1. Physical Activity Today – Implementation and Evaluation March 9th 2006
Walk Texas - Austin Chapter 10-Week Challenge
Presented by
Sabrina McCarty
Chronic Disease Prevention Health Educator
Austin/Travis County Health & Human Services

2. Agenda Background on CDP Program and Walk Tx
How it works: Walk Tx Implementation
Are we making a difference: Walk Tx Evaluation

3. Chronic Disease Prevention Focus
Lack of Physical Activity
Nutrition Habits
Tobacco Use/Exposure 3

4. Walk Texas History: Timeline and Focus
1995: UT Health & Science Center in Houston, School of Public Health
1996: Texas Department of Health – TDC/P
1997: Cut Diabetes Culturally - ATCHHSD
1998: CDIP Program – ATCHHSD
2002: 10-Week Challenge
2005: + children 4

5. Today, How to Participate:
Participate in Walk Tx via 10-Week Challenge:
Occurs 4 times per year
Participate once or more
Participate as:
An Individual
A Group Leader
A Group Member 5

6. Implementation of 10-Week Challenge
Promotion Phase
Physical Activity Safety Seminar
10-Week Challenge
Incentives for All
Active Austin Guide 6

7. Promote Program! Promotion Phase 2 Weeks Prior to Event:
Event: Walk Texas Physical Activity Safety Seminar
Event kicks off each 10-Week Challenge
Promote through:
Worksites:
Wellness Programs
List Serves and Websites
News Letters
Paid Media: print, radio, billboards, theater ads, magazine ads
In-Kind Media: News Release to above + TV
Promote to Partners, CBO’s 7

8. Physical Activity Safety Seminar
Media Promotion 2-weeks prior to PASS.
New Group Leaders attend before 10-Week Challenge begins, preferably.
Start-Up Kit, Orientation of Project, and safety information (injury prevention & crime prevention) to share with group members.
Offered 4 times a year:
January 2006
April 15th
July 8th
October 7th 8

9. Next Steps, After PASS
Collect Registration and Release of Liability Forms
Meet 1-on-1 with Walk Texas Coordinator
Bring group forms
Receive Group Leader T-Shirt
Begin 10-Week Challenge 9

10. Rainy Nights in Georgia
Name your group!
Path Starters
Spot Removers
Waistful Walkers
Thin in 10
Health Nuts
Mommy Madness
Extension Energizers
For His Glory
Praywalkers
Footstep Friends
Walking Rams
Women In Training
Rainy Nights in Georgia 10

11. 10-Week Challenge? most days of the week. 30 – 60 minutes
What’s the Challenge
Of the
10-Week Challenge?
To include at least
30 – 60 minutes
of physical activity
(NOT JUST WALKING)
in your day,
most days of the week. 11

12. During the 10-Week Challenge:
Use Decision Prompts
Set Goals!
Each Participant keeps track of their daily activities
Report total points at end
Receive prize & celebrate! 12

13. How do you keep track? Use: Wall Charts Pocket logs
Coming Soon: Web-Based Tracking on
Use:
Wall Charts
Pocket logs
Start Up Kit Appendix B Form
Your own calendar
Just write it down:
what you do, # minutes, then figure out # points 13

14. How many points? ~ Use Activity Chart
Points for Activities per every 30 minutes
AAG, p. 10
Aerobic Dance/Dancing 6
Baseball/Softball 5
Basketball 8
Bicycling 8
Frisbee 3
Gardening 5
House Cleaning 4
Ice/Roller Skating 7
Jogging/Running 7
Brisk Walking 4
Martial Arts 10
Source: American College of Sports Medicine’s Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercising, Testing and Prescription. Third Edition 14

15. Incentive Plan for Active Members:
What’s The Prize?
Incentive Plan for Active Members:
Based on Lt. Governor’s Challenge of Delaware
Based on Recommendations for adults to be active at least 30 minutes per day, most days of the week. Children need at least 60 minutes a day.
Bronze Medal – 120 – 199 points. If you walk briskly for 30 minutes, 3 times per week you can achieve 120 points in 10 weeks.
Silver Medal – 200 – 319 points. If you walk briskly for 30 minutes, 5 times per week you can achieve 200 points in 10 weeks.
Gold Medal – 320 – 560 points. If you walk briskly for 60 minutes, 4 times per week or jog 30 minutes, 5 times per week you can achieve at least 320 points in 10 weeks. 15
AAG, p. 6

16. *** Grant ends December 2006 ***
Shoes for Austin incentive for
Group Leaders Only
*** Grant ends December 2006 ***
New pair of shoes – Shoes for Austin grant requirements must be met:
Recruit & lead 10 people in 10-week Challenge
Attend PASS, share info with group
Participate in 10-Week Challenge yourself and earn silver medal or greater
Turn in team final points within one week of end of 10-Week Challenge 16

17. Group Leader Responsibilities
Recruit members, 5-10 people per team
Share PASS information
Distribute, collect, return forms (in Kit)
Track Group Points & Submit Final Report
Distribute incentives
Have fun! 17

18. Start Up Kit: Walk Texas Program Description 10-Week Challenge
How it works
Group Leader Responsibilities
Participation in the Challenge
Incentives and Tracking
Appendices: Forms (next slide)
Final Report (Just 1 #) 18

19. Appendices: Forms A: Registration Form A: Release of Liability
B: Tracking Log
B: Activity Chart
C: Award Form
C: Evaluations
C: Group Leader Check Off Sheet & final report 19

20. Evaluation Required Forms: Registration, Award Evaluations
Final Reports 20

21. 2005 Participant Data 21

22. 2005 Participant Data 22

23. 2005 Participant Data 23

24. 2005 Participant Data 24

25. 2005 Participant Data 25

26. 26

27. Walk Texas Austin Chapter 2005 Participant Phone Survey
10-Week Challenge
2005 Participant Phone Survey
Did your participation in the 10-Week Challenge help you become more physically active? Yes / No Please explain:
Do you still work out or exercise the same number of days a week now as you did during the 10-week challenge? Yes / No Please explain:
On average, how many days per week do you exercise for at least 30 minutes, in which your heart rate increases and it makes you sweat? ______________________________
What physical activity do you engage in most of the time?
If you could do one thing to make the Walk Texas Challenge better, what would that be?
Survey Previous Year
Phone Survey:
1 year
9 months
6 months
3 months
After 10-Week Challenge 27

28. Printing funded by Steps to a Healthier Austin Program.
Active Austin Guide
Walk Texas – Austin Chapter
Austin/Travis County Health & Human Services Department
Steps to a Healthier Austin Initiative
Includes: local parks, pools, preserves, trails, cycling trails, state parks in our region, county parks, community gardens, farmers markets, local, state, and national organizations.
The Active Austin Guide is a resource booklet of free or low cost community resources for physical activity or healthy nutrition.
Hard Cover Edition
in all Austin Public
Libraries and Manor
Public Library. 28

29. Contact Information
Sabrina McCarty
Austin/Travis County Health & Human Services Department - Steps to a Healthier Austin Program
P.O. Box 1088
Austin, Texas 29