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Overview
Target Behavior: Healthy Eating, Physical Activity
Intervention Type: Direct Education, PSE Change
Intervention Reach and Adoption
Setting: Child care
Target Audience: Preschool (<5 years old), Parents/Mothers/Fathers, Adults
Race/Ethnicity: All
Intervention Components
Intervention Materials
The intervention materials include:
- Complete Curriculum
- Training modules for child care center staff
- Parent Newsletters in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Intervention Costs
Evidence Summary
The researchers found the following statistically significant results when they compared children in child care centers who received the EWPHCCS program to children in centers that did not receive the program:
- Increase in children’s daily at-home consumption of vegetables
- Increase in children’s at-home use of 1% or fat-free milk
- Increase in reports of the rate of child-initiated vegetable snacking
- Trend toward increased parental offerings of vegetables
Classification: Research-tested
Evaluation Indicators
Readiness and Capacity – Short Term (ST) | Changes – Medium Term (MT) | Effectiveness and Maintenance – Long Term (LT) | Population Results (R) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | MT1, MT3 | |||
Environmental Settings | ST7 | |||
Sectors of Influence |
Evaluation Materials
The New York State EWPHCCS program developed data collection tools that were used in program evaluation prior to the 2011 formal evaluation study. The Parent baseline– and follow-up survey includes questions about milk consumption, how often fruits, vegetables, and milk are offered, TV viewing and physical activity patterns of children, and confidence in their ability to perform healthy lifestyle behaviors. Additional evaluation tools are posted on the Center TRT website.
Success Story
Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Settings: Farm to Preschool:
https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/success-stories/eat-well-play-hard-child-care-settings-farm-preschool
Additional Information
Contact Person(s):
Lisa Borden, Director
CACFP Obesity Prevention Unit
NYS Department of Health
Riverview Center FL6W
Albany, NY 12204-2719
Email: cacfp@health.ny.gov
Phone: 518-402-7400
*Updated as of August 20, 2023