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California based programs
*Academy
of Health and Fitness
Designed for juniors and seniors,
the Academy of Health And Fitness is a two-year program allowing students
to explore and participate in training for future careers in health,
fitness, and sport industries.
*California
Project LEAN
California Project LEAN
(CPL) was part of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation's 1987 public
awareness campaign to promote low-fat eating. The goal was to reach
California's diverse communities through programs conducted by local
physical activity and nutrition leaders. CPL is the lead agency for
the California Nutrition Network, a social marketing campaign for healthy
eating and physical activity among lower income families. CPL works
with regional coordinators to promote campaign messages through the
media, grocery stores and other community channels.
Contact:
CDHS
California Project LEAN
PO Box 942732, MS-675
Sacramento, CA 94234-7320
Phone: (916) 323-4742
Fax: (916) 445-7571
Web: www.dhs.ca.gov/lean
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CATCH:
Coordinated Approach to Child Health
The CATCH program is the
largest school-based health promotion trial ever conducted. An NHLBI-funded
collaborative trial, CATCH examined how school- and home-based interventions
can change children’s behavior and promote a lifestyle that will reduce
their risk of heart disease. The CATCH program targeted both the children
and their environment, with four main components: food service, physical
education, classroom curricula, and family involvement.
Contact:
CATCH: Coordinated Approach
to Child Health
University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Web: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/catch/
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*The
Children & Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFit) CANFit
is a non-proft organization that seeks to engage communities, and build
capacity to improve the nutritional and physical fitness status of California´s
low-income, African American, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American
Indian youth (ages 10-14). The program funds innovative community-based
projects, leverages existing resources, provides training and technical
assistance, and sponsors academic scholarships.
Contact:
CANFit
2140 Shattuck Ave., Suite 610
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510- 644-1533
Fax: 510-644-1535
Web: www.canfit.org/index.html
E-mail: info@canfit.org
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*Food
on the Run
Food on the Run is a student-driven
campaign that empowers high school students to improve their own
nutrition and fitness. The campaign is spearheaded by Project
LEAN (Low-Fat Eating for America Now) and includes peer counseling,
hip hop dance classes, public service announcements (PSAs), nutrition
lessons, and low-fat menu offerings. In addition to students,
participants have included parents, teachers, the school’s administration
and food service operation, fast-food outlets, and the media.
Food on the Run has been so successful that it is currently expanding
to 10 California school regions and 20 participating schools.
Contact:
Joan Rupp, MS, RD
California Nutrition Network
San Diego State University Foundation
2208 14th St., Olivenhain, CA 92024
Phone: 760-436-6162
Fax: 760-436-6409
E-mail: rupp@mail.sdsu.edu
Web: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/cpns/
*Girl
Power
This is public education campaign sponsored by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage
and motivate 9- to 14- year-old girls to make the most of their
lives. Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain positive values
among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to the unique
needs, interests, and challenges of girl.
Contact:
Les Congelliere
Redondo Union High School
631 Vincent Park
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
E-mail: gpower@health.org
Web: http://www.girlpower.gov/
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*Girls
Now
The "Girls Now" project is
a collaborative of Mission, Western Addition and Chinatown YWCA
centers in San Francisco. Through a 1998-99 CANFit planning grant,
the Girls Now collaborative successfully developed and tested a
culturally appropriate nutrition and fitness curriculum for Latina
adolescents. They will also revise the curriculum to meet the needs
of African American and Asian American girls, and implement the
project at additional centers.
Contact:
Gloria Romero
YWCA of San Francisco
3261 23rd Street
San Francisco, CA. 94110.
Phone: (415) 648-2826
Fax: (415) 648-5196
*Grassroots
Nutrition and Fitness Campaign
A pilot project initiated
by the Southern California Public Health Association (SCPHA) in
1998 to educate legislators about the issues of nutrition and fitness
for children and adolescents. This project is training and supporting
teams of local residents in six State Assembly districts in LA County
to identify community needs through Town Hall Meetings and neighborhood
surveys, report finding to local legislators, and encourage legislators
to establish policies and programs to address priority issues.
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Health
Ahead/Heart Smart (Louisiana)
A
comprehensive health education research and demonstration program
in New Orleans, funded by NHLBI. The program incorporates self-efficacy
and responsibility skills during in-school and after-school components,
and covers the subject areas of general health and physiology, nutrition,
physical fitness or exercise, coping and decision-making skills.
The in-school component provides education sessions over the school
year for children in kindergarten through grade 6. The program involves
parents and all school personnel. This program is now in 30 elementary
schools in New Orleans and elsewhere in Louisiana. Program materials
are available for the cost of printing.
Contact:
Dr.
Gerald Berenson
The
Health Ahead/Heart Smart Program
Tulane
Center for Cardiovascular Health, SL29
1430
Tulane Avenue
New
Orleans, LA 70112-2699
504/585-7197
Healthy
Start
A comprehensive preschool health education program that includes
a proven curriculum developed for three to five year old children
in Head Start, preschool and other childcare settings. Two of the
12 educational units address nutrition – developing healthy eating
patterns and food preferences in young children. A third unit focuses
on fitness.
Contact:
Healthy-Start,
LLC
PO
Box 115
Huntington, New York 11743
Phone: 516-458-9820
Fax:
914 723 3272
E-mail: BCarter803@aol.com or chrisw@pol.net
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HeartPower!
An American Heart Association school site program for teaching about
the heart and how to adopt heart-healthy behaviors. A Pre-K through
Grade 8 program that includes activities that teach about how the
heart works, nutrition, physical activity, and living tobacco-free.
Each component is easy to integrate into day-to-day instruction.
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JumpSTART
Program
A school-based program that offers
elementary school teachers a series of fun, field-tested activities
to promote active, healthy lifestyles for grades three to five.
Suggests ten specific activities that teachers can incorporate into
existing curricula to involve the children in learning about the
importance of physical activity and heart-healthy eating. Also includes
parent activities and materials. Based on activities from field-tested
CATCH and SPARK PE programs
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Know
Your Body
A pioneering health education and health promotion program created
in the 1970s by the American Health Foundation. The KYB program
contains five components: a health education curriculum, teacher
training, biomedical screening, extracurricular activities, and
program evaluation. Many KYB activities incorporate health education
into language arts, math, science, and social studies.
Contact:
Dr. Mario Orlandi
Division of Health Promotion
American Health Foundation
Phone: 212-551-2502
PAN
Program
Improving Child and Adolescent Health Through Physical Activity
and Nutrition is a multifaceted approach to helping young people
develop healthy behaviors and lifestyles through prevention and
intervention strategies. PAN's focus on developing programs for
schools, health care settings, and mass media is intended
to complement and enhance existing CDC initiatives.
*Teen
Health Spa
A program of San Mateo County
Health Services, Teen Health Spa is designed for young women ages
12-16 who are concerned about their weight. The Spa consists of
two 4-hour sessions of intense, interactive instruction. On-going
support for the teens that express interest is planned. Some of
the topics covered during the sessions are: healthy snacks, weight
gain/loss, exercise, body-image, self-esteem, cultural issues, eating
disorders and communication.
WIN the Rockies (Wellness IN the Rockies)
WIN the Rockies, a community-based research, intervention and outreach project seeks to improve health in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming by addressing obesity innovatively and effectively. Through a four-year food and nutrition-related behavior-change consortium project involving the University of Idaho, Montana State University, the University of Wyoming, their extension services, their WWAMI Medical Education Programs, the Area Health Education Centers in Wyoming and Montana, along with other state organizations and community groups, WIN presents topics such as valuing health, respecting body-size differences, enjoying the benefits of self-acceptance, enjoying physically active living, and enjoying healthful and pleasurable eating to communities in the Rockies.
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