Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
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IMPACT. 1: Policy/System/Environment Changes: In 2016, at least 9 GHKC organizations implemented policy changes, such as a water only policy at any Columbus City School pre-k events. Over 11 GHKC organizations implemented system changes, such as Mid-Ohio Foodbank mobile markets at every Moms2B location, and 10 GHKC organizations implemented environment changes, such as OSU LifeSports now serving only water at all events. -- 2. Over the past year GHKC has developed the "Healthy Gatherings" resources. The "Healthy Gatherings" campaign promotes healthy eating, physical activity and smoke-free environments at meetings, events and celebrations. Since the launch of the campaign in late 2015, GHKC has developed and identified 28 resources. These resources were piloted at the coalition's "Healthy Gatherings" workshop in early 2017. -- 3. Using the $1000 received with the 2015 OSU Outreach and Engagement Excellence in Community Partnership Award, GHKC offered mini-grants to fund physical activity, healthy eating and breastfeeding resources for coalition members' community events. Of the coalition's 14 "Pay it Forward" events, 12 were held in 2016.OSU PARTNERS: Ohio State University Extension; College of Public Health; OSU LifeSportsCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: Action for Children; American Academy of Pediatrics, Ohio Chapter; American Heart Association; Child Development Council of Franklin County Head Start; Children's Hunger Alliance; Church Partnerships; Mount Carmel Health; Columbus area child care centers and in-home providers; Columbus City Schools; Columbus Public Health (CPH) - Healthy Children Healthy Weights; Columbus Public Health (CPH) - Minority Health Office; Columbus Recreation and Parks; Columbus Urban League Head Start; Community Development for All People; CPH Creating Healthy Communities; CPH Strategic Nursing; CPH Institute of Active Living; Franklin County Family and Children First; Franklin County Public Health; Franklin County Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Franklin Park Conservatory; Mid-Ohio Food Bank; Nationwide Children's Hospital; Personal Fitness Navigators; United Way of Central Ohio; YMCA of Central OhioPRIMARY CONTACT: Carol Smathers ([email protected])The Growing Healthy Kids Columbus (GHKC) coalition brings together over 45 programs and organizations, including OSU Extension and the OSU College of Public Health, to network and collaborate on childhood obesity prevention efforts. Recognizing their unique capacity to implement population-level health promotion strategies stemming from their diverse areas of expertise, services, and resources, GHKC has made policy, system, and environment change its primary focus since 2011. The coalition develops campaigns and toolkits and fosters organizational practices and procedures to support environments and educational messages for maintaining a healthy weight
