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Project INFluence has moved! Find out more about the National Center of Excellence in Women's Health's recent launch of the newly designed INFluence initiative.

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OWH and INShape Indiana announced 2011 OWH/INShape Mini-Grant Opportunity Awardees!
Successful applicants for this funding opportunity, made possible by the Coca-Cola Company, were notified July 20, 2011. We are pleased to announce that 10 projects survived the competitive process, out of the 20 applications submitted. All planned activities targeted underserved women and offered evidence-based projects promising to improve women's nutrition and physical fitness. The projects have the potential for improving the health of upwards of 4,575 Hoosier women. The following counties are represented among the awardees: Monroe, Marion, Delaware, Parke, Martin, Henry, La Porte, and Elkhart. For a mini-abstract of each project proposal, click here.

Growing Stronger on the Westside, LaPorte County: Growing_Stronger_Flyer_(2).pdf

Girls on the Run of Marion County: gotrmarioncounty.org | Sankt Nikolaus Day Lauf 5K Run

 Women of Excellence Fit, Marion County: NL_womens_health_flyer-03.pdf 

In other news:

On April 25, 2011, Governor Mitch Daniels issued a proclamation designating May 10-16, 2011, as Women's Health Week for the State of Indiana. View this proclamation.

The Rape and Sexual Assault Program along with the Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council recently released "Indiana's Commitment to Primary Prevention: A State Free of Sexual Violence~2010-2015", Indiana's first sexual violence primary prevention plan. View the state plan.

The USDA and Michelle Obama recently introduced a new guide to what Americans should be eating. The visul guide is no longer a pyramid, but a plate, representing the daily amount of fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy a person should consume. More information can be found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/.

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