The Co-Ops Collaboration of Community-Based Obesity Prevention Sites

Professional Development

Material from 2009 Workshops

The CO-OPS 2009 National Workshop was held at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on the 26th and 27th of November 2009. One hundred people attended the workshop over the two days, and there were 52 case studies submitted for inclusion in the program. Fifteen of these were presented during the workshop, by professionals from projects of varying size, scope and focus. In addition, there were a number of keynote presentations, workshops, networking activities and 25 case studies presented as posters.

The majority of presentations and posters are now available for download below (presentations) and to the right (posters). If your presentation or poster does not appear here and you would like to have it included, please contact CO-OPS.

A copy of the full program can also be downloaded for your reference here.

Day 1 Presentations:

Keynote speaker: Janet Quigley

A/g Assistant Secretary, Healthy Living Branch, Population Health Division

The Commonwealth's Approach to Obesity Prevention

Case study session 1 - Design and planning

• Suzy Honisett: Developing a childhood obesity prevention program for early childhood services and primary schools in Victoria - Kids - ‘Go for Your Life'
• Nicole Nathan: A population health approach to implementing vegetable and fruit breaks in primary schools - ‘Good for kids good for life'
• Jane Dixon: ‘Tooty Fruity Vegie' in preschools project

Case study session 2 - Community engagement

• Sue Elliott: ‘Community and Neighbourhood Houses' healthy eating initiative - Pilot within the Southern Adelaide Health Service region
• Suzette Fullerton: ‘Go for Your Life' community partnership projects - Linking public land with public health!

Keynote speaker: Dr Andrea Sanigorski

Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University and the University of Melbourne

Obesity prevention in early childhood - Evaluation design and findings from the ‘Romp and Chomp' project

Case study session 3 - Evaluation

• Dorothy McCartney: Nine years on: Reflections on the evaluation of a community-based peer education program - ‘Family Food Patch'
• Tahna Pettman: Evaluation methods of a community-based obesity prevention program in South Australia - ‘eat well be active' community programs

Day 2 Presentations:

Keynote presentation: Dr Andre Renzaho

Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University

Socio-cultural aspects of obesity prevention among migrants: Acculturation framework, family functioning, and parenting style

Case study session 4 - Implementation and sustainability

• Lisa Gibbs: Learnings from ‘Fun ‘n healthy in Moreland!' - A school community-based child health promotion and obesity prevention trial
• Peta Lucas: ‘Munch and Move' - A healthy eating and physical activity program for the NSW early childhood sector
• Marian McAllister: ‘eat well be active' Community Programs intervention methodology
• Rachael Ryan: ‘Power of partnerships: The Glenelg Healthy Schools network' - Kids - ‘Go for Your life', Portland

Case study session 5 - Governance and transparency

• Rebecca Doherty: Governance & government: Lessons from the ‘Go for Your life' health promoting communities program

• Kellie Crossley: ‘b ur best' - Partnerships across Campaspe

Case study session 6 - Indigenous focus

• Annabelle Wilson: Aboriginal peoples' experiences with a mainstream healthy eating and physical activity program - ‘eat well be active' community programs
• Scott Trindall: Beyond chips and devon - Strategies for enhancing reach of a childhood obesity prevention health promotion program for Aboriginal children and parents - ‘Good for kids. Good for life'