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Healthy Homes/Healthy Families

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Description

In order to combat high rates of obesity and low rates of physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption, Healthy Homes/Healthy Families provides in-home coaching to improve families' eating and physical activity habits. Coaches are specially trained residents of the local community, and help families complete a home environment profile to assess how they can overcome barriers to a healthy lifestyle. Participants play an active role in selecting options from a Healthy Action Checklist to make changes to their home environment, and coaches make two home visits and two coaching phone calls to support families during the intervention. The pilot study currently enrolls 150 families from six rural counties and runs from 2010 to 2014.

Goal / Mission

Healthy Homes/Healthy Families aims to help rural residents of Southwest Georgia make healthy behavior changes.

Results / Accomplishments

Families currently participating in Healthy Homes/Healthy Families are being surveyed in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. When the successful aspects of coaching are understood, the program will be refined into an easy-to-use training program for potential users, and the center may offer small grants, free training, and technical assistance to local organizations or agencies that want to try the program in their area.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Emory Prevention Research Center
Primary Contact
Michelle C Kegler
Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road NE Rm 530
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-712-9957
mkegler@sph.emory
http://www.sph.emory.edu/cms/departments_centers/b...
Topics
Health / Physical Activity
Health / Other Conditions
Health / Children's Health
Organization(s)
Emory Prevention Research Center
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date of implementation
2010
Geographic Type
Rural
Location
Georgia
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Target Audience
Families
Additional Audience
Rural
Santa Cruz