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Combating the Childhood Obesity Problem: Applications for Schools and Beyond

Part I
Tuesday March 5, 2013
1:00-2:30 pm EST
 

 

Summary: Presenters will provide real-world applications for addressing this critical and complex issue. Educators, health providers, coaches, youth workers, and parents alike will benefit from this important discussion.

 

Part 1 Objectives:

• Understand how social marketing can be used to design a behavior change intervention
• Understand how the Scorecard program works
• Summarize recommendations for promoting physical activity during school
• Evaluate state laws related to supporting physical activity in school
• Identify best practices for providing physical activity opportunities in schoo
• Recognize the challenges and facilitators to implementing obesity interventions in school settings
• Predict the potential role of the school nurse in addressing childhood obesity in schools

 

CHES 1 hour for particpants of the live webinar, free for ASHA members

MCHES .5 hour for participants of the live webinar, free for ASHA members

Presenters:

Anjali Jain, MD

Managing Consultant
Lewin Group

Collaborative School-Based Obesity Interventions: Lessons Learned from Six Southern Districts

Dr. Anjali Jain's Presentation (PDF)

 

Carol Bryant, PhD

Florida Prevention Research Center
University of South Florida College of Public Health

VERB™ Summer Scorecard: Increasing Tween Girls’ Vigorous Physical Activity

Dr. Carol Bryant's Presentation (PDF)

 

Jordan A. Carlson, PhD

San Diego State University & University of California, San Diego

State Policies about Physical Activity Minutes in Physical Education or During School

Dr. Jordan A. Carlson's Presentation (PDF)

 

 

Part 1 Webinar Recording

 

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Combating the Childhood Obesity Problem: Applications for Schools and Beyond

Part II
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
1:00-2:30 pm EDT
 

Summary

Presenters will provide real-world applications for addressing this critical and complex issue. Educators, health providers, coaches, youth workers, and parents alike will benefit from this important discussion.

 

Part II Objectives:

•  Describe use of the socio-ecological model in obesity prevention as described in the Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE)
•  Describe the Head Start can play in early prevention of obesity
•  Describe at least three lessons learned from the CHILE project
•  Describe Baseline Body Mass Index (BMI) values for a five-year longitudinal assessment of factors affecting BMI in K-5 children across 7 schools within one suburban, working class school district
•  Describe Results of the initial analysis of high BMI (≥85th percentile) scores using student level predicators
•  Describe Variations in student BMI across elementary schools to further our understanding of the factors that may affect the distribution of    overweight and obesity within a school district
•   Identify key stakeholders who are in school settings, and their roles specific to childhood overweight and obesity-prevention research
•  Describe the research findings about stakeholder perceptions on childhood obesity factors, including the range of perceptions from various types of stakeholders
• Articulate how these research findings relate to practice opportunities in school-based settings and community-based settings

CHES 1 hour, MCHES .5 hour for particpants of the live webinar, free for ASHA members

Non-Member continuing education certificate payment

Presenters:

E. Lisako J. McKyer, PhD, MPH

Director, Transdisciplinary Center for Health Equity Research
Texas A&M University

Elementary School Personnel's Perceptions on Childhood Obesity: Pervasiveness and Facilitating Factors

Presentation (PDF)

 

Sally M. Davis, PhD

Director, Prevention Research Center
University of New Mexico

CHILE: An Evidence-Based Preschool Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Head Start

Davis/Sanders Presentation (PDF)

 

Sarah Sanders, MS, RN

Exercise Scientist, Prevention Research Center
University of New Mexico

 

CHILE: An Evidence-Based Preschool Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Head Start

 

Elaine S. Belansky, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health
Associate Director, Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Colorado School of Public Health
University of Colorado Anschuts Medical Campus

Adapted Intervention Mapping: A Strategic Planning Process for Increasing Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Opportunities in Schools via Environment and Policy Change

Presentation (PDF)

 

Deb Johnson-Shelton, PhD

Associate Research Scientist
Oregon Research Institute

Prevalence and Prediction of Overweight and Obesity among Elementary School Students

Johnson-Shelton/Moreno Presentation (PDF)

 

Geraldine Moreno, PhD

Senior Research Associate
Oregon research Institute

Prevalence and Prediction of Overweight and Obesity among Elementary School Students