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Maine General Health - Move More
The Move More program is a community-wide program that gives people the information and support they need to eat well, be physically active, prevent chronic disease, and manage chronic disease. By working with area residents, schools, and community centers, Move More has identified and mapped indoor and outdoor walking spaces, and has trained community volunteers called Movers and Lay Health Educators to provide peer support to people who want to be more physically active. Move More is free and offers enrollees a pedometer, maps of outdoor walking trails and lists of indoor walking spaces, physical activity log sheets, and other resources to help them get started.
What is it?
The Move More program is a community-wide program that gives people the information and support they need to eat well, be physically active, prevent chronic disease, and manage chronic disease. By working with area residents, schools, and community centers, Move More has identified and mapped indoor and outdoor walking spaces, and has trained community volunteers called Movers and Lay Health Educators to provide peer support to people who want to be more physically active. Move More is free and offers enrollees a pedometer, maps of outdoor walking trails and lists of indoor walking spaces, physical activity log sheets, and other resources to help them get started.
The program’s collaborative partners continue to support Move More by providing staff time and other resources to write grants, maintain the MoveMore.org web site, offer “mover” trainings, purchase supplies and program incentives, public weekly tips, etc. Each partner’s participation is essential to the program’s success. This past year, the group received funding for a winter walking/snow shoe program.
Who is it for?
The entire community, especially those with chronic diseases and those at risk for those diseases.
Why do they do it?
The Kennebec Valley Region in Maine is a rural, economically depressed area in which many people have poor health status. For example, in 2005, diabetes prevalence in Kennebec County was higher than the prevalence reported either nationally or for the entire state of Maine. After a community-based planning process identified addressing chronic diseases as a need in the region, Move More was created in 1999 to prevent disease and help people manage chronic diseases by changing health behaviors, such as increasing physical activity, improving nutrition, and developing other health self-care skills.
Impact
Sedentary behavior has declined 5 percent in the population from 2005 to 2010.
Contact: Kristen Simoneau
Health Educator
Telephone: 207-872-4102
E-mail: kristen.simoneau@mainegeneral.org
Contact: Natalie Morse
Director, MaineGeneral Prevention Center
Telephone: 207-861-5272
E-mail: natalie.morse@mainegeneral.org
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