Community Partners

The Center works closely with Seattle Public Schools to evaluate nutrition and physical activity policies and programs. Projects include:

• Studying the impact of Seattle Public School's Non-Commercialism Policy
  Donna Johnson (PI) conducted this pilot study at Cleveland Beach and Rainier Beach high schools with funding from the National Institute of Health. The study measured changes in the students' attitudes, intentions, and behaviors related to nutrition and physical activity.
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• Healthy Eating by Design project at T.T. Minor Elementary School
  Center staff and students collaborate with the project team to evaluate the impact of this project on the school’s nutrition environment.
• Nutrition and Physical Activity Curriculum Evaluation
  Center staff and students will assist in the evaluation of a nutrition and physical activity curriculum that is to be implemented in selected South Seattle schools in 2007-08.

• Healthy Schools...Successful Students Web Site
  The Healthy Schools...Successful Students web site is a collaborative project of the Children’s Alliance; Washington State’s Department of Health, School Directors Association, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Board of Health; and CPHN. The site provides information and resources for policy makers, school officials and staff, students, parents and community members so that they may implement coordinated policies, programs and services that ensure healthy schools and healthy, successful students in Washington.
• Active Bodies Active Minds Web Site
  The purpose of this project is to ensure that policies and environments for children
  ages 2-5 encourage minimum screen time and maximum physical activity. The Active Bodies Acive Minds website provides early childhood health and education professionals with access to:
  • Background information about the importance of limiting screen time and encouraging physical activity for young children
  • Resources for limiting screen time and encouraging physical activity in child care
  • Resources for limiting screen time and encouraging physical activity in homes

  Partners include the Washington State Department of Community Trade and Economic Development, Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, Regional Head Start, Washington State WIC, Healthy Child Care Washington, and CPHN.
  

• Needs Assessment using GIS Mapping
  Under a grant from the Northwest/Alaska Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, the Center is conducting a needs assessment of Lewis County using GIS mapping and other techniques. Our long term goal is to develop interventions that will reduce the disparities associated with oral health and overweight.  Please see Lewis County Community Health Project Updates for additional information on this project.
• Evaluation of Five for Life Nutrition and Physical Activity Curriculum
  With a grant from the Washington Health Foundation, the LCCHP invited the CPHN to provide assistance in the evaluation of a nutrition and physical activity curriculum, Five for Life. The curriculum was implemented in 2006 in three rural school districts: Adna, Morton and White Pass. 
• Evaluation of the Lewis County Healthy Children Project
  This three year project is funded by the US Department of Education as part of the Carol M. White Physical Education Program.  CPHN will evaluate the implementation of a comprehensive K-12 fitness curriculum in four school districts in Lewis County in 2007-2010.

Feet First, a Puget Sound pedestrian advocacy group, promotes walking and the creation of walkable communities. CPHN is participating in a collaborating with Feet First and other groups to promote messages that will encourage individuals across Washington to eat healthy and be active. Feet First receives funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Active Living by Design project.