Eat Well, Stay Active, Have Fun June 1, 2011

Quality in Action

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Overview Introduction

Elements of Effective Practice Why Healthy Lifestyles?

Eat Well, Stay Active, Have Fun Background & Tour

Quality In Action Bolder Options – Healthy Habits University YMCA - PhD (Physical,

Healthy, Driven) Additional Resources

Elements of Effective Practice Standard: Monitor mentoring relationships and

support mentors with ongoing advice, problem solving support and training opportunities for the duration of the relationship. Benchmarks

B.5.3 Program provides mentors with access to at least two types of resources to help mentors negotiate challenges in the mentoring relationships as they arise

B.5.5 Program provides one or more opportunities per year for post-match mentor training

Enhancements E.5.2 Program hosts one of more group activities for

mentors and their mentees, and/or offers information about activities that mentors and mentees might wish to participate in together

Why Healthy Lifestyles?

Background on Guide

Susan MosesDeputy Director, Center for Health Communication, Harvard School of Public Health

Made possible by a grant from

Tour of the Guide

In Action: Bolder Options

Becky Reichel, LSWRunning Program Coordinator, Bolder Options

Bolder Options is an activity-based, one-on-one mentoring program for youth aged 10-14 which uses physical activity, academic tutoring, goal setting, healthy life skills meetings, and volunteerism to build self-esteem and gain a trusting relationship with a supportive adult.

Teaching youth to succeed in ALL of life’s races.

Healthy Habits Program Our healthy lifestyles education

curriculum focuses on incorporating healthy living and food choices into our families’ daily lives.

The goal is to help motivate them to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The belief is that the earlier in life these measures are taken, the greater the benefit to individuals who are at risk for obesity.

Teaching youth to succeed in ALL of life’s races.

How We Use the Guide

Teaching youth to succeed in ALL of life’s races.

As handouts at our Nutrition Meeting Great icebreaker for a tough topic Provides language our mentors can

incorporate into everyday conversations

Layout is easy to follow and allows for interactive learning

In Action: University YMCA

PHD (Physical, Healthy, Driven) program addresses the obesity epidemic in low income neighborhoods through exercise and healthy food options for kids

Niall Murton

Director of Student Leadership & Community Partnerships, YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis

Family: PHD encourages the whole family to get involved using a weekly wellness newsletter featuring healthy recipes, fitness tips and family activities everyone can join in on!

PHD Components

Assessment: Basic health measures - blood pressure, BMI, muscular strength and endurance, cardio fitness and flexibility - are evaluated throughout the program.

Nutrition: Supported by an area Registered Dietician, visual aids and creative lessons are used to teach kids about beneficial and harmful foods. Hands-on cooking classes help excite program participants as they learn how to prepare a simple, healthy snack for themselves at an early age.

Exercise: Using everything from old-school playground games to innovative new equipment, PHD gets every kid moving for at least an hour each day.

Resources

For additional copies of the Eat Well, Stay Active, Have Fun Guide for Mentors, email: mentor@hsph.harvard.edu

To download the online version, visit: http://www.WhoMentoredYou.org

Learn more about the Harvard Mentoring Project and National Mentoring Month, projects of the Harvard School of Public Health’s Center for Health Communication

Resources

Learn more about Bolder Options• National Medical Report feature (video)• How does Bolder Options work? (PDF)

Learn more about the University YMCA and its new wellness program for kids - PHD (Physical, Healthy, Driven).

Teaching youth to succeed in ALL of life’s races.

Resources

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition) is a national movement designed to give parents, caregivers, and communities a way to help 8 to 13 years old stay at a healthy weight.

Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to solving the problem of obesity within a generation

The Nutrition Source provides timely, evidence-based information on diet and nutrition for clinicians, allied health professionals, and the public.

Other Resources

This presentation & others www.slideshare.net/traininginstitute

MPM Training www.mpmn.org/traininginstitute

Web sites & PDFs www.delicious.com/traininginstitute

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