Table 2 Resident strategies within four GAVA sectors at baseline
Outcome Category | Strategy Examples | Community Resources | Examples of Community Partners |
|---|---|---|---|
Community Nutrition Sector: Increase easy access (geographic and financial) to healthy food | |||
 Access | Identify and engage one or more small or medium sized local food stores for food access in the community.1,2 | Local corner stores, farm stands, community gardens, public housing | Sustainable Food Center, The Food Trust, Foundation Communities, City of Austin Public Health Department |
 Access | Provide food stands in high density residential areas and public sites that promote access to fresh fruits and vegetables.3 | ||
 Utilization | Drive traffic to store and community food stands with events, celebrations, and promotions (ex, Food demonstrations with recipes, Buy one, Get one.., Frequent Buyer punch cards).4,5 | ||
 Sustainability | Create a resident-led team who will adopt a corner store and work with the store owner for the long term.1,6 | ||
Physical Activity Sector: Increase easy access to safe physical activity facilities and programs | |||
 Access | Improve and activate local parks, playgrounds, and recreation facilities: Ensure parks, playgrounds, trails, and recreation facilities are safe, well lit, maintained, and accessible.7,8 | Local parks/pocket parks, creeks, greenbelts, streets | Austin Parks Foundation, Foundation Communities, City of Austin Parks And Recreation Department, Neighborhood Partnering Program, Austin Interfaith, Police Activity League, Austin Tenants’ Council |
 Utilization | Promote and support general park programming such as Movies in the Park, farmers markets, and other events that positively activate the park.9,10 | ||
 Utilization | Where appropriate, ensure functioning street lamps and park lights that create pleasant light throughout the night.11,12,13 | ||
 Sustainability | Ensure that park adoption team and neighbors support adequate investment and attention to parks from public officials and local leadership.14 | ||
School Sector: Provide children with an environment that promotes healthy eating and physical activity | |||
 Access | Improve and support enforcement of the district nutrition policy including cafeteria, a la carte, fundraising, vending, and food and beverage options at all events.15 | Local elementary and middle schools, school gardens | Safe Routes to School, UT School of Public Health/Dell Center for Healthy Living, CATCH Global Foundation, Austin Independent School District, Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE)-Austin, The Austin Project |
 Utilization | Integrate physical activity into the day using strategies like Active Play/Fuel Up to Play 60, WOW Time, daily recess breaks and brain/activity breaks such as GoNoodle or HOPSport.16 | ||
 Utilization | Support supervised open gym and other physical activity opportunities in the morning, during lunch, and/or during out of school time.17 | ||
 Sustainability | Ensure that there is a single Coordinated School Health (CSH)/Wellness Team on campus that is generating, promoting and facilitating campus wide wellness/CSH activities.18,19 | ||
Early Childhood Sector: Provide pre-school aged children with an environment that promotes healthy eating and physical activity | |||
 Access | Encourage participation in food assistance programs such as WIC and SNAP.20,21,22 | Early Development Centers, pre-K and K elementary classrooms | United Way for Greater Austin, Austin Independent School District, Austin Community College, Child Inc., Any Baby Can, Children in Nature Collaborative of Austin (CINCA) |
 Utilization | Encourage staff and parents to model healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.23 | ||
 Utilization | Promote classroom-based nutrition information such as the CATCH early childhood curriculum.24 | ||
 Utilization | Integrate opportunities for physical activity into the daily routine (movement activities).25 | ||