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Collaborative State Policy
Development to Improve
Healthy Child Weight
Status
Leslie Lewis, MPH, LDN, RD
Louisiana Department of Health
March 29, 2019
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What is a CoIIN?
Collaborative
learning
Common
benchmarks
Coordinated
Strategies
Collaborative Improvement & Innovation
Network
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PDSA Cycles
Do
• Carry out the plan
• Document problems and unexpected
observations
• Begin analysis of
data
Study
• Complete the analysis
of the data
• Compare data to predictions
• Summarize what was
learned
Act
• What changes are to
be made?
• Next cycle?
Plan• Objective
• Questions &
Predictions (why)
• Plan to carry out the
cycle (who, what,
where, when)
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ASPHN
AMCHP
HRSA/MCHBCDC/DNPAO
USBC
Obesity CoIINS
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Increase the proportion
of children ages 2-5 within a healthy weight
range by Dec 2015
Increase the proportion
of children ages 2-5 within a healthy weight
range by Dec 2016
Facilitate the
development, implementation..of
evidence informed policies and practices to
support State Title V programs to improve
health behaviors related to breastfeeding…by
August 2019
Obesity CoIINS
2014-2015
Pediatric
Obesity Mini-
CoIIN
2016 Pediatric
Obesity CoIIN
2017-2019
Children’s Healthy
Weight CoIIN
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Making the Case for
the CoIIN in Louisiana
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311,474
children age birth to 4 in Louisiana
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241, 755children age 0-6 who
potentially need child care in Louisiana
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4,000 school buses
26 miles
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42%children age 0-6 who spend 35 hours or more per week in child
care settings (nationally)
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1,470
licensed child care centers in
Louisiana
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7,840
child care workers in Louisiana
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26%Children age 2-5 enrolled in
WIC in Louisiana who are obese or overweight
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36%Children age 10-17 in
Louisiana who are obese or overweight
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• There are a lot of children in child care centers
in Louisiana or who need child care
• Children are spending a lot of time in child
care
• Children of all ages in Louisiana are struggling
with obesity
Child care centers have an opportunity to make
a difference!
What this means…
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• NAP SACC
• Well-Ahead Louisiana
• Child Care Health Consultants
• Early Childhood Care and Education Advisory Board
• DCFS à LDE
– Newly revised licensing standards
– QRIS system
– Accountability measures
– Coordinated enrollment
The State of Early Childhood in LA
in 2015
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Pediatric Obesity (Mini) CoIIN
Project Team
• Leslie Lewis, MPH, LDN, RD (team lead)
– LA Department of Health and Hospitals
• Kate Holmes, MPH
– LA Department of Health and Hospitals
• Amanda Staiano, , Ph.D., M.P.P.
– Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Jeanette Gustat, PhD, MPH
– Tulane School of Public Health
• Lisa Brochard
– LA Department of Education
Years 2-3
• Emily Pineda
– LA Department of Health and Hospitals
• Maura Kepper, PhD
– Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Aims/Objectives:
• Increase the proportion of children ages
2-5 within a healthy weight range by Dec.
2015
Key Strategies:
• Adopt policies and practices in early care
education settings that support healthy
weight behaviors, specifically:
– Technical assistance with child care
centers via CoIIN team
– Offering playground stencils to
increase outdoor play space
April 2015 – June 2018
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Opportunities
• New licensing regulations around
physical activity and screen time – PA for at least 1 hour/day (mix of teacher-led and
child-led)
– Screen time limited to 2 hours/day (none for
infants)
– Guidance document for centers
• Go NAP SACC Pilot Project
• “Pause and Play” Grant
• Dianne Craft Trainings
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• 6 child care centers
• Focus on reducing screen-time and increasing physical activity through PDSA cycles…
– Policy development
– Posters
– Newsletters
– Parent meetings
– Education of older children (3-4 year olds)
– Alternative transition time practices
– Screen free week in May
Year 1 Project
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• Toolkit dissemination
• Childhood obesity conference
• Preconference/main conference
theme
• Research project to interview
child care center directors
• Data for larger grant submission
Year 2 Project
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• Louisiana- Screen Time Toolkit
Year 2 Project
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Successes
• Worked with 5 ECE
• Creative design from Pennington
• Childhood obesity conference- early childhood focus
• Publication in several manuscripts
• Strengthened relationships between partners
• DOE policy changes at licensed child care centers re: screen time & physical activity
Successes/Challenges
Challenges
• Center availability
• Low attendance of providers at conference
• Dissemination
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Year 3 Project
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• Playground stencils are designed to create painted
playgrounds and increase physical activity.
– Playground stencils were purchased to improve and
enhance outdoor play spaces at early childhood education
centers, schools, and community spaces.
• Stencils are reusable and have the potential to impact
thousands of Louisiana children.
About the Stencils
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• 3 sites were painted– Audubon Regional Library
– St. Helena Early Learning Center
– St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy
• Painting was completed in a day.
• LSU Ag. extension agents assisted with logistics and communication with sites.
Adding a Splash of Color to St.
Helena
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Since then….
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• One pager
• Shopping List
• Playground Stencil Request Form
• Playground Stencil Tracking Form
• Toolkit developed by Pennington Biomedical Research Center*
• Video*
*Supported by a grant from BCBS of LA
Developed Resources
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Toolkit Coming Soon!
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ü At least an 8 hour day
ü A team of 5-10 people
ü Drawing of playground
design
ü Playground
ü Asphalt or curb-marking
paint
ü Materials (i.e. paintbrushes,
mixing cups, cardboard,
tape, etc.).
Our Action Steps
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• Start small
• Don’t be intimidated by the painting
• Think about system wide sharing
Our Notes
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Successes/Challenges
Successes
• Funding from BCBSLA to (1) pilot changes in physical activity after implementing painted playgrounds (stencils) and (2) make a toolkit
and video on how to use the stencils
• Everyone loves them!
Challenges
• Size of the stencils
• Time
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Children’s Healthy
Weight CoIIN
Aims/Objectives:
• Establish new policies or practices that
address social and ecological barriers to
breastfeeding
• By August 2019, Build capacity and
expand the Louisiana Workplace
Breastfeeding Support program to
develop workplace cultures that support
employees who choose to breastfeed
upon returning to work
October 2017 – July 2019
Team Members
• Leslie Lewis– Bureau of Family Health
• Marci Brewer– Bureau of Family Health
• Betsy Dancisak– Bureau of Family Health
• Caitrin Alb– Louisiana Breastfeeding Coalition
• Rebecca Guidroz– Bureau of Chronic Disease
• Nick Rees– Bureau of Chronic Disease
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The state of workplace
support in Louisiana
• Louisiana Workplace Breastfeeding Support
Program
• 400 designated sites
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Key Strategies
• Establish a breastfeeding in the workplace team
• Simplify the current designation process
• Develop a TA database to track reported barriers and
solutions
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Successes/Challenges
Successes• Improvement team has
been established and met
three times
• Partnership development
• Core team
• Streamlined designation
process
• Started the conversation
for new policies
Challenges
• Engaging mothers
• Team capacity
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Putting it all together…
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• AMCHP: Collaborative Improvement and
Innovation Networks – MCH Landscape
(July/August 2016)
• HRSA: Collaborative Improvement &
Innovation Networks (CoIINs) (March 2018)
Resources
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Leslie Lewis, MPH, LDN, RD
504-568-8234
http://wellaheadla.com
http://www.louisianabreastfeeding.org/projects
/workplace/
Questions?