Abstract
Risks for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are established early in life with behavior patterns associated with diet and physical activity. Establishing healthy behavior patterns among children, and providing the environmental supports necessary to maintain them, has the potential to reduce future risks for chronic diseases. This paper reviews the literature on collaborative partnerships formed to address similar issues. The authors describe the evaluation of school and community partnerships facilitated by the Kansas LEAN School Intervention Project, which had the mission of reducing risks for chronic diseases, including CVDs and some cancers, among children. A multiple case study design was used with collaborative partnerships in two communities in Kansas.The results suggest that the partnerships facilitated important changes in the schools and communities. We discuss challenges and opportunities in the evaluation of school and community partnerships for health.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 189-195 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 1997 |
Funding
Thls project was supported by grants to the Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development, Schiefelbush Institute for Life Span Studies at the University of Kansas, by Kansas Health Foundation (KHF) in Wichita, Kansas, and by Kansas LEAN, a program of the Bureau of Chronic D~seasea nd Health Promotion, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). KHF is a ph~lanthrop~c organization whose mission is to improve the quality of health in Kansas.Thls work benefited from the support of Steve Coen, Senior Program Officer at the KHF, and Paula Marmet, D~rectorK, DHE Bureau of Chronic D~seasea nd Health Promotion.
| Funders |
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| Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
| Kansas Health Foundation |
| University of Kansas |
