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Overview
Participating facilities pledge to adopt 10 standards that encourage healthy eating, active play, and other health habits. Requirements include having a written policy and implementing each of the 10 standards.
Target Behavior: Breastfeeding, Healthy Eating, Physical Activity
Intervention Type: PSE Change
Intervention Reach and Adoption
Setting: Child care
Target Audience: Preschool (<5 years old), Elementary school
Race/Ethnicity: All
Intervention Components
- Standard 1: Physical Activity and Screen Time
- Standard 2: Sun Safety
- Standard 3: Breastfeeding
- Standard 4: Food Programs and Food Resources
- Standard 5: Fruit Juice
- Standard 6: Family Style Meals
- Standard 7: Oral Health
- Standard 8: Staff Training
- Standard 9: Arizona Smokers’ Helpline (ASHLine)
- Standard 10: Social Emotional Development
Intervention Materials
- Empower Guidebook (https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/prevention/nutrition-physical-activity/empower/resources-policies/empower-guidebook.pdf)
- *NEW* Empower Out of School Time (OOST) Empower Guidebook (https://azdhs.gov/documents/prevention/nutrition-physical-activity/empower/schools/empower-out-of-school-time-guidebook.pdf)
- 10 Standards Overview
- Rationale
- Sample Policies
- Empower Website
- Standards & Resources
- Why is the Standard important?
- How do I implement the Standard in my facility?
- Activity Resources
- Family Engagement
- Training
- Best Practice Recommendations & Resources
- More Helpful Websites
- Training and Professional Development
- Learning Management (online source)
- News and Publications
- Forms & Sample Policies
- Email Sign-Up
- Standards & Resources
Intervention Costs
Evidence Summary
These two publications are available on our website:
- Implementation of Best practices in Obesity Prevention in child Care Facilities: The Arizona Empower Program, 2013-2015 (https://azdhs.gov/documents/prevention/nutrition-physical-activity/empower/resources-policies/implementation-best-practices.pdf)
- Empower Implementation Report, September 2020 (https://azdhs.gov/documents/prevention/reports/stakeholders/az-yr1-yr6-empower-implementation-report.pdf)
Classification: Emerging
Evaluation Indicators
Readiness and Capacity – Short Term (ST) | Changes – Medium Term (MT) | Effectiveness and Maintenance – Long Term (LT) | Population Results (R) | |
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Individual | ||||
Environmental Settings | ST5, ST6, ST7 | MT5, MT6 | LT5, LT6, LT7, LT8, LT9, LT10, LT11 | |
Sectors of Influence |
Evaluation Materials
Additional Information
Contact Person(s):
Noelle Veilleux Markham, RDN
Population Health Dietitian
Email: noelle.veilleux@azdhs.gov
Phone: 602-364-3316
Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
150 N. 18th Ave. Suite 310
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 602-542-1886
Updated as of August 8, 2023