TABLE 1.
Objectives | Accomplished Activities |
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Familiarize PAT with iChoose data and discuss meeting frequency. (June 2015) |
• Described the history behind the iChoose program and need for a PAT. • Updated families on the iChoose program results. • Discussed the meaning of iChoose program results and brainstorm on the role of PAT members. • Discussed future meeting frequency, days, and times. • Established roles and shared vision as a PAT. • Established meeting structure of the PAT. |
Familiarize PAT with iChoose data and establish role as an advisory team. (July 2015) |
• Established roles and shared vision as a PAT. • Collectively prioritized most important aspect of iChoose to improve. • Ranked areas of importance and feasibility related to recruitment, attendance/retention, and maintenance. • Defined partnership success of the PAT. • Ranked community capacity and group dynamic demission for a Capacity Evaluation Plan to define PAT success. |
Develop plans for executing an iChoose maintenance phase. (August 2015) |
• Using the NCI resource manual, Using What Works: Adapting Evidence-Based Programs to Fit Your Needs, parents engaged in a collaborative decision-making and resource-mapping process. • Developed a 6-month maintenance plan for future iChoose families. • Tailored maintenance structure and strategies from the literature to fit within the Dan River Region. • Completed mixed-methods evaluation and critical reflection. |
PAT members reflect and present on their engagement in iChoose and PAT. (September 2015) |
• PAT members presented at local Health Summit. |
Identify evidence-based practices and strategies for a childhood obesity maintenance phase that would fit the needs of future iChoose families. (October 2015) |
• Developed plans for executing an iChoose maintenance phase. • Applied and discussed skill-building strategy to create a general class structure, monthly themes, activities, and maintenance objectives matching iChoose objectives and activities. |
Conduct pilot testing of maintenance month Lesson 1: Healthy Snack Prep. (November 2015) |
• Pilot-tested maintenance month Lesson 1: Healthy Snack Prep. |
Familiarize POPS-CAB on current work of the PAT. (December 2015) |
• Presented to the POPS-CAB on the development and current work of the PAT. |
Conduct pilot testing of maintenance month Lesson 2: Group Fitness and inform PAT of new grant opportunity. (February 2016) |
• Pilot-tested maintenance month Lesson 2: Group Fitness • Explained upcoming grant opportunity for future iChoose families and the PAT. • Completed key informant interview with PAT. • Engaged in the development of a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute grant proposal. • PAT identified their role in future iChoose implementations. |
Conduct pilot testing of maintenance month Lesson 3: Body Image and Media Messages. (March 2016) |
• Pilot-tested new iChoose Lesson 3: Body Image and Media Messages. • Completed mixed-methods evaluation and critical reflection. |
NOTE: PAT = Parent Advisory Team. POPS-CAB = Partnering for Obesity Planning and Sustainability Community Advisory Board; NCI = National Cancer Institute.