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Becker Market opened on June 5th. This year the first market will include a health fair. Steps will be promoting gardening, fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity.

 

Worksites: Opportunities for Funding Now Available

 

Steps to a Healthier Willmar is offering small grants to local businesses for employee wellness programming.  These grants will be awarded to Willmar employers that are interested in improving the health of their employees and encouraging healthy behaviors.

 

The small grants are intended to improve healthy behaviors among staff at Willmar worksites. The funds can be used to assist with the organization of a wellness committee, enhance existing wellness program plans, implement a health program or challenge and develop wellness policies. The funds can be used for programs or programming in the areas of physical activity, healthy eating, weight management, tobacco cessation or improving self care of chronic conditions such as asthma or diabetes.

 

Download the application.  Applications are due June 30, 2008.

 
 
About Willmar

Welcome to Willmar, MN!

 

·         Willmar is located approximately 100 miles west of the Twin Cities in Kandiyohi County. 

 

·         With a population of 19,000, the city is a regional center for West Central Minnesota. 

 

·         Willmar has the third largest Hispanic/Latino population in Minnesota and a growing Somali population. 

 

·         Willmar Public Schools serve 4,255 students in K-12.

 

·         Kandiyohi County Public Health is the lead agency for Steps to a HealthierMN - Willmar.

 
 
Monitoring and Evaluation

 

Community capacity and activities, risk behaviors, the disease burdens of asthma, diabetes, and obesity, and provider care practices are the key measures being monitored among youth, adults, and high risk populations in Willmar.

The major data sources are:

  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS)
  • Youth Risk factor and Behavioral Survey (YRBS)

The BRFSS is being conducted annually and the YRBS biennually. The first YRBS was implemented at the Willmar Senior High on March 7, 2007.

Download and view indcators from:

BRFSS
YRBS

 
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