NEWS & UPDATES Spring 2011 ... NECON has developed an Online Toolkit to provide tactical information on prevention legislation, funding and program creation in New England. MORE INFO October 22, 2010 ... "Health Literacy For All" is focus of 2010 NECON Regional Conference LEARN MORE December 15, 2009 ... Report to the Implementations Advisory Group (IAG) CLICK HERE NECON CALENDAR 2009 Creating a Prevention Movement In New England. CLICK HERE January 15, 2008 ... Health Department Presents Community Partnership Award To Bert Yaffe, Leader of NECON PRESS RELEASE June 2006 ... National Obesity Action Forum Designates NECON Strategic Plan as Model for Nation LEARN MORE

Welcome to NECON, a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization that serves as a vehicle for the development and enhancement of disease prevention and health promotion public policies and practices in New England.

The Implementation Advisory Group is the operating arm of NECON, and is comprised of approximately 70 members reflecting all of New England. In recent years, the focus of our attention has been Health Literacy, featuring the following ongoing projects:

• Annual NECON Regional Conferences
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• NECON Biennial Regional Health Trends Report with Health Literacy as an Indicator;
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• Establishment of the six states' legislators' Prevention Caucuses;
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• Reporting the NECON annual prevention recommendations to the New England Governors' Conference and propagating their declaration that henceforth "October 24th is a day of celebration of nutrition health in New England;"
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• Fully Implement the NECON/Harvard School of Public Health Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Overweight and Obesity with an emphasis on the improvement of oral health in New England;
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• Extending NECON's State Health Action Forums;
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• Maintaining a website and blog that will daily radiate current, clear and relevant wellness information.

Explore our site to learn more about NECON activities and contact us if you would like to participate in shaping a healthier New England.

Think regionally ... act locally.