Why Parents

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What Is We Can!?
Chapter 2 Parent Program Training
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What is We Can!?
Chapter 2 What is We Can!
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We Can! Is

• Ways to Enhance Childrens Activity and Nutrition

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We Can! Is

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A national education program designed to help
youth aged 813 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
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We Can! Program Elements
to help children and families maintain a healthy
weight.
NIH Science
Partner Outreach
NIH science-based knowledge NHLBI NICHD NIDDK NCI

Media Messages
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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.go
v 1-866-35-WECAN nhlbiinfo_at_nhlbi.nih.gov
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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

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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

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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.
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Media Outreach

• National and local
• Print
• Radio
• TV
• Online
• Reach millions of Americans

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We Can! Target Audiences

• Parents/primary caregiversof youth
• Youth aged813