Seed Grant Presentations
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Physical
Education Instructional Profile and Needs Assessment
in Chicago Public Schools
Dr. David Thomas, Illinois State
University, and
Patricia Faire, Chicago Public Schools.
Profile the delivery of physical education instruction and perform needs assessment of physical education classes in Chicago Public Schools.
Overweight in Chicagoland Preschool Children: Prevalence
and Environmental Influences
Dr. Lindsey Turner, University
of Illinois at Chicago
Identify the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children ages 3-6 years old in 15 preschool programs and daycare centers.
Preschool-Based Obesity Prevention in Minority Families:
A Pilot Study
Marian Fitzgibbon PhD, Northwestern
University
Pilot of a 6 week obesity prevention project aimed at Latino preschool children and their parents.
Qualitative Evaluation
of Pediatrician’s
Positions Regarding Diagnosing, Preventing, and Treating
Childhood Overweight
Adolfo Ariza MD, Children's
Memorial Hospital
Pilot project to evaluate pediatricians’ clinical routines, perceived barriers to treatment, and level of concern regarding: weight management issues in primary care, skills for overweight management, awareness of risk factors for child overweight, patient management strategies.
Measuring Community Walkability for Children: How Do
Parental/Caregiver Perception(s) Compare to Other Measures
of Walkability?
Jan Metzger, Center for Neighborhood
Technology
Pilot project supplements the work of the TASK project by evaluating community level barriers to pedestrian activity.
Chicago Public Schools Participation in
a Statewide Health/Fitness Project
Elizabeth Verner EdD, Illinois State University,
and Weimo Zhu PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
The Chicago component of a Statewide project to develop an on-line, school-based, physical fitness and activity assessment, tracking and education system that can examine the prevalence of obesity, monitor physical activity and nutrition lifestyle habits, and collect information at both the student and teacher/school levels among Illinois youth.
An Ecological Approach
to Understanding Factors that Influence Dietary Practices
in African-American Children and Their Caregivers
Angela Odoms-Young PhD, Northern
Illinois University,
Shannon Zenk PhD MSN MPH, Robin Jarret PhD
A multi-method approach to understand factors that influence dietary practices of young African-American children and their caregivers.
ACCESS Weight Management Program and Childhood Obesity
Intervention
K. Khankari MD, A. Fahmy MD, and D. Woodard
MD, Access
Community Health Services
A multifaceted weight management program focused on diet modification, promotion of physical activity, and behavioral therapy for 60 overweight children and their families.
Worms, Bees, and Bicycles: A Lively Neighborhood Project
to Lower Obesity in Humboldt Park and Logan Square Children
Sara
Spoonheim, Faith in Place
A program designed to study the impact of a yearlong intervention -“From the Ground Up/De La Tierra Para Arriba”- on children’s health, behavior, knowledge, and attitudes toward nutrition, physical activity, and environmental stewardship.
Documenting the
Impact of a Salad Bar and Nutrition Education Program on
Children’s Eating Patterns
and Attitudes: A Pilot Study in a Chicago Public School
Yolanda
Suarez-Balcazar PhD, University of Illinois
at Chicago, Joanne Kouba MS RD LDN, LaDonna Redmond,
Maureen Hellwig PhD, Louise Martinez MPH, and Camille Reid
A program focused on evaluating the impact of the Cool Food pilot project designed to increase the offerings of fresh fruits and vegetables to Chicago Public Schools using salad bars and a nutrition education program.
Fresh from the Farm
Gary Cuneen and Afton Surwillo, Seven
Generations Ahead,
and Lindsey Turner PhD
The project will evaluate the comprehensive Fresh from the Farm program. Fresh from the Farm is a school-based program designed to: educate students, teachers and families about the relationship between diet and health; develop healthy eating habits among children; and create direct community access to local farmers and suppliers.
Clinic-Based Strategies to Addressing Child Overweight
William
Watkins, Lawndale Christian Health Center,
and Adolfo Ariza MD
Building upon the resources currently available from CLOCC Clinical Practices Working Group (CPWG) members, a team will plan and develop clinic-based strategies that will fit within the Lawndale Christian Health Center (LCHC) care delivery model and can be adapted outside of that setting. Coordination of care, handouts and tracking materials developed by the team and pilot tested in the LCHC clinical venue (feedback provided to the team by clinician perceptions only) will then be reviewed and used by other clinician members of the CPWG to get their feedback responses.
Go Healthy!
Rob Sadowsky, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
A project to pilot a program to encourage walking and cycling in Logan Square.
FitMatters: Hands-On Healthy Cooking for Low Income Families
Combating Obesity
Vivian Taylor, La Rabida Children’s
Hospital
This project will pilot healthy cooking classes as part of existing FitMatters program.
