PROJECT ABSTRACT Organization Name: Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville, Inc. Address: 200 Clinic Drive, Madisonville, KY 42431 Facility/Entity Type: Hospital/Clinic Website Address: https://baptisthealthdeaconess.com Project Director Name & Title: Kelcey Rutledge, Project Director Contact Phone Numbers: Office 270-824-3736; Fax 270-824-3582 E-mail Address: kelcey.rutledge@bhsi.com Project Title: Baptist Health Deaconess School Wellness Initiative Project Goal: To enhance the culture of wellness in service area schools by involving school staff, students, parents, and community organizations Proposed Service Region: Kentucky Service Region A Target Population: over 65,000 students and over 9,500 teachers across all 130 service area public elementary, middle, and high schools. Primary Focus Area: Anti-obesity school wellness promotion Network Partnerships: The Alliance for a Healthier Generation (AHG), a wellness promotion agency, works with schools, youth-serving organizations, businesses, and communities nationally transforming schools into healthier environments. AHG will train schools on classroom physical activity. BHDM and AHG have a signed agreement affording reporting and data access. West Area Health Education Center (West AHEC), a regional community health agency, eight service area counties. It provides community health education, career promotion and continuing education. West AHEC will be the referral agency for Initiative event accreditation and assist training event facilitation. AHG and West AHEC have signed network agreements. CAPACITY TO SERVE RURAL UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AHG is national serving over 44,500 schools, has wellness committee development and physical activity experience and has been in the network for seven years. West AHEC is regional, has experience in community health education, and has been in the network for sixteen years. Evidence-Based or Promising Practice Model The proposed school wellne
ss framework is patterned after AHG’s “Healthy Schools Program Framework coordinated school health program promising practice model.” Evidence-based GoNoodle® online movement videos will be provided to elementary schools. Middle and high schools will be aided in sixty daily physical activity minutes integration. Project Activities/Services The Initiative will serving schools assisting: establishing sustainable school wellness leadership group establishment; academic classroom physical activity beyond required physical education; wellness policy enhancement; school staff professional development and wellness promotion; and community wellness events. Goal objectives include: 1) maintain current school participation; 2) expand framework to all service area elementary, middle, and high schools; and 3) promote community wellness throughout the service area. The Initiative aims to reach different demographic segments including geographically challenged and low-income residents. As enhancements, wellness policy assistance and school wellness promotion will be offered to schools. Schools meeting participation requirements will be eligible for wellness strengthening incentives. Expected Outcomes 1) Retained school participation; 2) School commitment to continued wellness activity integration into school culture; 3)Sustainable school wellness leadership group governance structure; 4) Retention of school and/or classroom-based physical activity beyond required school health and physical education; 5) School staff health assessments and biometric screenings; 6) School wellness policy enhancement; 7) School wellness action planning preparedness; 8) Increased initiation of healthy lifestyle activities; and 9) Community education on anti-obesity, self-care, and overall wellness as it relates to healthy living, healthy eating, exercise and physical activity. FUNDING PREFERENCE No funding preference