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Lifelong Health Blueprint - Guidelines “Learning from the best: driving healthy living initiatives worldwide” 1. CONTEXT As a companion to our white paper “WE100 Healthy Years – Are Kids Prepared?” published in November 2017, we developed the Lifelong Health Blueprint to help stakeholders develop successful initiatives that seek to empower children to live 100 healthy years. We have developed the guidelines below to serve as a rubric for both stakeholders to use to inform programmes and for “WE100 Healthy Years” representatives to use in evaluating best practice submissions. 2. GUIDELINES Best practice healthy living programmes look broadly at all the ways people, especially children, develop and sustain healthy habits across the lifespan. To understand how these programmes positively impact individual lives and community outcomes, we recommend evaluating them across several dimensions, as outlined below. General programme elements What is the name of the programme? Is it clear which organization or entity manages and administers the programme? How long has the programme been in operation? Does the programme communicate a clear mission statement or theory of change? Does the programme identify clear resources (staff, funding, materials, etc.) deployed in service of the mission? Alignment with “Lifelong Health Blueprint” 1. Understand the components determining healthy life expectancy at all stages and how they interrelate. Does the programme communicate a holistic or multi-dimensional perspective in its design? How many of the healthy living determinates below does the programme explicitly address? • Physical • Social • Emotional • Environmental • Cultural 1
2. Empower people with the knowledge and tools they need to form healthy habits for life. Does the stated objective of the programme align with one of the aims below? • Raise awareness for healthy living topics and tools at an early age • Change attitudes about healthy living topics: both with adults who can pass on the knowledge to children, but also directly with children for example in school • Change behaviours or help people form healthy habits from an early age, in order to create lasting habits for lifelong health How does the programme seek to achieve that objective? Does it state a clear methodology? Does the programme outline a ladder of engagement or mix of tactics to take people/children on a learning and development journey over time? Does the programme encourage and support a grassroots approach? Is it clear how individuals can contribute to healthy outcomes no matter what role they play within the programme or community? 3. Take a systems approach by enabling cross-sector collaborations for a holistic view towards the child’s development. Does the programme communicate an understanding of the way children’s development is informed by different environments, such as home, school and community? How so? How many of the environments listed below does the programme seek to impact? • Home • School • Community Does the programme engage partners and other organizations to help implement aspects of the programme strategy? If so, does the partner mix illustrate a cross-sector approach? How so? 4. Communicate about impact and learnings that contribute to the embodiment of lifelong health within society. To what extent does the programme enable the following: • Demonstration of collective action and collaborative efforts • Celebration of key milestones and achievements • Sharing failures and lessons learned for the benefit of collective learning • Taking a lean-start-up approach to pilot new approaches and optimize the programme as it learns Does the programme communicate impact results? If so, how? Does the programme communicate with partners and stakeholders regularly? If so, how? (check all that apply) • Social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) • Email newsletter 2
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Demonstration of best practice tactics To what extent does the programme employ the tactics identified below? Please rate each tactic on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 indicating little or no evidence and 5 indicating strong evidence the programme is utilizing the tactic. •
Equip and inspire children by talking with them, not at them o For example, encourages parents, teachers and community members to start a dialogue by asking children open ended questions about healthy living topics, such as why they think it is important to be active or eat vegetables.
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Motivate children by focusing on their positive actions, rather than any challenges o For example, equips parents, teachers and community members to regularly celebrate healthy living milestones with words of encouragement, and support to navigate healthy habits that may be more difficult to master.
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Encourage children to play a central, active role as a co-creator of the program o For example, allow children to input into the education process directly: to share their interests, self-identify their knowledge gaps, define what would help them lead a healthier life. Or build peer learning groups in which children can collectively share knowledge and educate each other.
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Design interventions around the habit loop (a cue, a routine, and a reward) o For example, helps parents, teachers and community members understand that the real reward children get from healthy habits (a long, healthy life) and to seek rewards that reinforce health, such as a family activity or an extra story at bedtime.
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Take things one step at a time, allowing for each incremental change to take root o For example, equips parents, teachers and community members to help children learn resilience by sticking with a new activity or habit, even when it is unfamiliar or hard, to both establish lifelong habits and inspire pride in accomplishment.
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Think expansively about partners – the ‘unusual’ suspects often are the most powerful o For example, encourages parents, teachers and community members to identify new and diverse people who can reinforce healthy living messages and help children expedience other perspectives and approaches to healthy living.
Confirmation of accreditation Is the programme’s parent organization a verified and accredited charity, community organization or non-profit? If so, please list the tax ID or proof of accreditation and the country and body of issuance. Has the organization been rated or audited by a third party agency or group? ###
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