Feedi ding ng America ica Health thy y Cities es Pilot t Progr gram am Resul ults ts Katie Brown, EdD, RDN, LD National Education Director Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Lisa Medrow, RDN, LD Kids Eat Right Project Specialist Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation September 29, 2015
Health althy y Citi ties Evaluation ation Go Goal: : Understand the effectiveness of the HC programs so that successful aspects could be replicated by other food banks. • Understand the intervention strategies egies used by participating food banks in creating hubs for commun unity y healt lth; h; • Identify charact racterist eristic ics s of effect ectiv ive e organ aniz izationa ational l partner nersh ship ips for the benefit of offering integrated nutrition and health services to clients.
Health althy y Citi ties Food d Banks nks • Alameda County Community Food Bank (Oakland, CA) • Greater Chicago Food Depository (Chicago, IL) • Community Food Bank of NJ (Newark, NJ)
Health althy y Citi ties s Progra ram m Comp mpon onents ents Food distribution Nutrition education Health screening Safe places to play (opportunities for physical activity)
Alamed meda a County unty Communit munity y Food od Bank k (Oaklan kland, , CA)
Alameda eda County unty Communit munity y Food od Bank nk Pa Partn tners: Food Distribution Nutrition Education Health Screenings Safe Places to Play Schools, libraries, Schools & library sites School & library sites Playgrounds at school youth community site Walk the line Ht/Wt/BMI food distribution sites Distributed produce & approach Dental screenings Volunteers encourage shelf-stable foods Trained parent & supervise active volunteers Partner play Partners Tip cards and recipe La Clinica de la Raza Hula hoops & balls Oakland Public sheets distributed were provided at Libraries Food demonstrations food distribution sites Oakland Unified Hosted 2 field days School District Partners Weight lifting Salvation Army University of equipment Youth Uprising California Cooperative Partners Extension East Bay Agency for La Clinica de la Raza Children Oakland Unified School District Youth UpRising
Food od Di Dist stribution bution • Shelf-stable food and produce distributed at schools and libraries • Implemented farmer’s market -style distributions “We’re excited by the new experience we offer clients that is more farmer’s market-style. We have heard that clients are not otic icing ing the e improvem emen ents ts .” -Alameda County Community Food Bank Project Partner
Nutrition Nut ition Education cation Tip cards, recipes and food demonstrations Peer-led classes for familes
Health alth Sc Screeni eening ngs La Clinica conducted ht/wt/BMI and dental screenings at several locations during the summer and school year. La Clinica also referred families from participating schools to the HC food bank food distributions.
Safe Sa e Places aces to Play • Encouraged physical activity on school playgrounds during food distributions • Co-hosted school field days • Provided play equipment at food distributions
Great ater er Chic icag ago o Food d Deposit sitor ory (Chic hicag ago, o, IL)
Gr Great ater er Chica cago go Food d De Depos osit itory Pa Partn tner ers: s: Food Distribution Nutrition Education Health Screenings Safe Places to Play School sites School sites School sites In-school running Produce & shelf-stable Walk the line Ht/Wt/BMI, blood program foods distributed approach pressure, Organized family fun Cooking Matters immunizations, runs Partner courses physicals Partner Chicago Public Schools Tip cards and recipe sheets distributed Chicago Run Food demonstrations Partner Ronald McDonald Partner Children’s Hospital of University of IL- Loyola University Chicago Partnership Medical Center for Health Promotion
Food od Di Dist stribution bution • Shelf-stable food and produce distributed at schools
Nut Nutrition ition Education cation • University of IL-Chicago PHP staff provided “Teachable Moments,” basic nutrition messages to parents in line at food distributions • Share Our Strength Cooking Matters class
Health alth Sc Screeni eening ng School visits via mobile unit: • Physicals • Immunizations • Blood pressure • Vision screenings “ Both the [health] partner and school coordinated and prepared for the visit, which resulted in great t utiliza zati tion n and outcome mes .” -Greater Chicago Food Depository Project Manager
Safe Sa e Places aces to Play School-based mileage club and fun runs
Commun unity ity Food Bank k of New Jersey y (Newark, ark, NJ)
Communit munity y Food od Bank nk of Ne New Jersey Pa Partn tner ers: s: Food Distribution Nutrition Education Health Screenings Safe Places to Play Afterschool programs Afterschool program Afterschool program Afterschool program & hospital sites sites sites Pediatric Mobile Monthly nutrition Ht/Wt/BMI, dental, Staff training pantry education vision Physical activity Weekly produce Farm field trips Partners equipment packs distributions ChildSight Partners Partners (Commission of the Partners Beth Israel Medical America’s Grow -a- Blind) Center Row KinderSmile Playworks Afterschool program Afterschool program Foundation Afterschool program sites sites Rutgers University sites University of Delaware Afterschool program sites
Food od Di Dist stribution bution • Produce distributed at the end of the week at after-school program sites “ I hear questions from families early in the week — what are we having this week? Parents appreciat eciate and are thankfu nkful for having access to the produce. It cultivates an attitude of health for the families.” -Community Food Bank of New Jersey Project Partner
Nut Nutrition ition Educatio cation America’s Grow -a-Row, farm field trip and two onsite nutrition education lessons Monthly nutrition education lessons from food bank
Health alth Sc Screeni eening ng • Height and weight/BMI — Rutgers Univ. & Univ. of Delaware • Vision screening and glasses provided--Childsight • Dental x-rays, treatment and education--KinderSmile
Sa Safe e Places aces to Play • Eight after-school program sites • Playworks 2-day training for Kids Café staff
Evaluation uation Too ools
Projec ect t Manag ager er Survey: y: Completed at start, middle and end to assess strategies, barriers, successes, client impact, and partnerships.
Projec ect t Manag ager er Monthly hly Logs documented client reach, amount of food distributed, number of health screening and nutrition ed materials distributed.
Projec ect t Manag ager er Monthly hly Group up Call ll Forms s provided updates and identified barriers, successes, satisfaction with partnerships, and recommended practices.
Site Visits, Project Manager & Partner Interviews Interventi ention on observations ations and projec ect manag ager er intervie views ws were completed at site visits in fall and spring to understand program implementation, barriers, partnerships and impact. Intervie views ws with h project ect manag agers s and partne ners s were conducted at endpoint to assess organizational empowerment and perceived client benefits, and to determine sustainability of partnerships and need for modification after HC ends.
Primar ary y Pa Partne ners s Surveys Completed at start and end to identify how and why partnerships were formed, expected vs. actual benefits, services contributed, perceived client benefits and satisfaction with partnerships.
Face-to to-Face ace meetin ting: : Project manager meeting in January 2015 for in-depth discussions about progress, planned and unexpected changes, and barriers and solutions.
Resu sults ts
Projec ject Reach ch 703,9 3,911 1 pounds ds of food distributed (74% 4% produce uce) 31,20 1,205 * households seholds with 64,495 ,495 * chil ildren ren 10,438 ,438 nutri rition tion educa cation tion materials distributed 1, 1,228 228 health lth scree eeni nings gs (dental, vision, physicals, immunizations, BMI and blood pressure) *= duplica cated ed number ers
Each h HC si site has s un unique ue st strengt ngths hs
Distributed the greatest number of pounds of food per household Distributed the greatest number of nutrition education materials
Distributed the greatest amount of pounds of shelf-stable food and produce Served the greatest number of families
Distributed the greatest number of pounds of produce per person Provided the most health screenings
Satisf sfact action ion with Projec ect t Components mponents (Man anag ager ers) • Satisfaction from start to end of the project increased for every component • The greatest increase occurred for nutrition education and health screening
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