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Title: Why Parents


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What Is We Can!?
Chapter 2 Parent Program Training
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What is We Can!?
Chapter 2 What is We Can!
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We Can! Is
  • Ways to Enhance Childrens Activity and Nutrition

4
We Can! Is

F
A national education program designed to help
youth aged 813 stay at a healthy weight by
providing strategies and tools to parents and
caregivers at home and in community settings.
Improve food choices, increase physical
activity, reduce screen time
Turn-key, science-based program for the entire
community
Overweight obesity prevention program
5
We Can! Program Elements
to help children and families maintain a healthy
weight.
NIH Science
Partner Outreach
NIH science-based knowledge NHLBI NICHD NIDDK NCI

Media Messages
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A Growing Movement
Chapter 2 What is We Can!
  • We Can! community sites are in all 50 states
  • Organizations in several other countries also
    implement We Can!

JOIN THE MOVEMENT TODAY! http//wecan.nhlbi.nih.go
v 1-866-35-WECAN nhlbiinfo_at_nhlbi.nih.gov
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What Do Community Sites Do?
  • Make a commitment to promoting healthy weight in
    youth
  • Coordinate a range of programs and community
    events for parents and youth
  • Use science-based resources from NIH

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We Can! Is Flexible
  • Community sites
  • Participate at levels that suit them best
  • Tailor We Can! programming to best fit their
    needs
  • Offer program through a variety of
    settings
  • Engage partners, policymakers, the media

9
Partnerships
  • Play a critical role
  • Collaborations ability to do more
    programming

Pittsburgh Mayor takes a minute to pose with the
children at a UPMC Health Plan event
UMPC Health Plan Vice President presents the
Executive Director of the Children's Museum of
Pittsburgh with a check to support We Can!
programming.
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Media Outreach
  • National and local
  • Print
  • Radio
  • TV
  • Online
  • Reach millions of Americans

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We Can! Target Audiences
  • Parents/primary caregiversof youth
  • Youth aged813
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