Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
Project
Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation (T-COPPE)
Project Overview
Survey Tools
Survey documents available for download are listed below. They are in PDF formal and require Acrobat Reader.
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Project Overview
The Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation (T-COPPE) project is a collaborative effort that will study the impact of two recent policies: the Safe Routes to School program and an important rule revision to the federal food allocation package administered by the Texas Women, Infants and Children program.
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Project update: With new funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we will be surveying and interviewing state legislators during the 83rd Texas Legislative session to assess their public health knowledge, attitudes, and health beliefs. Information gathered from the survey and interviews will be used to assist our policy-focused partners in developing effective communications and strategic dissemination approaches aimed at encouraging and sustaining childhood obesity as one of the State’s major preventable public health issues requiring legislative action.
2013 Texas Health Perception Survey:
Eighty-three Texas legislators were surveyed to identify knowledge and perceptions about obesity prevention and control measures. Legislators from both political parties and legislative chambers responded to the survey. The 2013 Texas Health Perception Survey was conducted as a collaborative effort between the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health and the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health.
The Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation (T-COPPE) project will evaluate the implementation and impact of two policies in Texas: (1) the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program administered through the Texas Department of Transportation; and (2) the program rule revising the federal food allocation package administered through Texas Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, Texas Department of State Health Services. The project builds upon substantial ongoing statewide attention to childhood obesity prevention at the state level by coordinating its activities with the Live Smart Texas (LST) Steering Committee and by utilizing the Texas Obesity Policy Research Advisory Council (TOPRAC) as an internal statewide sounding board for issues surrounding policy research, implementation, dissemination, and action. Co-Led by the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Austin (Co-PI: Deanna Hoelscher) and the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health (Co-PI: Marcia Ory) this project draws in expertise from multiple academic centers, state agencies, policy institutes, and community organizations throughout the State of Texas.
This project is a collaborative effort with Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Texas Health Institute, Partnership for a Healthy Texas, and Live Smart Texas.
Project Staff
Project personnel are listed below. Click on a name to view the individual profile.
Nalini Ranjit, PhD
Principal Investigator, Texas SNAP-Ed Evaluation; Co-Principal Investigator, GAVA Evaluation Study