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Out of school time nutrition & physical activity (OSNAP) initiative online course: Creating healthy spaces for kids

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 9:18 AM - 9:26 AM

Shaniece Criss, MPH , Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, Boston, MA
Catherine M. Giles, MPH , Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, Boston, MA
Rebekka M. Lee, ScD , Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, Boston, MA
Erica L. Kenney, ScD MPH , Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, Boston, MA
Matt Simon, MA , Matt Simon Film, New York, NY
Angie L. Cradock, ScD , Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, Boston, MA
Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD , Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, Boston, MA
The Out of School Time Nutrition & Physical Activity (OSNAP) Initiative Online Course is designed to guide staff in evaluating and improving their program practices and policies to help them create healthy spaces for kids by making the healthy choice, the easy choice!   This course utilizes the Canvas platform to interweave stimulating, interactive activities between bite-size pieces of informative video clips.  This course is a low-cost, high reach option to disseminate this evidence-based intervention nationally.

OSNAP was developed by the Harvard School of Public Health Prevention Research Center. The online course consists of 7 interactive sessions, featuring Program Practice Assessments, Policy Assessments, and Action Planning on www.osnap.org, as well as, discussion board dialogue and instant feedback through quizzes.  The key messages of OSNAP are built upon these 10 goals:

-Provide all children with at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.

-Offer 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity 3 times per week.

-Do not serve sugary drinks.

-Do not allow sugary drinks to be brought in during program time.

-Offer water as a drink at snack every day.

-Offer a fruit or vegetable option every day at snack.

-When serving grains (like bread, crackers, and cereals), serve whole grains.

-Do not serve foods with trans fat.

-Limit computer and digital device time to homework or instructional only.

-Eliminate use of commercial broadcast and cable TV and movies.

Each online session guides staff through major components of OSNAP, simple ways to improve practices and policies, stories from after-school staff, and explanation of OSNAP tools.  The sessions are: Session 1-OSNAP Overview, Session 2-Assess Your Program Practices, Session 3-Program Practice Strategies, Session 4-Action Planning, Session 5-Program Policy, Session 6-Program Supportive Practices, and Session 7-Program Sustainability.  All course videos are provided free-of-charge through OSNAP.org, YouTube, and SchoolTube.

Learning Areas:

Communication and informatics
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the components of developing the OSNAP Online Course video with intended audience input and support Identify the interactive, innovative training methods of the OSNAP Online Course video List 3 ways that the OSNAP Online Course video can support after-school staff

Keyword(s): Communication and informatics

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: 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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