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The CWH will evaluate the “Network for a Healthy California – Children’s Power Play! Campaign,” an intervention aimed at improving fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, selected psychosocial and environmental factors among fourth- and fifth-grade children attending low resource public schools in San Diego and Imperial counties in the 2011-2012 school year.
“Evaluation of the Impact of Energy Balance 4 Kids“ (EB4K) is a comprehensive, innovative, integrated, school-based energy balance program designed to improve students’ health knowledge, attitudes, and nutrition and physical activity behaviors.
The CWH developed an evaluation plan for the Statewide California Children’s PowerPlay! Campaign, an intervention aimed at improving fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, psychosocial and environmental factors among fourth- and fifth-grade children attending low resource public schools.
The CWH will collaborate with California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA) on the “USDA Commodities Processing: Impact on School Meal Nutritional Quality and Cost” project.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation (AHG) has established an ambitious framework for schools to create healthy environments. Additional resources provided to schools by the California Endowment (TCE) are likely to help schools move towards achieving compliance with the AHG program standards.
The Food and Nutrition Service of the US Department of Agriculture is funding an evaluation to determine the impact of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) on children's consumption of fruits and vegetables and on other dietary changes, such as decreased consumption of less nutritious foods.
The "Improving School Nutrition: Framing Nutrition Research for Policy makers and Parent Groups" project focuses on prevention activities in educational settings, and will review and synthesize nutrition research in the school setting.
The Center collaborated with the Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) to assist with the evaluation of nutrition education programs supported by the California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families (Network), in Oakland elementary schools. The Center analyzed data collected by the ACPHD and validated the existing student questionnaire.
The Center evaluated the impact of the Healthy School Partnership Program. This evaluation focused on behavioral outcome data with the addition of intermediate outcome and qualitative data to inform the process and compare the effectiveness of the various approaches.
The HEAL-Northern California Santa Rosa Youth Evaluation provided funding to expand the Center’s efforts in northern California to include two additional major secondary schools in Santa Rosa as part of the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) youth evaluation. These two schools represented an important part of the youth population in the areas where the changes were being made.
