Save the Children CHANGE National Advisory Council
CHAIR:
Susan J. Blumenthal MD, MPA
Director, Health and Medicine Program, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress;
Former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General and Rear Admiral, USPHS (ret.)
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CHANGE National Advisory Council:
| Lilian Cheung, D.Sc., R.D. Director, Health Promotion and Communication Department of Nutrition Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA |
Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Stanford Prevention Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA |
| Cornelia Butler Flora, Ph.D. Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Sociology and Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Iowa State University Ames, IA |
Eduardo J. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Institute of Health Policy School of Public Health University of Texas Health Science Center Austin, TX
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| Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Dean for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Director, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies (MPH Program) Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA |
Mary Story, Ph.D., R.D. Professor, Division of Epidemiology Associate Dean of Academic & Student Affairs School of Public Health University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
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| Russell R. Pate, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research and Professor Department of Exercise Science Blatt Physical Education Center Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
OBESITY PUBLICATIONS:
Obesity Prevention in Women: Tipping the Scales Towards Health by Susan Blumenthal, MD and Timothy Dempsey, Huffington Post, May 14, 2010
Weighing in on Childhood Obesity Prevention by Susan Blumenthal, MD, Kate Pitts, and Anita Verma, Huffington Post, April 13, 2010
Community fat fight by Susan Blumenthal, MD, Washington Times, June 15, 2007
Applying a Public Health Approach to Decrease Obesity in the United States by Susan Blumenthal, MD, Tamara Klajn, Lauren Marsillo, Cathleen Greenzang, and Karamveer Jhawar, Havard Health Policy Review, 2003
A Public Health Approach to Decreasing Obesity by Susan Blumenthal, MD, Jennifer Hendi, and Lauren Marsillo, JAMA, November 6, 2002
CHANGE National Advisory Council Meeting:
Monday, July 16, 2007
Save the Children
8th Floor Conference Room, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
AGENDA
8:30 am BREAKFAST
9:00 am Welcome and Introductions
Role of National Advisory Council, Meeting Goals, and Briefing Materials
Susan Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A., Board of Trustees, Save the Children and Chair, Save the Children’s CHANGE National Advisory Council
Mark Shriver, M.P.A., Vice President and Managing Director, U.S. Programs,
Save the Children
9:20 am Overview of Save the Children’s International and U.S. Programs Theory of Change and Intended Impact
Tom Krift, M.A., Associate Vice President, U.S. Child Development Programs, Save the Children
9:45 am Child Health and Obesity in Rural America
Susan Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A., Save the Children
10:30 am Group Discussion
10:45 am Overview of CHANGE Program, Save the Children and Tufts University
Partnership, and Formative Research Summary
Vivica Kraak, M.S., R.D., Save the Children
11:00 am Group Discussion
Vivica Kraak, M.S., R.D. and Colby Wagoner, M.S., Save the Children
Christina Economos, Ph.D., Raymond Hyatt Jr., Ph.D., and Julia Bloom, M.P.H., Tufts University
11:15 am Overview of Shape Up Somerville (SUS)
Adapting and Testing SUS in the Rural Context: CHANGE Study
Intervention, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Timeline
Christina Economos, Ph.D., Tufts University
12:15 pm Group Discussion
Christina Economos, Ph.D., Raymond Hyatt Jr., Ph.D., and Julia Bloom, M.P.H., Tufts University
Vivica Kraak, M.S., R.D., and Colby Wagoner, M.S., Save the Children
12:30 pm WORKING LUNCH (Group Discussion)
Future Directions in Childhood Obesity Prevention
Planning a Rural Childhood Obesity Summit
Susan Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A. (facilitator) and CHANGE National Advisory Council Members
1:30 pm Feedback and Discussion on the CHANGE Study Tools, Intervention and Evaluation Design
Susan Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A. (facilitator) and CHANGE National Advisory Council Members
3:00 pm Next Steps
4:00 pm ADJOURN
