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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Kemper, Karen A. ; Pate, Sarah P. ; Powers, Alicia R. ; Fair, Melissa
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Description:
Introduction

LiveWell Greenville, a multi-organization community coalition, launched an initiative in 2011 to help afterschool programs promote environments that decrease the risk of obesity among children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to describe changes in nutrition and physical activity environments, policies, and practices among 37 afterschool programs after their participation in the LiveWell Greenville Afterschool Initiative.

Methods

The study used a nonexperimental, pre- and postsurvey design. The survey was based on the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care questionnaire and modified for afterschool settings. Items addressed sedentary time, physical activity time, availability of sugar-sweetened beverages, sweet and salty snack consumption, fruit consumption, staff behaviors, and policies that support nutrition and physical activity practices. The self-assessment survey was completed by an afterschool program supervisor at each site. The 9-month intervention consisted of program staff members’ completing the pre-assessment and goal-setting worksheet, receiving technical support and training from LiveWell Greenville staff, attending networking meetings about nutrition and physical activity promotion strategies, and completing a post assessment.

Results

We found significant positive changes in afterschool environments in the type and frequency of snacks offered, duration of children’s sedentary time, staff behaviors that supported healthy nutrition and physical activity practices, and education provided to staff, children, and parents.

Conclusion

We found the LiveWell Greenville Afterschool Initiative, which involved self-assessment, goal setting and technical support, to be a successful strategy to change nutrition and physical activity environments in afterschool settings.


Subjects:
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Built Environment Diet, Healthy Exercise Health Promotion Humans Original Research Pediatric Obesity Program Evaluation School Health Services Self-Assessment Students Surveys And Questionnaires
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 15
Pubmed ID:
30468420
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6266516
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
H75 DP004224/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:
North Carolina
Location:
North America
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:96e60e2d6ddf62a37773d3830711033ff14786ad3a80639529a65741d5194fdb
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/61739/cdc_61739_DS1.pdf
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