Background
Pasadena Vibrant Community
Evidence-based Intervention | Collaborating Organization/Sector(s) Involved | Program and/or Activity |
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Active recessa | Pasadena Independent School District School | Recess packs, Playworks professional development, recess policy |
Community fitness programsa | City of Pasadena Parks and Recreation Department Local government, Recreation YMCA of Greater Houston Nonprofit | Exercise for Life classes Walking clubs |
Community-based social support for physical activity programsa,b | YMCA of Greater Houston Nonprofit | Walking clubs |
Extracurricular activities for physical activitya | Pasadena Independent School District School YMCA of Greater Houston Nonprofit | Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) Kids Club Afterschool soccer clubs |
Healthy food initiatives in food pantriesa | Brighter Bites Nonprofit | The Brighter Bites program consists of three main components: (1) a weekly food distribution of 30 pounds of fresh produce per family; (2) nutrition education, in partnership with CATCH; and (3) a fun food experience during pickup time to involve parents and children.c |
Diabetes Prevention and Control: Combined diet and physical activity promotion programs to prevent type 2 diabetes among people at increased riskb | YMCA of Greater Houston Nonprofit Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation Nonprofit, Medical | Healthy Weight and Your Childd Diabetes education classes |
Interventions engaging community health workersa,b | Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation Nonprofit, Medical | Community health worker |
Individually adapted physical activity programsa | MD Anderson Center for Energy Balance Medical | Vibrant Lives program |
Multicomponent obesity prevention interventionsa | Local government, Medical, Non-profit, School | All EBIs in combination |
Multicomponent school-based obesity preventiona | Pasadena Independent School District School | Modified CATCH program All other school-based interventions in combination |
Nutrition and physical activity interventions in preschool and childcarea | Harris County Public Health Local government, health | OLE! (Outdoor Learning Environment)e Texas Program |
Physically active classroomsa | Pasadena Independent School District School | Physical Activity Specialist |
Places for physical activitya | Pasadena Independent School District School City of Pasadena Parks and Recreation Department Local government, Recreation | Crosswalks at 6 elementary schools, Gardens Elementary Playground, Mae Smythe Elementary Playground, Young Elementary Playground, Sparks Elementary Track, Pasadena Healthy Parks Plan |
Safe Routes to Schoola,b | Pasadena Independent School District School Harris County Public Health Local government, health | Safe Routes to School |
School fruit and vegetable gardensa,b | Pasadena Independent School District School | School gardens |
School-based nutrition education programsa | Pasadena Independent School District School | Modified CATCH program, integration of nutrition lessons into the core curriculum to align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) |
School-based physical educationa,b | Pasadena Independent School District School | CATCH kids club (after school)f, kinesthetic learning, PE packs, PE curriculum |
Walking school busesa,b | Pasadena Independent School District School Harris County Public Health Local government, health | Safe Routes to School |
Worksite obesity prevention programsa,b | Pasadena Independent School District School | Worksite wellness |
Collaborating Organization | Description |
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Brighter Bites | Brighter Bites is a Houston-based nonprofit that delivers a comprehensive, multicomponent school program that increases access to fresh vegetables and fruits, combined with nutrition education, for obesity prevention among children from low-income homes and their families. Their goal is to help curb the childhood obesity epidemic in Texas by increasing demand for fresh vegetables and fruits, leading to better family eating habits and improved health outcomes |
City of Pasadena Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) | PARD has served the citizens of Pasadena since its establishment in 1964. PARD has been and is committed to maintaining a safe environment for all while providing programming, facilities, and relationships that enrich and enlighten the lives of all families in Pasadena. PARD oversees 42 parks and 4 recreation centers |
Harris County Public Health (HCPH) | HCPH is the health department for the unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, and its 33 independent municipalities: a jurisdiction of 2.1 million people, which includes Pasadena. Guided by the principles of innovation, engagement, and equity, HCPH was named Local Health Department of the Year in 2016. HCPH is committed to deploying resources that support people to be healthy. In addition to providing public health services, HCPH also manages community health improvement efforts, including the Healthy Living Matters (HLM) initiative to curb childhood obesity. HLM Pasadena was a coalition of Pasadena area stakeholders and community members with an interest in the health and wellness of the community who convene to secure funding, add additional support, and build capacity for Pasadena |
MD Anderson Center for Energy Balance | The Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship was founded to help bridge the gaps in knowledge surrounding the relationships between physical activity, nutrition, obesity, and cancer. The Center uses advancements in the energy balance research field to improve interventions that modify unhealthy behaviors in people at risk for cancer, patients, and survivors, and to deliver innovative change at the clinical level |
Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation (MHCBC) | MHCBC leads population health efforts for the Memorial Hermann Health System. They implement initiatives built on the foundation of 4 intersecting pillars—access to healthcare, emotional well-being, food as health, and exercise is medicine—taking them outside their campuses and into the community |
Pasadena Independent School District (PISD) | PISD is among the 30 largest school districts in Texas and one of the fastest growing. It is a majority-minority school district, with 89% of the 55,397 students from a minority group and 77% of students are economically disadvantaged, 60% are considered academically at-risk, and close to 30% are English Language Learners. The mission of PISD is to create unlimited opportunities for students by empowering them to be the best they can be. The district was an early adopter of coordinated school health programming, making investments in teacher training and hiring staff at the district level to address the complex needs of the whole child |
YMCA of Greater Houston | As a well-established organization across the US, the YMCA has an incredible track record for delivering and evaluating their evidence-based programs. Sports teach teamwork, discipline, and how to win graciously and how to lose honorably. These are the types of lessons that benefit young people for the rest of their lives. Organized youth sports, such as soccer, are also positively associated with strong academic performance, low juvenile arrest rates, and low teen birth rates. Beyond the social benefits, research indicates that access to publicly provided recreation programs can reduce children’s risk of becoming overweight and obese |
Methods
Reach
Collaborating organization reports
Partnerships and collective impact data collection measures
Annual Steering Committee survey
Collaborating organization interviews
Results
Reach
Collaborating Organization | Participants | Overall Program Reach | ||
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Brighter Bites | Adults and Youth | 5,301* students enrolled 21,204* family members reached | ||
Harris County Public Health | Youth | 1,333* students reached by the OLE! Texas programa 42 staff members received Growing Up WILD and Gardening 101 training as part of the OLE! Texas program 67 students engaged in crosswalk design contest | ||
Adults and Youth | 3,352 students participated in Safe Routes to School walk and roll to school days 125 physical education teachers trained in Safe Routes to School basics | |||
MD Anderson Center for Energy Balance | Adults | 664 participants in the Vibrant Lives weight loss program | ||
Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation | Adults | 292 unique clients were assisted by the community health worker 70 people enrolled in diabetes classes and 49 completed diabetes education classes 123 people enrolled and completed other health education workshops 3 additional community health workers from North Pasadena Community Outreach Center were trained and certified | ||
Pasadena Independent School District | Youth | 1,384 elementary and middle school students reached by ACE CATCH Kids Clubb programming 87 teachers at 19 middle, intermediate, and high schools received physical education equipment and training 251 unique teachers and staff were trained on movement-based learning strategies 54,000 elementary, middle, intermediate, and high school students were impacted by programming each year for three years | ||
Adults | 12,591* Pasadena Independent School District employees participated in a worksite wellness program | |||
City of Pasadena Parks and Recreation Department | Adults | 285 unique participants enrolled in the classes | ||
Adults and Youth | 150 residents and 300 children reached through new playgrounds | |||
YMCA of Greater Houston | Youth | 446 students at 4 campuses participated in YMCA extracurricular soccer programming 7 participants enrolled in Healthy Weight and Your Childc and 4 completed the program | ||
Adults and Youth | 194 participants enrolled in 19 walking clubs | |||
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |
TOTALS | 50,248a individuals reached 385 teachers or staff members trained | 99,135a individuals reached 385 teachers or staff members trained | 71,759a individuals reached 331 teachers or staff members trained | 54,158a individuals reached |
Systems-level changes
Partnerships and collective impact
Partnerships
I think the biggest benefit is that we have found that we can help each other in ways that we may not have necessarily thought …. You talk to [partners] regularly, you have your little sidebars after the meetings. It strengthens those relationships and again, it allows you to know what’s going on with everybody else and what resources they may have that you did not necessarily know they had.
Collective impact
… the overall objectives and goals that [MD Anderson] set for the partners of this collaborative, to identify clear-cut goals and expectations for all the partners I think was instrumental in being able to set the standard for all the partners in the collaborative to come together…