Participants in the adult Bless Your Heart programs engaged in various physical activities and sports. In addition, information on health topics such as blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart-healthy eating was sent to participants in these existing programs on a weekly basis.
Program Information
Name of program
Bless Your Heart Adult 1
Bless Your Heart Adult 2
Program start and end date
6/16/2003 to 8/8/2003
9/8/2003 to 10/24/2003
Number of times program met per week
2
1
Number of participants (total)
11
15
Number of male participants
2
10
Number of female participants
9
5
Target group
Adult
Adult
Program focus
Physical Activity
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Heart-Healthy Eating
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Blood Pressure
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Cholesterol
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Location of activities
Classes
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Fitness center
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Senior center
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-
Other
Materials used
Information Handout
Lesson
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Activity
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-
Menus
Other
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-
Public Visibility
Internal efforts to promote Hearts N' Parks programs:
Newsletter or brochure
External efforts to promote Hearts N' Parks programs:
Media Coverage:
N/A
Special Event(s):
N/A
Number of presentations: N/A
Other: N/A
Partners
Partners who contributed to adult programs:
Partner Name
Partner Contribution
Monroe County Fitness Coalition
Promoted the Hearts N' Parks programs and encouraged members to participate in the programs.
Monroe County Cooperative Extension Service
Provided materials on health, nutrition, and growing vegetables. Served as a nutrition resource.
Performance Measures
Bless Your Heart Adult 1 Participant scores showed significant improvement in high blood pressure knowledge and cholesterol knowledge.
Bless Your Heart Adult 2 Participant scores showed significant improvement in heart-healthy eating knowledge, overweight/obesity knowledge, heart-healthy eating attitude, overweight/obesity attitude, and heart-healthy eating behavior.
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