NHLBI, Hearts N' Parks Program - 2003 Magnet Center Sites

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Montgomery County, MD—Adult Programs

Description

Participants in the Healthy Seniors program attended weekly exercise classes for 45 minutes. The classes included low impact exercise for cardiovascular health, as well as strengthening and toning exercises with resistance bands. In addition, participants attended a nutrition presentation and a healthy cooking class, given by a local dietitian. Participants in the Recreation Walk Across America program focused on physical activity, blood pressure, and nutrition. Pedometers were given to participants to record the number of steps they walked each day with a goal of walking 500,000 steps in 7 weeks. Each week, nutrition, health, and physical fitness tips and information were emailed to participants. The first three participants to walk across America and reach the goal received a gift certificate to Sports Authority.

Program Information

Name of program	Healthy Seniors	Recreation Walk Across America
Program start and end date	11/18/2002 to 2/10/2003	6/18/2003 to 8/10/2003
Number of times program met per week	1	1
Number of participants (total)	13	18
Number of male participants	0	3
Number of female participants	13	15
Target group	Adult	Adult
Program focus
Physical Activity
Heart-Healthy Eating
Blood Pressure	-	-
Cholesterol	-	-
Location of activities
Classes	-	-
Fitness center	-	-
Senior center	-	-
Other
Materials used
Information Handout
Lesson	-	-
Activity		-
Menus	-	-
Other	-	-

Public Visibility

Internal efforts to promote Hearts N' Parks programs:

Bulletin board or information racks
Newsletter or brochure
Posters in buildings

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

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Partners

Partners who contributed to adult programs:

Partner Name	Partner Contribution
Local dietitian	Presented information on nutrition to seniors.

Performance Measures

Healthy Seniors
Participant scores showed improvement in heart-healthy eating knowledge and attitude, as well as physical activity level.

Recreation Walk Across America
Participants showed improvement in overweight/obesity knowledge and attitude, as well as physical activity level and attitude, and FIT score.