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This page lists planning, assessment and educational resources related to building sysyem, agency and professional capacity to promote healthy eating through schools.
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Posted Items:
1. Coordinated policy and leadership
Several provinces have benefited from the coalitions and policy work done by the Breakfast for Learning programs that have started with school nourishment programs and have expanded into comprehensive school nutrition programs.
2. Formal and informal mechanisms for cooperation/coordination
3. Staffing & infrastructure to support cooperation
4. Ongoing workforce development
Feeding the Minds and Bodies of BC Students is an initiative led by the Dietitians of Canada (BC Region) with a grant from the BC Ministry of Health. It is aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of best practices than can assist BC schools and school districts support healthy eating among children and youth.
Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment (CHSNE) Health Unit Collaboration - Nutrition Tools for Schools: A group of registered dietitians from ten Ontario public health units have partnered to form the Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment (CHSNE) Health Unit Collaboration. The Collaboration has developed Nutrition Tools for Schools, a toolkit to assist elementary school communities to create healthier nutrition environments based on the nine essential elements presented in the document, Call to Action: Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment (Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health School Nutrition Workgroup, 2004).
The state of Georgia in the United States has a Pre-service Requirement: SBOE Rule 160-5-6-.01 (2002) that requires all new Food Service employees to complete, within the first year of employment, an employment training program. As well, in that state, Professional Development: SBOE Rule 160-5-6-.01 (2002) requires school districts to make in-services available annually for school food service personnel.
5. Strategic management of issues and trends
6. Organized knowledge transfer & exchange
The Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) is one of the 13 virtual institutes that make up the CIHR.INMD was designed to link researchers, scientists, community groups, and individuals from around the world who share an interest in enhancing health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism.
Effectiveness of Physical Activity Enhancement and Obesity Prevention Programs in Children and Youth The purpose of this Health Canada funded systematic literature review is to provide some national policy direction related to the effectiveness of interventions for promoting healthy weight, preventing overweight/obesity and increasing physical activity among school aged children and youth.
Health Canada coordinated the development of a special supplement to the Canadian Journal of Public Health (CJPH), Understanding the Forces That Influence Our Eating Habits: What We Know and Need to Know,which was released in June 2005. One of the topics focused on the determinants of healthy eating related to “children and youth”, providing a synthesis of the literature and recommendations on appropriate research needed to fill evidence gaps.
7. Regular monitoring and reporting
The Newfoundland survey on active healthy schools: an assessment tool covering physical activity and nutrition in schools. See: www.lsb.ca/PR/Healthy%20Schools%20Needs%20Assessment.pdf Manitoba recently conducted a 2006 survey of school nutrition policies.
British Columbia The School Food Sales and Policies Provincial Report [127KB] examines the status of food sales in BC schools;
The Department of Health and PEI Healthy Eating Alliance are currently finalizing success indicators for the policy development work including such indicators as: - % schools adhering to specific elements in regulations (e.g. providing 20 minutes for lunch); - % schools providing only foods from “Foods to Serve Most Often” or “Foods to Serve Sometimes” lists in policy regulations. - % students consuming healthy/less healthy choices at lunch. - Use of CCHS data to assess changes in BMI; - Qualitative assessment of policy acceptance and adherence.
The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Cycle 2.2 on Nutrition, a joint initiative between Statistics Canada and Health Canada, will provide population level nutrition data on Canadians of all ages.
The Canadian Institute of Health Research is funding an initiative to provide an enhanced opportunity for expert analysis of CCHS data, including one theme focused on the analysis of nutrient and food intake of Canadian children in relation to chronic disease.
8. Explicit planning for sustainability
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Posted Items:
1. Coordinated policy and leadership
Several provinces have benefited from the coalitions and policy work done by the Breakfast for Learning programs that have started with school nourishment programs and have expanded into comprehensive school nutrition programs.
2. Formal and informal mechanisms for cooperation/coordination
3. Staffing & infrastructure to support cooperation
4. Ongoing workforce development
Feeding the Minds and Bodies of BC Students is an initiative led by the Dietitians of Canada (BC Region) with a grant from the BC Ministry of Health. It is aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of best practices than can assist BC schools and school districts support healthy eating among children and youth.
Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment (CHSNE) Health Unit Collaboration - Nutrition Tools for Schools: A group of registered dietitians from ten Ontario public health units have partnered to form the Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment (CHSNE) Health Unit Collaboration. The Collaboration has developed Nutrition Tools for Schools, a toolkit to assist elementary school communities to create healthier nutrition environments based on the nine essential elements presented in the document, Call to Action: Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment (Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health School Nutrition Workgroup, 2004).
The state of Georgia in the United States has a Pre-service Requirement: SBOE Rule 160-5-6-.01 (2002) that requires all new Food Service employees to complete, within the first year of employment, an employment training program. As well, in that state, Professional Development: SBOE Rule 160-5-6-.01 (2002) requires school districts to make in-services available annually for school food service personnel.
5. Strategic management of issues and trends
6. Organized knowledge transfer & exchange
The Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) is one of the 13 virtual institutes that make up the CIHR.INMD was designed to link researchers, scientists, community groups, and individuals from around the world who share an interest in enhancing health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism.
Effectiveness of Physical Activity Enhancement and Obesity Prevention Programs in Children and Youth The purpose of this Health Canada funded systematic literature review is to provide some national policy direction related to the effectiveness of interventions for promoting healthy weight, preventing overweight/obesity and increasing physical activity among school aged children and youth.
Health Canada coordinated the development of a special supplement to the Canadian Journal of Public Health (CJPH), Understanding the Forces That Influence Our Eating Habits: What We Know and Need to Know,which was released in June 2005. One of the topics focused on the determinants of healthy eating related to “children and youth”, providing a synthesis of the literature and recommendations on appropriate research needed to fill evidence gaps.
7. Regular monitoring and reporting
The Newfoundland survey on active healthy schools: an assessment tool covering physical activity and nutrition in schools. See: www.lsb.ca/PR/Healthy%20Schools%20Needs%20Assessment.pdf Manitoba recently conducted a 2006 survey of school nutrition policies.
British Columbia The School Food Sales and Policies Provincial Report [127KB] examines the status of food sales in BC schools;
The Department of Health and PEI Healthy Eating Alliance are currently finalizing success indicators for the policy development work including such indicators as: - % schools adhering to specific elements in regulations (e.g. providing 20 minutes for lunch); - % schools providing only foods from “Foods to Serve Most Often” or “Foods to Serve Sometimes” lists in policy regulations. - % students consuming healthy/less healthy choices at lunch. - Use of CCHS data to assess changes in BMI; - Qualitative assessment of policy acceptance and adherence.
The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Cycle 2.2 on Nutrition, a joint initiative between Statistics Canada and Health Canada, will provide population level nutrition data on Canadians of all ages.
The Canadian Institute of Health Research is funding an initiative to provide an enhanced opportunity for expert analysis of CCHS data, including one theme focused on the analysis of nutrient and food intake of Canadian children in relation to chronic disease.
8. Explicit planning for sustainability
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