Strategy 3.2
Improve the process for disseminating childhood obesity prevention research and
adopting evidence based practices.
Tactic: Assemble project team.
Tactic: Explore current systems for research dissemination. Identify opportunities to
streamline, improve, and promote easier and more efficient access to information and
support for implementation.
Tactic: Pilot systems improvement initiatives.
Setting / Delivery Mechanism
Providers – Provide technical assistance and consultation for hospital and
community based providers on the most current obesity prevention evidence
base and how to put the evidence into practice.
Schools – Provide technical assistance and consultation for school nurses and
other school based staff and on the most current obesity prevention evidence
base and how to put the evidence into practice.
Community – CHAI Prevention, Education, Outreach, and Coordination team
will embed evidence based content as appropriate in current CHAI healthy
lifestyle programming (ex – Camp Champions) as well as leverage existing
programs and partnerships as a vehicle to reach parents, such as YMCAs, Boys
& Girls Clubs, Corporate and Community Relations partners.
Home - Hospital and community based community health workers and
educators will provide a vehicle for implementing evidence based strategies in
the home and community settings.
Internal Resources
OO Clinical
researchers
OO Information
OO Research
systems and analytics
Institute
External Partners
OO Anschutz
Medical Campus partners
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