connecting communities and schools to make the healthy choice the easy choise

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Mary Emery South Dakota State University

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Mary EmeryPresentation at the #2012waic Conference - Ghent, Belgium

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Page 1: Connecting Communities and Schools to make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choise

Mary  Emery  South  Dakota  State  University  

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BIOLOGY  IS  DESTINY  

¡  It’s  what’s  in  your  genes  that  counts  

¡ Teaching  people  about  health  will  change  behavior  

 

PEOPLE  AND  PLACE  

¡ Who  you  hang  out  with  matters  

¡  Opportunities  to  make  healthy  choices  matter  

¡  Everyday  ways  of  thinking  and  doing  determine  choices  

 

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¡  Opportunities    ¡  Challenges  

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¡  Unfunded  mandate  ¡  Exist  more  in  form  than  in  fact  ¡  Can  be  place  to  mobilize  community  support  for  healthy  kids  

¡  Requires  capacity  to  be  successful  ¡  Readiness  factors  can  be  key  to  successful  program  implementation  

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¡  Collect  data  from  successful  School  Wellness  Teams  § What  is  working  § Why  §  How  might  it  work  better  

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¡  One  positive  experience  with  policy  change  ¡  Institutionalized  the  wellness  team  structure    

§  so  that  administrators  participate,    §  a  regular  meeting  time  is  set,    §  the  team  has  a  membership  list  and  plan  of  action  

¡  Has  engaged  in  an  intervention  ¡  Includes  a  diversity  of  participants  

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¡  Select  schools    ¡  Train  staff  to  do  focus  groups  ¡  Analyze  data  for  key  factors  ¡  Develop  the  readiness  tool  ¡  Test  it  

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¡  Support  from    §  administrators:  building  level  and  superintendent  §  Community  leaders  §  Youth  §  Parents  

¡  Effective,  well-­‐organized  meetings  ¡  Time  taken  to  reflect  on  progress/success  ¡  Reflects  diverse  representation  

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¡  Good  use  of  outside  support  ¡  Coaching  from  people  within  community    to  develop  community  change  skills  

¡  Team  members’  personal  interests  connect  with  the  work  of  the  Team  

¡  Clear  focus  or  vision  that  is  shared  ¡  Communicates  regularly  with  the  school  community  

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¡  External  funding    ¡  School  community  understands  that  wellness  is  a  priority  

¡  Feel  comfortable  enough  to  experiment  ¡  Non  team  members  are  comfortable  working  with  the  team  

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Addressing  Readiness  opportunities  can  lead  to  the  virtuous  cycle  of  change  

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¡ Wellness  team  readiness  §  Test,  revise  

¡  Use  AI  to  investigate  other  readiness  situations  

¡  Using  AI  in  the  focus  groups  encouraged  the  use  of  AI  principles  across  the  work  

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¡ Mary  Emery  ¡  South  Dakota  State  University  ¡ [email protected]