251912 Disseminating fun and interactive education focused on physical activity and nutrition in collaboration with health care organizations and parents

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 5:20 PM

Tori J. Kass, MA , Education and Guest Services, Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
Leslie Bushara, BFA , Education and Guest Services, Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
This presentation will focus on how the Children's Museum of Manhattan contributed to the NYC Obesity Prevention and Management Consortium. The presentation will focus on the partnership that was developed during the three years of the initiative. The presenter will review how the museum contributed to the Consortium reaching its goals by providing relevant education and training to participating health center teams on healthy eating and physical activity in fun and interesting ways. Demonstrations will be provided on various activities that were shared during the partnership.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Describe ways to improve nutrition and physical activity for overweight or obese children.

Keywords: Children's Health, Obesity

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have experience in disseminating fund and interactive education focused on physical activity and nutrition in collaboration with healthcare organizations and parents.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.