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What Is We Can! ™ ?

What Is We Can! ™ ?. Chapter 2 | Parent Program Training. What is We Can! ?. Chapter 2 | What is We Can!. We Can! Is…. W ays to E nhance C hildren’s A ctivity and N utrition. We Can! Is…. F.

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What Is We Can! ™ ?

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  1. What Is We Can!™? Chapter 2 | Parent Program Training

  2. What is We Can!? Chapter 2 | What is We Can!

  3. We Can! Is… Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition

  4. We Can! Is… F A national education program designed to help youth aged 8–13 stay at a healthy weight by providing strategies and tools to parents and caregivers at home and in community settings. Improve food choices, increase physical activity, reduce screen time Turn-key, science-based program for the entire community Overweight & obesity prevention program

  5. We Can! Program Elements Community-based Programming …to help children and families maintain a healthy weight. NIH Science Partner Outreach NIH science-based knowledge: NHLBI NICHD NIDDK NCI Media Messages

  6. A Growing Movement Chapter 2 | What is We Can! • We Can! community sites are in all 50 states • Organizations in several other countries also implement We Can! JOIN THE MOVEMENT TODAY! http://wecan.nhlbi.nih.gov 1-866-35-WECAN nhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov

  7. What Do Community Sites Do? • Make a commitment to promoting healthy weight in youth • Coordinate a range of programs and community events for parents and youth • Use science-based resources from NIH

  8. We Can! Is Flexible Community sites: • Participate at levels that suit them best • Tailor We Can! programming to best fit their needs • Offer program through a variety of settings • Engage partners, policymakers, & the media

  9. Partnerships • Play a critical role • Collaborations = ability to do more programming Pittsburgh Mayor takes a minute to pose with the children at a UPMC Health Plan event UMPC Health Plan Vice President presents the Executive Director of the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh with a check to support We Can! programming.

  10. Media Outreach • National and local • Print • Radio • TV • Online • Reach millions of Americans

  11. We Can! Target Audiences • Parents/primary caregiversof youth • Youth aged8–13

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