This year, Hearts N' Parks was incorporated into an existing Jazzercise program for women. The program focused on physical activity, as well as heart-healthy eating and blood pressure.
An after-work basketball program for male employees was started this year with participation from several internal departments. The program also focused on physical activity, heart-healthy eating, and blood pressure.
Both groups received presentations from various speakers on the above topics, as well as water bottles and City Hearts N' Parks t-shirts.
Program Information
Name of program
Jazzercise
After-Work Basketball
Program start and end date
2/5/2003 to 4/30/2003
4/9/2003 to 7/2/2003
Number of times program met per week
3
1
Number of participants (total)
13
13
Number of male participants
0
13
Number of female participants
13
0
Target group
Adult
Adult
Program focus
Physical Activity
Heart-Healthy Eating
Blood Pressure
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
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Materials used
Information Handout
Lesson
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Activity
Menus
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Other
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Public Visibility
Internal efforts to promote Hearts N' Parks programs:
Bulletin board or information racks
Newsletter or brochure
Posters in buildings
Employee kickoff
External efforts to promote Hearts N' Parks programs:
Media Coverage:
Print
Special Event(s):
Health Fair
Number of presentations: N/A
Other: N/A
Partners
Partners who contributed to adult programs:
Partner Name
Partner Contribution
There are no partners currently listed for this abstract.
Performance Measures
After-Work Basketball Adult scores for the After-Work Basketball program showed significant improvement in heart-healthy eating knowledge, overweight/obesity knowledge and attitude, physical activity level and knowledge, high blood pressure knowledge, cholesterol knowledge, and SIT score. Heart-healthy eating attitude and behavior showed moderate improvement.
Jazzercise Participant scores for Jazzercise showed significant improvement in heart-healthy eating knowledge, overweight/obesity knowledge, high blood pressure knowledge, and cholesterol knowledge. Other improvements were seen in heart-healthy eating attitude and behavior, physical activity knowledge, and FIT and SIT scores.
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