlanta’s Women’s Interagency HIV Study, CoDirector for the Prevention Sciences and Epidemiology Core at Emory Center for AIDS Research, as well as one of the founding Executive Directors of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network of the Centers for AIDS Research. Dr. Wingood brings experience and demonstrated passion for combining health communication, health promotion, health disparities, and structural approaches in the design and dissemination of interventions that improve the health and lives of vulnerable populations.
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Research MOVE IT MONDAY WORKSITE WELLNESS PILOT STUDY In collaboration with Columbia University Office of Work/ Life, the Center piloted the Move It Monday campaign through an existing walking program offered to more than 15,000 University employees. Walk to Wellness is a voluntary, lunchtime worksite wellness program that helps employees meet their personal health and wellness goals by enabling opportunities to adopt and maintain 150 minutes of moderate aerobic physical activity per week. The 8-week program constituted of bi-weekly instructor-led walks, held on Mondays and Thursdays during the academic term. The program is held on three Columbia University campuses in New York City: Morningside, Manhattanville, and the Medical Center. All participants were enrolled in a wellness listserv to receive weekly health-related email messages. In spring 2015, the Center implemented adapted Walk to Wellness program that incorporates the Move It Monday campaign through the email listserv. With direction from Dr. Ana Abraido-Lanza, the study aims to evaluate the effect of Move It Monday on the physical activity levels of walking program participants. Misa Nuccio, MPH’15, designed the research study as part of her Master’s Thesis. The data is currently being analyzed by Lerner Fellow Thana-Ashley Charles, MPH’16. MEATLESS MONDAY CITYWIDE EVALUATION PLAN In support and preparation for the NYC Meatless Monday resolution, a team of Masters students at the Mailman School designed a comprehensive evaluation plan to assess the impact of citywide Meatless Monday initiatives. Drawing from the Meatless Monday campaign already implemented in Los Angeles, the proposed plan outlines the purpose, program logic model, program theory, questions, designs and methods for conducting a wide-scale evaluation. This plan can be modified and adapted to accommodate the needs of any Meatless Monday citywide resolution. SUNY UPSTATE MEATLESS MONDAY EVALUATION PLAN *Syracuse Collaboration The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University has been implementing Meatless Monday as part of its wellness programming. In collaboration with Syracuse University, Carol Dreibelbis, MPH’15, designed an evaluation plan for her Master’s Thesis, that measures the impact of the SUNY Upstate Meatless Monday program on participant health behaviors.
PHOTOS Participants of the Walk to Wellness program, with piloted Move It Monday messages.
LAY HEALTH ADVISOR STUDY Dr. Rachel Shelton and Thana-Ashley Charles, MPH’16, are qualitatively analyzing interviews with lay health advisors in African American communities. The goal of the study is to understand the multi-level benefits and stressors of lay health advisors, the broader contributions these programs make to the social networks they serve, and factors that affect the implementation and sustainability of these programs in real world settings.
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2014 - 2015 What girls need: Their suggestions for better menstrual management During the research in Freetown, girls expressed the need for pain medication and more comfortable PUBERTY BOOK menstrual pads. RA: P1: RA: P1: P2:
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BUILDING EVIDENCE ON THE IMPACT What do you think should be done for girls that have started menstruation? I think you should give the girls medicine because she has started her period. Dr. Marni Sommer is leading on a long-term
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expanding upon the work in relation to her globallyWhich kind of medicine? Pain medicines. published puberty books. An evaluation is being We want you to give us pads, because when we use the cloth it disturbsconducted us. in collaboration with Save the Children in
Ethiopia in order to further build the evidence and credibility for the impact that Dr. Sommer’s puberty books have in low-income countries for improving girls’ health, Other recommendations from this discussion included: wellbeing, confidence and self-esteem. Lerner Fellow P3: We want you to send us soap, because the local soap disturbs us. Thana-Ashley Charles, MPH ’16, assisted with the analysis P4: To help us with a place to use to clean up ourselves when on our period in school. of the evaluation, and the analysis of the data that was P5: We want them to help us with a place to dispose of our pads. P6: We want them to help teach us about the menstrual cycle. collected for the development of a new boy’s puberty P7: When on our period, we want them to show us the time we should startbook and thein time we end for The aim of these efforts is to publish Cambodia. the other month. more empirical evidence on the puberty books to gain further buy-in from donors and policy makers. The findings will be disseminated to adolescent health researchers, practitioners and donors with the aim of garnering resources to develop and distribute puberty books in many more low-income countries around the world. RA: P2:
How does it disturb you? It makes us itch.
PUBERTY BOOK PROJECT: GROUNDWORK FOR USA GIRLS’ BOOK *JHU Collaboration Dr. Marni Sommer and a team of graduate students conducted a systematic review to identify the extent of pubertal knowledge being received by 10 to 14-yearold girls from low-income settings in the USA today, and the specific challenges girls face as they transition into adulthood. The review will result in a publication that will be aimed at mobilizing the public heath community to action on this issue, and will help to inform the development Providing girls with of a girls’ puberty book in the United States. To develop practical information a puberty book for girls in the United States, Dr. Sommer about MHM before and her team are conducting a pilot project in Baltimore to they reach menarche adapt the methods used to develop Dr. Sommer’s puberty will help them manage books in with other contexts to the USA context. menstruation confidence.
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WASH in Schools Empowers Girls’ Education in Freetown, Sierra Leone
PHOTO CREDIT: TOP AND COVER IMAGE Grow and Know. 2013. http://www.growandknow.org. BOTTOM Caruso, Bethany A., Alexandra Fehr, Kazumi Inden, Murat Sahin, Anna Ellis, Karen L. Andes and Matthew C. Freeman, ‘WASH in Schools Empowers Girls’ Education in Freetown, Sierra Leone: An assessment of menstrual hygiene management in schools’, United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, November 2013.
MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT (MHM) RESOURCE MAPPING © Alexandra Fehr, 2012 Dr. Marni Sommer and Lerner Fellow Michelle Truong, MPH ‘16, are conducting a mapping project, to support the collaborative initiatives of Columbia University, UNICEF and partners working globally on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in schools. The mapping was focused on identifying the range of projects, research, institutions, and policy related to MHM across different sectors–including WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), sexual and reproductive health, education, and gender. This project will provide an important visual aimed at mobilizing additional sectors to engage on MHM, including the provision of puberty guidance to girls and boys. that encourages communities to engage on the issue of MHM in schools, and the development of more puberty content for young people around the world. Photo credit:
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MENU LABELING POLICY: MESSAGE FRAMING ANALYSIS Dr. Rachel Shelton, Dr. James Colgrove, and Grace Lee, MPH, are examining how public health and commercial interests shape communication and public discourse around public health issues. Using content analysis methodology, they analyzed industry versus public health comment submissions related to the recently passed menu labeling policy associated with the Affordable Care Act. The study findings will have direct implications for how practitioners and researchers should frame health policies and campaigns, and could inform the criteria used to develop and evaluate health campaigns and message development. MENU-LABELING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: NEEDS ASSESSMENT For her Master’s Thesis, Michelle Truong, MPH’16, is conducting a literature review and needs assessment in relation to the new menu labeling policy. The needs assessment will support the creation of a health communication intervention that would help business owners comply with the new law.
PUBLIC HEALTH PROMOTION INNOVATION PILOT PROJECTS The Public Health Promotion Innovation Pilot Project grant program aimed to foster cross-disciplinary initiatives to promote health and enhance the capacity to conduct such initiatives by providing one-year, pilot project support. Two innovation pilot projects were awarded: COMMUNITY STROKE EDUCATION PILOT STUDY Dr. Olajide Williams, Associate Professor of Neurology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Dr. Margaret Pereyra, Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences are evaluating a storytelling intervention to improve stroke symptom knowledge and resultant behaviors. With an awareness of the limited number of stroke survivors who seek critical early treatment, a 12-minute film on stroke (in English and Spanish) is being tested throughout Upper Manhattan in a randomized trial designed to measure whether this intervention leads possible stroke sufferers to call 911. EBOLA IN THE WEST AFRICAN DIASPORA IN NEW YORK CITY Dr. Maria Lahuerta, Associate Research Scientist at ICAP, and Dr. Mamadou Diouf, Leitner Family Professor of African Studies & History and Director of the Institute for African Studies, are exploring the city’s growing West African community to identify gaps in understanding about Ebola infection and work to reduce the stigma that often prevents West Africans from accessing health services. Their scholarship will yield better methods of disseminating health information to this community, including knowledge about Ebola infection, tailored to its specific needs.
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Education COLUMBIA PUBLIC VOICES FELLOWSHIP Six Mailman faculty members were sponsored by the Center to participate in the second year of the Columbia Public Voices Fellowship program. In collaboration with The OpEd Project, the program cultivates thought leadership among scholars, scientists and clinicians who can influence the larger public debate beyond the walls of academia. Fellows participated in action-based workshops to learn how ideas spread, when and why minds change, how credibility is built, and how impact is created and measured. The program also connects fellows with a national network of high-level media insiders and journalist mentors for dedicated coaching throughout the year. The combination of seminars and mentorship provides fellows with tools to communicate their scholarship and ideas in all areas of the public sphere—print, television, radio, social media, and other channels. Last year, The OpEd Project was brought to Columbia University for the first time. With support and joint collaboration from Columbia University’s Department of Medicine, the Heyman Center for the Humanities, and the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, 20 faculty members across Columbia University were chosen to participate this year in the Columbia Public Voices Fellowship. The 2015 Mailman faculty fellows include: Dr. David Bell, Dr. Jennifer Hirsh, Dr. Jessica Justman, Dr. Marni Sommer, Dr. Claire Wang, and Dr. Patrick Wilson. Since the program launch in January 2015, Mailman fellows have produced numerous concrete successes across various television and media outlets including Time Ideas, Slate, Global Post, NY1 and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
TOP Columbia Public Voices Fellowship 2015 Cohort. MIDDLE Dr. Claire Wang is featured on Time Warner Cable News. BOTTOM An NPR story featuring an interview by Dr. Marni Sommer.
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LERNER FELLOWSHIP Summer 2015 – Two MPH student fellows were accepted into the Summer 2015 Lerner Fellowship Program: Thana-Ashley Charles (Public Health Research Methods certificate) and Michelle Truong (Health Promotion Research and Practice certificate). The program was established to support MPH students at the Mailman School who are committed to the discovery and application of evidence-based health promotion and health communication practices. Fellows applied their academic training in needs assessment, intervention design, program evaluation and research methods to the science of health promotion and health communication. Fellows supported multiple Center projects, guided by the mentorship of Center staff and faculty. ACTION-BASED MEDIA TRAININGS November 2015 – The Center offered a series of actionbased media training workshops for faculty to improve the ability of public health academics and scientists to communicate their work to broad audiences—including journalists, policymakers, and the general public. Aaron Huertas, Science Communications Officer at the Union of Concerned Scientists, facilitated media trainings for 19 Mailman faculty. After learning key tools for assembling effective messages about their research, faculty members practiced conducting successful media interviews. Media trainings for research scholars help to ensure accurate communication of science to the public through the media.
TOP Lerner Fellows Thana-Ashley Charles and Michelle Truong at the Walk to Wellness Wrap-up Celebration event. MIDDLE Media Trainings in November 2014. BOTTOM Winning campaign for the 2014 Student Media Campaign Competition of the Core.
STUDENT MEDIA CAMPAIGN COMPETITION Fall 2014 – As part of the MPH core curriculum, firstyear students (in teams of 4-5) were asked to create innovative, theory-based media campaigns to address a public health issue of their choice. To promote public health innovation, the Center awarded student teams that produced the best media campaigns. The panel of judges included Mailman alumni, media specialists, and health promotion experts, including: Sid Lerner, Founder and Chair of The Monday Campaigns; Renata Schiavo, PhD, Founder and President of Health Equity Initiative; Danielle Bartolo, MPH, Research Director of The Advertising Council, Inc.; Danielle Gurr, MPH, Special Assistant to the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Ana Abraido-Lanza, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences; and Grace Lee, MPH, Deputy Director, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion.
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HEALTH PROMOTION CERTIFICATE The certificate in Health Promotion Research and Practice is offered through the Masters of Public Health program at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Directed by Dr. Marita Murrman, the certificate aims to enable students to rigorously design, implement, and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs which influence the individual-, interpersonal-, organizational-, community-, and policylevel determinants of health. Graduates work in federal, state, and local health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health; academic settings and research organizations; advocacy groups; voluntary health organizations; and community- based health promotion settings in the United States and abroad. HEALTH COMMUNICATION CERTIFICATE Led by Dr. Marita Murrman, the Department of Sociomedical Sciences proposed a new certificate in Health Communication, in an effort to train public health students to integrate communication principles and theories into health interventions for behavioral, social and organizational impact. The Health Communication certificate has been approved by the full Columbia University Senate, and is currently pending approval by the New York State Department of Education. Once approved, the Center will promote this new certificate to MPH students at the Mailman School. HITLAB INNOVATORS SUMMIT 2015 Healthcare Innovation Technology (HITLAB) is a healthcare innovation lab that helps organizations create and evaluate new technologies to improve healthcare around the world. In December 2015, HITLAB will be hosting the HITLAB Innovators Summit, an event that brings together leaders in public health, medicine, technology and design to discuss health issues and solutions. The Summit offers a series of curated talks, panels, and collaborative opportunities, engaging the most creative minds in health and technology. The Center is partnering with HITLAB for the 2015 Innovators Summit.
TOP Sid Lerner and Peggy Neu give a guest presentation, sharing key insights from Meatless Monday campaign with Mailman students. BOTTOM HITLAB World Cup 2015 competition poster. Retrieved from http://www.hitlabsummit.com/hitlab-world-cup.
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PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS TRANSFORMING HEALTH IN AMERICA April 28, 2015 – Making major improvements in health in this country requires changing the culture. Dr. Thomas Farley discussed how a transformation of this magnitude can take place through mass communications, policy changes, and the interaction between them. Dr. Farley is the CEO of the Public Good Projects, a media effort to improve the health of the nation. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Health Commissioner for New York City. In those years, he advocated for innovative public health policies in New York City, including making the city’s parks and beaches smoke-free, prohibiting price discounting of cigarettes, raising the legal sales age of tobacco to 21, and restricting the burning of air-polluting fuels to heat buildings. Dr. Farley has used mass media to deliver powerful messages to promote health, including creating the “Pouring On the Pounds” sugary drink ads, introducing the “Two Drinks Ago” campaign to reduce binge alcohol drinking, and developing a series of hardhitting ads on the health consequences of smoking. This talk was one in a series of events for Obesity Prevention Month at the Mailman School. SCALING OUT TRANSFORMATIONAL MEDIA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE December 17, 2014 – Scaling Out Transformational Media for Social Change Impacting the Epidemic of HIV Among Women: Dr. Gina Wingood shared her research on the efficacy, sustainability and scaling out of gender and culturally compelling HIV prevention interventions for African-American women. Dr. Wingood also has published in the areas of HPV, gender-based violence, reproductive health, depression and influence of sexualized media on women’s health.
IMPACT 101 – COMMUNICATING PUBLIC HEALTH October 28, 2014 – Message Design Strategies to Promote Awareness and Action to Address Social Determinants of Health: Whether it’s the Affordable Care Act or the ruling on New York City soda portions, public health issues continue to face uphill battles. Public health researchers and advocates have struggled to convey the social determinants of health, including poverty, education, and racial discrimination. Through the effective use of message framing, narratives, and visual imagery, public health advocates can better shape public opinion on the social conditions that shape the health and well-being of populations. Dr. Jeff Niederdeppe shared valuable insights from the field of communication science, leading a discussion on campaigning principles, goals, objectives, strategies and tactics, as well as audience segmentation and message construction. Dr. Niederdeppe dove further in-depth on effective public health advocacy and best practices for communicating with policymakers, journalists, and the general public. Leading a small group of Mailman students, staff and faculty through the principles of campaigning to support the public health issue of their choice, Dr. Niederdeppe referenced existing campaigns related to cancer, AIDS, obesity, smoking, nutrition, and more. Communication science insight helped to illustrate how public health advocates can make an impact.
BRANDING FOR HEALTH PROMOTION December 1, 2014 – Case Studies from Mobile Health, Social Media, and Educational Entertainment: Dr. Doug Evans shared his research on health branding and the development and evaluation of new health technologies. He works both in the United States and in developing countries. He has published in the fields of health communication, social marketing and behavior change interventions.
PHOTO Dr. Thomas Farley presenting “Transforming Health in America” in April 2015.
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Service EARTH WEEK: I LOVE NY WATER, MEATLESS MONDAY April 2015 – The Center partnered with Students for Environmental Action (SEA) to promote I Love NY Water and Meatless Monday during Earth Week (April 20-24). Events included: (1) Meatless Monday Tabling, whereby SEA students tabled on behalf of Meatless Monday, Earth Day, and other environment-related initiatives; (2) Meatless Monday Crafts, an upcycled crafts event to create magnetic clothespin recipe-card holders featuring printouts of healthy, meatless recipes; and (3) I Love NY Water Tapped Screening event, a documentary screening that examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollutions and our reliance on oil. The documentary was screened on-campus, and I Love NY Water stickers were distributed at the event. PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK: MOVE IT MONDAY April 2015 – For national Public Health Week, the Center promoted I Love NY Water and The Monday Campaigns in a series of events hosted in collaboration with Mailman’s Office of Student Affairs and the Food Policy & Obesity Prevention (FPOP) student group. Events included: (1) Mailman Moves Mixer, a lunch mixer that launched Public Health Week, tabled by the Center and featuring Move It Monday and related promotional materials; (2) Staircase Scavenger Hunt, a timed scavenger hunt featuring Move It Monday giveaways; and (3) I Love NY Water tabling on-campus, promoting the environmental and health benefits of drinking NY tap water to the Columbia community. MAILMAN MARCHES TOGETHER, MEATLESS MONDAY September 2014 – Hundreds of Mailman students, faculty and staff joined the People’s Climate March in September. Held just a few days before the United Nations climate summit, the People’s Climate March was a large-scale activist event to advocate global action against climate change. Mailman Marches Together advocates wore Meatless Monday buttons in support of a sustainable climate by eating meat-free on Mondays.
TOP I Love NY Water tabling at the Mailman School. MIDDLE Move It Monday giveaways during 2015 Public Health Week. BOTTOM Meatless Monday awareness tabling during 2015 Earth Week.
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NYC MEATLESS MONDAY RESOLUTION Jan 2015 – City Council Member Helen Rosenthal introduced a resolution proclaiming all Mondays as Meatless Monday in New York City. Aiming to encourage residents to go vegetarian or vegan at least one day per week, the NYC Meatless Monday resolution supports the health of individuals and the environment, and the reduction of greenhouse gases. By reducing dietary consumption of meat, we lower risk of heart disease, obesity, and hypertension; reduce production of greenhouse gases; and cultivate a culture of more inventive, healthier diets for the entire population. Meatless Mondays helps to make New York a healthier place. Center faculty, staff and affiliates attended the resolution press conference in support of declaring NYC a Meatless Monday city.
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE The Center fostered a partnership with the Columbia University campus bookstore, in an effort to promote I Love NY Water. The bookstore sold over 1,000 I Love NY Water-labeled Columbia water bottles across 2 store locations – the Columbia University Medical Center bookstore and the Morningside Campus bookstore. The bookstore also placed signage at the register attributing the Lerner Center and the water campaign. This partnership is being continued in Fall 2015. COLUMBIA ECOREPS Columbia EcoReps is a group of student employees working in collaboration with Columbia’s offices of Housing, Dining, and Environmental Stewardship to provide peer-to-peer education, resources, and advocacy relating to environmental health. The Center met with Columbia EcoReps to explore partnerships involving Meatless Mondays and I Love NY Water. This fall, I Love NY Water postcards and stickers will be distributed to all incoming first-year students via dorm “pledge kits,” prepared and distributed by Columbia EcoReps, Columbia Housing, and the Office of Environmental Stewardship. I Love NY Water slides were shared with the EcoReps, to be used in Morningside dorm screens. ORIENTATION WEEK: I LOVE NY WATER August 2014 – Over 600 Mailman I Love NY Water bottles were manufactured and distributed to all incoming Mailman students during orientation week, in an effort to promote drinking healthy New York water.
GETHEALTHYHEIGHTS.ORG In partnership with the Community Engagement Core Resource of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, the Center serves on the Steering Committee of the GetHealthyHeights. org initiative. Serving communities in Washington Heights and Inwood, GetHealthyHeights.org is a new interactive health website for all who live and work in northern Manhattan to connect, collaborate and participate in their health and the health of the community. A community event featuring the new online resource was held in Washington Heights in July 2015, featuring a table by I Love NY Water.
COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER CAFÉS The Center partnered with Hilltop Perk Café to promote Meatless Monday at cafés across Columbia Medical Center. Meatless Monday signs were placed at the register, encouraging the Columbia community to go meatless once per week to support personal health and the health of the planet. COLUMBIA HOUSING & COLUMBIA DINING The Center met with key representatives at Columbia Housing and Columbia Dining to discuss partnership opportunities, and ways to promote I Love NY Water to students on the Columbia Morningside campus. Slides were shared with the Columbia Housing and Columbia Dining, to be shown on dining hall and dorm screens across the Morningside campus.
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