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1
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• Hire program coordinator
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• Staff hired
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• Identify, adapt, and/or develop the Child Ecological Model Assessment Tool Kit
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• Tools developed
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• Develop “menu” of selected evidence based or evidence‐informed approaches for improved nutrition and physical activity for 4‐year‐olds
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• Communities chosen
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• Choose intervention and comparison communities
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2
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• Conduct community assessments
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• Child Ecological Model Assessments completed
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• Hire community coaches for intervention communities
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• Coaches hired and trained
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• Train community coaches and other key leaders of intervention communities on community coaching
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• Interventions implemented
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• Each of the intervention and comparison communities begin implementation of at least one nutrition and one physical activity intervention
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3
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• Interventions continue
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• Interventions implemented
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• Training continues
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• Process evaluations monitor progress of interventions
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• Process evaluations on‐going
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4
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• Interventions continue
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• Interventions implemented
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• Training continues
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• Process evaluations monitor progress of interventions
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• Process evaluations on‐going
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5
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• Interventions continue for final year
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• Interventions implemented for final year
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• Intervention communities develop sustainability plan
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• Data analysis completed and disseminated
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• Complete post‐assessments
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• Tool kit and other findings available on‐line
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• Analyze data
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• Organize findings into a “Best Practices Tool Kit” for dissemination via technology such as eXtension
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• Research manuscripts and conference proposals begin
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