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Session: Baseline Findings from the Evaluation of The California Endowment Healthy Eating, Active Communities Initiative
3312.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
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Baseline Findings from the Evaluation of The California Endowment Healthy Eating, Active Communities Initiative
The California Endowment’s Healthy Eating, Active Communities (HEAC) Initiative is a four-year strategic grant making program focused on reducing disparities in obesity and diabetes by improving food and physical activity environments for school age children. Evaluation, which plays a central role in the HEAC initiative, is participatory and multi-level to capture change across five sectors: schools, after-school, neighborhoods, health care, and marketing and advertising. The on-going HEAC evaluation demonstrates the impact of community-level chronic disease prevention approaches while contributing to the pool of evidence linking an environmental approach to healthy eating and active living outcomes. The HEAC evaluation baseline data collection served a dual purpose: one, to describe the HEAC communities prior to the implementation of interventions, and two, to help grantees refine their intervention plans by clearly identifying the issues and areas to address with environmental change strategies This panel will describe findings from a number of HEAC baseline evaluation efforts including: findings from environmental assessments of the food and physical activity resources available in the six HEAC communities; results from a self-administered survey of 7th and 9th graders on their nutrition and physical activity attitudes and behaviors; results from assessments of physical activity levels in physical education classes, findings from the HEAC community resident survey on support for policy strategies to change nutrition and physical activity environments, and assessments of the health care sector’s role in advocating for community change and how current clinical practice incorporates promotion of healthy eating and physical activity.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Describe the baseline findings from a multi-sector, environmentally-focused initiative to reduce obesity risk in California. 2. Understand the environmental needs and assets related to nutrition and physical activity in multiple populations in California.
Moderator(s):Sarah Samuels, DrPH
2:30 PMBaseline findings from the evaluation of The California Endowment Healthy Eating, Active Communities Initiative  [ Recorded presentation ]
Diane Manuel, PhD, MBA, Sarah Samuels, DrPH, Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD, Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH
2:42 PMGauging support for policies aimed at changing the food and physical activity environment in 6 California communities: Findings from the HEAC community resident survey  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sarah Samuels, DrPH, Larry Bye, Susan O'Connor, Lisa Craypo, MPH, RD
2:54 PMNutrition and physical activity attitudes and behaviors of 7th and 9th grade students in selected schools participating in the Healthy Eating, Active Communities (HEAC) initiative in California  [ Recorded presentation ]
Wendi Gosliner, MPH, RD, Gail Woodward-Lopez, MPH, RD, Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD
3:06 PMDoes the “P” in PE really stand for “physical?” Findings from an assessment of physical activity levels in physical education classes conducted for the evaluation of the Healthy Eating, Active Communities (HEAC) Initiative in California  [ Recorded presentation ]
Brian Cole, DrPH, Sarah Stone-Francisco, MPH, Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH, William McCarthy, PhD
3:18 PMHow can the health care sector play an active role in changing environments to promote healthy eating and physical activity? Findings from the baseline healthcare sector assessment for the HEAC Initiative
Maria Boyle, MS, RD, Liz Schwarte, MPH, Sarah Samuels, DrPH, Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH, Brian Cole, DrPH
3:30 PMCharacterizing food availability and physical activity opportunities to identify barriers to healthy eating and activity in low-income neighborhoods: Findings from baseline community assessments for the Healthy Eating, Activity Communities Initiative  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sarah Stone-Francisco, MPH, Lisa Craypo, MPH, RD, Zoe Clayson, ScD, Sarah Samuels, DrPH
3:42 PMYouth perspectives on changing community nutrition and physical activity environments  [ Recorded presentation ]
Liz Schwarte, MPH, Sarah Samuels, DrPH, Lisa Craypo, MPH, RD, Sarah Stone-Francisco, MPH
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Organized by:Food and Nutrition

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