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Icensa, United Way Tackle Childhood Obesity Why United Way? Your Donations Change Lives by Jessica Brookshire for NDWORKS ImproveND · Flu Season · ScienceN Café D· United Way · JFK Anniversary · Team Irish NVol. 11, No. 5 • NovemberD 14, 2013 News for Notre Dame faculty and staff and their families ICeNSA, United Way tackle childhood obesity WHY UNITED WAY? Your donations change lives by JESSIca BROOKSHIRE FOR NDWORKS Last year, the University was the largest workplace contribu- tor to the United Way in St. Joseph County. Our donations to the United Way of St. Joseph County (of which 98.5 percent stay in the community) helped fund 54 programs offered by 24 community agencies, providing services to more than 150,000 children, women, men and families—a number that represents 56 percent of St. Joseph County’s residents. Your donations change lives! Your workplace United Way pledge also funds the Uni- versity’s Employee Compassion Fund, which helps our co-workers who have emergency or cata- strophic needs. Invest in St. Joseph County by pledging or donating to the Connecting children with a platform to help children set goals, of households receiving food have University’s 2013 United Way campaign via E-pledge at wellness platform eat healthy food and lose weight. children under 18, with 79 percent unitedway.nd.edu. Pledge cards may also be returned to: The project is supported by a of the households experiencing food United Way Campaign, 100A Brownson Hall, Notre Dame, IN BY CAROL C. BRADLEY, NDWORKS United Way Foundation grant, insecurity. 46556. Pledge cards must be returned by Friday, Dec. 13, to with funds earmarked to specifically The current project, Creating meet the deadline for payroll deduction. ICeNSA, the Interdisciplinary address the need in the community Large-Scale Social Change in For more information on United Way member agencies, see Center for Network Science and for improving childhood nutrition Childhood Obesity & Academic Page 12. Applications, directed by Nitesh and reduce obesity. Performance: A collective impact Chawla, the Frank Freimann It’s a component of a larger socio- approach for St. Joseph County, ecological model, with a goal of acknowledges that no single Collegiate Associate I T N creating large-scale social community organization can improve SA Professor in computer I change, says Waldo Mikels- the health of families living at or science and engineering, E GR ULI J is making transformative Carrasco, the community below the poverty level. CASHORE MATT advances in personalized health research program ICeNSA’s contribution to the health care and wellness manager at iCeNSA. collaboration is a Web-based health by connecting data, Childhood obesity and wellness platform at the school computing, social is a national issue, with or school system level that has the networks, and people. approximately 17 percent components to engage and empower The center’s faculty, (12.5 million) children healthy behaviors. The program can staff and students and adolescents classified connect all students, allow them Mikels-Carrasco are collaborating as obese. Nationally, one in to set individual goals, and, ideally, with local, state and regional seven low-income preschool- encourage them to want to move to health care providers, a regional age children are obese. At the same the next healthier level. health-information exchange and time, adequate nutrition continues Students’ BMI (body mass index) community organizations such to be a problem. Childhood hunger numbers will be tracked for a year. as United Way in the health and and childhood obesity both have With the secured and personalized wellness research initiative—with a documented effects on academic website, students will be able to set focus on patient-centered outcomes performance. individual goals and have the support and wellness, says Chawla. Within the South Bend of peers—and hopefully choose to “We aim to increase the quality Community School Corporation move to the next healthier level. and years of life in the overall alone, SBCSC statistics indicate that The program will be piloted at population, reduce cost, and the percent of students qualifying the South Bend Career Academy, “Possibly the greatest asset of eliminate health disparities by race, for free or reduced-price lunches at where every student has a tablet. The ethnicity and income.” the primary level ranges from 64 to program, Mikels-Carrasco notes, Notre Dame and its employees is ICENSA scientists are currently 96 percent; at the intermediate level can also connect to a Fitbit or other collaborating on a United Way from 40 to 89 percent; and at the digital trackers. that both are ready to serve and initiative in St. Joseph County on high school level 55 to 79 percent. Encouraging healthy eating and childhood obesity, nutrition and Students qualify for the USDA exercise has dramatic impact, he build their community whenever academic performance, focusing school lunch program based on says. “A principal at a South Bend there is a need.” on the research and deployment of household size and income eligibility. elementary school raised ISTEP a Web-based health and wellness The Food Bank of Northern scores 30 percent.” Indiana also reports that 41 percent Continued on page 12 —Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. CONTEST We’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of NDWorks and the Grand Opening of the new Morris Inn ENTER TO WIN! with great prizes every month from August through December! See the entry form on page 8. 2 | NDWorks | November 14, 2013 November 14, 2013 | NDWorks | 3 REV. 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