·        HEAT- Health Equity Action Team- While vast inequities in health status, disease morbidity and mortality continue to exist and grow in Connecticut, no initiative statewide, and few nationwide, addresses the root causes of these health disparities.  The underpinnings of this CADH initiative are grounded in the reality that health is an end-product of many social, political and economic forces that can create adverse conditions leading to illness.  As a discipline dedicated to the prevention of disease, public health must look beyond the traditional “behavior change” interventions and engage in efforts to eliminate economic, political, environmental and social injustices that are the root causes of inequities in health status.

·        Healthy Eating Active Living Resource Toolkit- Based on current trends, the serious health concern of obesity and overweight warrants action. Until now, obesity has evaded most intervention efforts that have focused more predominantly on individual risk factors and outcomes. However, obesity and overweight results from the overlap of not only one’s biology, but also the policies, practices, and environmental factors in which an individual lives, works, and plays. Whether we speak of worksite settings, schools, healthcare delivery systems, or the community-at-large, having a healthy community environment ensures that residents understand and have many opportunities to practice and make healthy lifestyle choices. To develop these meaningful solutions and a healthy community environment, input and support from all members of the community, families, schools, healthcare providers, community organizations, and policymakers is needed. http://www.cthaned.org/HEALRT/intro.htm 

·        UCONN MPH Program Practicum- In support of the UCONN MPH Program, CADH is supporting MPH Practicum students work  – themed projects in the field with interested local health departments.  This type of collaboration not only lends itself to building a strong future public health workforce cognizant of the local Public Health system but it also fosters collective relationships among students, faculty, LHDs, and the UCONN MPH program to address childhood obesity prevention at the local level.