Coordinated Approach To Child Health CATCH

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Coordinated Approach To Child HealthCATCH

• Peter Cribb, MEd
• UT-Houston
• School of Public Health

512.346.6163 CATCHTexas.org CATCHInfo.org
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Why childrens health?
Because we cant afford to WEIGHT!
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Behavior change is influenced or determined by
the environment because environments value and
reward certain behaviors.
Basic Assumption
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Overweight Children and AdolescentsNHANES
Equal or greater than 95 age/sex CDC Growth
Charts
Source Medline, 2006 Ogden et al.
JAMA1951549-55, Hedley et al. JAMA2912847-2850
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Assumption 2

• To address the obesity problem we need to affect
  an environmental change to create an
  environment that teaches, reinforces and rewards
  physical activity and healthy eating habits
  (which is the premise of Coordinated School
  Health Programming).

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How did get to be so?
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Consider the messages we send to our nations
youth
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about health and wellness?
WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
Winners of the Tobacco Prevention Persuasive
Poster Contest
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Consider the messages we send to our nations
youth
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about physical activity?
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Consider the messages we send to our nations
youth
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about nutrition?
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If you change the environment Behavior will
follow.
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What is CATCH?
Coordinated Approach To Childrens Health
A multi-component, school based coordinated
health approach to help children adopt healthy
dietary and physical activity behaviors.
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What is CATCH?
Coordinated Approach To Childrens Health
Its an evidence-based tool for schools to use to
create support a healthy school environment.
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The 4 CATCH Components
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CATCH Middle School Components
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Child Nutrition Services

• Goals of CATCH Eat Smart
• Provide students with tasty, healthy school
  meals
• Maintain required levels of essential nutrients
  and student participation
• Coordinate healthy messages with the rest of the
  school

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Eat Smart

• Eat Smart guidelines align with federal standards
  and 2005 US Dietary Guidelines
• Provides guidelines for vending a la carte
  foods and beverages
• Recommendations for healthy catering at school
  functions
• Promotion of healthy foods
• Recommendations for fast food offerings

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Classroom Curriculum

• 6th 8th grades (Heads Up IMPACT materials)
• Curriculum Focus
• Knowledge (Nutrition, PA, Diabetes, CV Disease,
  Osteoporsis)
• Case studies
• Interactive videos activities
• Peer role models
• Promotes critical thinking

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HEADS UP Curriculum

• Alignment with TEKS state and national science
  education standards
• Teacher-friendly objectives, content, classroom
  activities

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IMPACT Curriculum

• Behaviorally based lessons to adopt healthy
  eating and physical activity behaviors
• Improve healthful eating habits with more
  servings of calcium each day
• Increase participation in daily MVPA
• Higher frequencies of weight bearing PA

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Goal of CATCH PE

• CATCH PE is designed to promote childrens
  enjoyment and participation of MVPA (moderate to
  vigorous physical activity) during PE classes,
  extracurricular activities, and recreation time
  with family and friends.

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CATCH PE

• Students enjoy physical activity
• Students will be involved in MVPA for 50 of
  class time
• Students are provided many opportunities to
  participate and practice skills
• Students are encouraged to be physically active
  outside of school
• Emphasis on weight-bearing activities lifetime
  physical activities in 6th 8th

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Family Component

• Serve as an educational program that raises
  awareness about health wellness
• Motivates parents, students, and community
  members to change their behaviors
• Provide opportunities for parents and family
  members to visit the school and actively
  participate in CATCH
• Influence healthy changes in the home and
  community

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Family Component

• CATCH Newsletter Providing CATCH
• updates and news and highlighting CATCH
• Champions.
• Family Fun Events
• Repeatable family health activities
  
  at least once a year
• Participation by CATCH
  students and families,
  teachers, food service staff, physical education
  specialists and administrators
• Community involvement opportunity
• Activity booths highlighting healthy snacks and
  fun activities

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CATCH Newsletter
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Family Fun Events Parent Outreach
Screenings Student Poster Exhibits Diabetes
Education
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Why CATCH?
Because CATCH Works!

• CATCH has repeatedly demonstrated that the
  health environments of schools can be changed.
• CATCH has demonstrated it positively changes
  childrens health behaviors,

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Why CATCH?
Because CATCH Works!

• CATCH 6th 8th demonstrated an increase in
  vigorous physical activity levels and activity
  time after school and on the weekend.
• CATCH 6th 8th has shown a decrease in TV
  watching and sedentary activities.
• CATCH 6th 8th (HEADS UP) has shown improvements
  in standardized test scores.
• CATCH 6th 8th (IMPACT)demonstrated effects in
  increasing bone density (e.g., stiffness index).

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CATCH Implementation Trainings

• High-energy, dynamic and multi-dimensional
• One full day
• All groups train together as a coordinated team
• Its FUN!

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Observable Changes in Schools
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It takes everyone working together!
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