Department of Family and Community Health
Marshall University School
of Medicine
Project Director: Richard Crespo
Project Coordinator: Noni Roberts
1600 Medical Center Drive
Suite 1400
Huntington, WV 25701
shurst@marshall.edu
The purpose of this proposal is to create a model for mobilizing
communities to expand healthy lifestyle choices for children
ages three through 12 and their caregivers. The key components
of the model in this proposal are community organization through
the creation of a Healthy Kids Coalition, institutional change
in community agencies that serve children and lay leaders
as advocates for system and behavior change. Under the
leadership of the local coalition, the lay health workers
will work as change agents with two after-school programs,
the local elementary school, churches, city government and
the agricultural extension service. |
