309 Preventing Overweight and Obesity: Blue Ocean Community Strategy Part IV

Thursday, March 15, 2012: 8:45 AM-10:00 AM
Convention Center: Room 201
AAHE/Conduct Evaluation/Research
Presider: Julia Franklin Summerhays, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Speaker: Julia Franklin Summerhays, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Panelists: Steven Day; Allison Stuart; Shannon L. Talbott; Nick A. Galli; and Carlos Barbagelata, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
This is the fourth installment in a series of presentations describing the progress of a community-wide intervention that embraces a positive and integrative approach called the Blue Ocean Strategy. After 12 months of implementation, post-test data was collected to determine changes in weight, physical activity, eating behaviors, and resilience in community residents. In this session, results of the process and outcome evaluations will be presented. Lessons learned and future considerations will be shared and discussed.