Hip Hop to Health: An Interactive Approach for Promoting Health in Preschool Aged Children Toni Mercer, MS, Early Childhood Intervention Coordinator, UIC Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion Welcome, thank you for joining! Please type any questions you have using the Q&A feature and Toni Mercer will address them at the end of her presentation If you are interested in joining the Healthy Food Choices in Schools Community of Practice or have any questions, please contact us at: healthy_food_choices_in_schools@cornell.edu
Hip Hop to Health Presented by: Antonia Mercer, MS Early Childhood Intervention Coordinator
Who We Are Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion (CPHP) • A SNAP-Ed program which focuses on nutrition education, physical activity and obesity prevention. • Programs are evidence-based and focused on behavior change.
Who We Are Our Mission Our Goal • To provide high quality nutrition • To bring healthy lifestyle education and health promotion messages into communities where programs, in partnership with SNAP Chicagoans live, work, eat, worship eligible individuals, families and and play. communities in Chicago. • To improve the likelihood that persons eligible for SNAP will make healthy choices within budget and choose active lifestyles consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate.
Who We Serve • CPHP serves low-income communities in Chicago that are eligible for SNAP. • Through 7 interventions, CPHP focuses programming in Chicago neighborhoods and at venues with a high proportion of eligible participants providing services for all age groups.
The Team • The Early Childhood Intervention • Intervention Coordinator provides education to Head Start Antonia Mercer and qualifying preschool youth and • Health Education Specialist caregivers that promotes the consumption of healthy diets, daily Adenike Sosina physical activity and positive health • Nutrition Peer Educators behaviors specific to obesity prevention. - Evonne Flournoy -Amber Henley -Tifannie Howard
Objectives • To understand how the Hip Hop to Health program is implemented in an early care and education setting • To provide innovative ideas on how to engage children in health education and physical activity • How to assess the impact of the program on the children’s nutrition and physical activity knowledge
Hip Hop to Health Research Study • What Is It? - Hip Hop to Health (HH2H) is an evidence-based obesity prevention curriculum for young children. • Who Developed It? - HH2H was developed in 1999 by Dr. Marian Fitzgibbon and Dr. Melinda Stolley. They tested the intervention, tracking changes in body mass index among 3- to 5-year-old minority, low-income children who were randomized to either experience the HH2H curriculum or a general health intervention.
Hip Hop to Health Research Study • How Was It Developed? ⁻ A grant was received from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to integrate obesity-prevention strategies into programs delivered to low-income families. ⁻ Dr. Marian Fitzgibbon and her team partnered with existing nutrition programs that provide information on basic nutrition, food budgeting, shopping skills and food safety to low-income families. USDA funded award#: 2011-67001-30109
Hip Hop to Health (HH2H) – Direct-Ed Objectives: • Children will identify what foods are Go and Grow vs. Slow Foods • Children will be able to classify foods as a fruit, vegetable, grain, protein or dairy • Children will identify what activities are Go and Grow vs. Slow Activities
Implementation of Curriculum Direct Education (20 minutes) Physical Activity (20 minutes) Includes: Includes: -Core Lesson (Books or Games) -HH2H CD or Downloaded Version -1 Activity -Session 1 or Session 2 (Tastings, Sing-a-longs, or Games)
HH2H Program Highlights • Pre test • Interactive Lessons • Games • Books/Stories • Food Puppets • Dancing • Tastings • Post test
Curriculum CPHP Modified Version Original Version • 8 Lessons total • All 8 lessons are now “core” lessons • Core lesson and 1 activity given -6 core lessons, 2 optional lessons • Added Book: Garden Safari • Each lesson includes 3 activity • Coloring Sheet Added options • Condensed food examples to 3 • Vegetable Soup Book • Condensed PA lesson • Fruit and Veggie “Eat the Rainbow” • Physical Activity Cards Added • Several Examples for Protein & • Snack Tasting Added Grain lessons
Data: 2016-17, N=315 Students
Data: 2016-17, N=314 Students
Dual Implementation- Multifaceted • Hip Hop to Health + Go NAP SACC Student & Teacher Go NAP SACC (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care) is an assessment tool that is used to improve a program’s practices, policies and environments to meet “Best Practices” in these five areas: • Breastfeeding & Infant Feeding • Child Nutrition • Infant & Child Physical Activity • Outdoor Play and Learning • Screen Time
Go NAPSACC Implementation • 8 weeks • Pretest- NAPSACC assessment • Review of assessment • Goal setting (2-4 goals) • Identify barriers • Technical assistance (TA) • Post test- NAPSACC assessment
Lessons Learned • Tailor curriculum to the population being served • Use of pre and post tests to determine effectiveness of intervention and inform modifications • Implementation of HH2H in Family Child Care Homes
Next Steps • Collaborate with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to integrate HH2H into all pre-k classrooms. • Train Family Child Care Home providers on HH2H in order to integrate into their facilities
Hip Hop to Health Research Study • To learn more about the study, please visit: https://www.ihrp.uic.edu/content/1-million-usda-grant- aims-reduce-obesity-among-preschool-kids
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