271877 Food & Fun After School Video: Training staff to promote healthy environments and behaviors in out-of-school time

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 3:36 PM - 3:42 PM

Shaniece Criss, MPH , Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Rebekka M. Lee, ScM , Harvard Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Rebecca Mozaffarian, MS, MPH , Department of Society Human Development and Health Prevention Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Matt Simon, MA , Harvard School of Public Health Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Steven Gortmaker, PhD , Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
The Food & Fun training video is designed to help staff learn how to implement the Food & Fun Afterschool curriculum, which was developed jointly by the Harvard School of Public Health Prevention Research Center and the YMCA of the USA. The curriculum consists of 11 units and aims to promote nutrition and physical activity in out-of-school time environments. The video was created to model activities and enrich the training experience for program staff. Staff and children from afterschool programs are the main stars of the video.

Each video guides staff through the curriculum units addressing each topic, behavior goals, key messages, and the relevant environmental health standards for nutrition and physical activity in out-of-school time, which guided intervention development based on current scientific evidence. Each video includes tips for communicating healthy messages to families and strategies for overcoming common barriers to make program changes. There are six video segments that highlight the main topics of Food & Fun with demonstrations of several activities from each Unit : Segment 1- Introduction, Segment 2- Fruits and Vegetables, Segment 3- Physical Activity and Screen Time, Segment 4- Water/Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Segment 5- Healthy and Unhealthy Fats, and Segment 6- Whole Grains. All curriculum materials and training videos are provided free-of-charge through FoodAndFun.org, YouTube, Vimeo, and DVD.

This research was supported by the Donald and Sue Pritzker Nutrition and Fitness Initiative, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Prevention Research Centers Grant U48DP001946 and U48DP000064), and the Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity (GM055353-13).

Learning Areas:
Communication and informatics
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: -Discuss the components of developing the Food & Fun training video with intended audience input and support -Articulate the training methods of the Food & Fun training video -List 3 ways that the Food & Fun Training Video can support after-school staff

Keywords: Child Health, Food and Nutrition

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I was the producer, director, script-writer, and host for this video. I was the team lead on this project at the Harvard School of Public Health Prevention Research Center. My focus is health communication and intervention development.
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.

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