Worksheet 1: Childhood Obesity

Topic 1: Childhood Obesity Prevention To help prevent childhood obesity, The Shelby County Health Department (Memphis, Tennessee) wants you to create a 3 session health education program targeting preschool children ages 3-5. Once it is developed, this program would be provided to local preschools for implementation by the preschool teachers. You may select one or more of the related behavioral objectives below as the focus of your program. Related Healthy People 2030 Objectives: -Increase the proportion of childcare centers where children aged 3-5 years do at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day. -Reduce consumption of added sugars by people aged 2 years and over - Increase fruit consumption by people aged 2 years and over - Increase vegetable consumption by people aged 2 years and older - Increase consumption of dark green vegetables, red and orange vegetables, and beans and peas by people aged 2 years and over - Increase the proportion of children aged 2 to 5 years who get no more than 1 hour of screen time a day Worksheet 1: Understanding the Health Problem Use the following worksheet to collect information on your health problem. This does not have to be complete sentences and you can use bullet points. Include the source for each piece of information (i.e. CDC). **** Unfortunately, this is group project, so we will only be answering the questions number 4 and 5. I have included the entire worksheet though as reference 1. Health Problem • What are you trying to prevent? • What are the symptoms or course of the health problem. • How many people in your target population does it affect nationally (US) state of TN, Memphis / Shelby County. (prevalence rate / rates). • What are the symptoms and / or consequences / outcomes of the problem? • How much does this problem costs to the healthcare system overall and to the individual if available. 2. Who has this problem? Who will you target? 3. What is your goal with reference to the problem and the target population? (Review goal statements) ***4. List ALL of the behaviors (actions) which are related to the specific problem? (refer to the topic options for related behaviors). ***5. Consider ALL of the behaviors you listed in terms of prevalence, importance to the health problem, and changeability in your target population and decide WHICH behaviors you plan to target for the 3- session health program that you will create.