The 2009 update to the Florida child health chartbook will provide information critical to assessing the scope, nature and effectiveness of the Florida health system response to the childhood obesity epidemic, as well as include promising approaches which address this problem.
The Call for Nominations of Exemplary Practices in Childhood Obesity Prevention in Florida seeks to recognize and showcase promising approaches from health care and community organizations that promote healthy eating and physical activity, especially among low income, non-English speaking and minority communities.
Evaluation of programs is based upon the following criteria:
- Impact- demonstrates excellence in addressing immediate child, family or community needs
- Inclusion- includes a range of affected community members, including low income, non-English speaking and minority communities
- Improvability- demonstrates improvement in obesity prevention behaviors in targeted populations; successful early efforts; continuous improvement in services provided
- Implementation- demonstrates the program can be implemented and replicated; provides networking with other service providers
- Innovation- Use of innovative and culturally appropriate programs based upon evidence based guidelines
All nominations are due by May 31, 2009.
Selected programs will be contacted by July 2009 and awarded with the Exemplary Practices in Childhood Obesity Prevention Award.
Download the submission form here.
Please submit your nominations through Checkbox.
For more details, check out the Summary of Project