Sussex County Child Health Promotion Collaborative

Sussex County Child Health Promotion Collaborative March 15, 2006

Where we are… Meeting 1 Meeting 2 Meeting 3 Meeting 4 Meeting 5+ Four Phases Implementation & Feedback Capacity Building Planning X Partnership Building

What we’ve accomplished… • Education • Child health status • The impact of nutrition and physical activity on child health status • The 5-2-1-AN approach • An “idealized” vision of a 5-2-1-AN community • How a community coalition can mobilize a community

What we’ve accomplished… • Partnership Building • Introductions • Inspirations • Idea sharing • Recruitment • Commitment

What we’ve accomplished… • Community Focus • Initial focus on children under 18 in Western Sussex County • Possible eventual focus on all of Sussex County depending on community interest and resources

What we’ve accomplished… • Community Goal • Every child knows and practices the 5-2-1-AN behaviors

What we’ve accomplished… • Community Data • Demographic profile • Weight status • Eating & physical activity profile

What we’ve accomplished… • Community Ideas and Assets • Community Idea Bank • Community Asset Bank • Community Vision Statements

What’s Next? • Create a Community Vision • Set Community Goals • Adopt a Coalition Mission • Make a Plan • Build Capacity • Take Action!

Today’s Objectives • Create a Community Vision • Begin Setting Community Goals • (if time allows)

Creating a Community Vision • What is a Community Vision Statement? • Answers the question, “What will success for our community look like?” • Creates a shared sense of commitment and destiny • Essential for focusing mission, goals, actions

Creating a Community Vision • Last meeting: • Collected more than 120 discrete vision statements • Organized statements into categories • Drafted a “Community Vision Statement” intended to capture the spirit and intent of the vision statements submitted

Creating a Community Vision • Today’s Meeting • Critique the draft • (Ideally) adopt a Community Vision Statement

Creating a Community Vision • Guidelines for a community vision statement: • Should be a panoramic view, not a street-level detail • Is assumed to be inclusive rather than exclusive • Is not a list of goals, but the evidence of goals having been met

Creating a Community Vision • Draft Community Vision Statement for 2010 • Our children are growing up healthier as evidenced by a halt in the upward trend of childhood overweight. • More of our children are practicing healthy eating and physical activity using the 5-2-1-Almost None guidelines as appropriate to their age. • More of our parents and caregivers have the information and support needed to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and healthy weight for their children.

Creating a Community Vision • Draft Community Vision Statement for 2010 • Our community environment is providing “360 degrees” of health promotion for healthy eating and physical activity, as evidenced by: • Children, families, and a full range of public and private organizations who serve them are working together to help our children practice healthy eating and physical activity using the 5-2-1-Almost None guidelines. • The cultural and physical environment surrounding our children and families is providing consistent messages and practical supports to help children practice healthy eating and physical activity using the 5-2-1-Almost None guidelines.

Creating a Community Vision • Instructions: • Break into groups • One NHPS staff member will record • One NHPS staff member will facilitate (not steer) • Review the draft Community Vision Statement • Offer any suggestions for improve • One designee will present a summary list of suggestions from each group

Notes:

Group 1 • A full range of public & private organizations are providing consistent messages throughout the cultural and physical environment and working together to help our children and families practice healthier eating and physical activity using the 5-2-1-AN concepts & ultimately supporting a decrease in child obesity & increase healthy lifestyles.

Group 2 • Page 1 • More specific to Sussex County • Bullet 3 – more of our parents and caregivers have the information to model and promote healthy lifestyles through healthy eating and physical activity • Take out healthy weight (don’t want to emphasize wt) • Page 2 • Our community environment is providing 360 degrees of health promotion for healthy lifestyles, as evidenced by…

Group 3 • Page 1 • 2010 goal year not realistic • 2nd bullet - “more of our families” • 3rd bullet - “through continuing education” • 3rd bullet – include 5-2-1-AN message • Emphasize decreasing screen time in relationship to physical activity • Use “practice” instead of “promoting” • specifically address each component of 5-2-1-AN • User actionable, plainer language for “360 degrees of HP”

Group 4 • 2010 is not that far away, but it’s motivating! • Bullet 1 – change to “trend of overweight youth” • 3rd bullet – include statement for parental behavior change “support and practicing” • Page 2 – community – include the word “modeling”

Sussex County Child Health Promotion Collaborative