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| The 5 Health Action Team members pose for a group photo |
Baton Rouge, La. - Members of the 5 Health Action Teams met in Annapolis, Maryland May
1-2, 2017 in conjunction with the National Health Outreach Conference. The
Health Action Teams were highlighted in the ECOP Monday Minute
on May 5th, at https://goo.gl/CJix7R. Two nutrition faculty members from
the Southern University Agricultural Land-Grant Campus served on two of the
five teams. Bernestine McGee, Professor of Human Nutrition and Food in
the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Science, served on the Chronic
Disease Prevention and Management Team. Fatemeh Malekian, Professor of Human
Nutrition at the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
served on the Health Literacy Action Team.
The teams developed a plan of action for their final report
as the term of their appointment ends in 2017. They identified professional
development from their areas that could contribute to six core competencies for
Extension professionals to align with the Cooperative Extension/Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation partnership. The teams were thanked for their service and
acknowledged as pioneers of the Cooperative
Extension’s National Framework for Health and Wellness.
At the national level, Cooperative Extension is coordinated
by the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP), the representative
leadership and governing body. The Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy
(ESCOP)
is the executive or operating body of the Experiment Station Section. It handles
continuing business, organization, and policy issues on behalf of the state
agricultural experiment station directors.
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