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SWITCH School Wellness Programming

SWITCH (School Wellness Integration Targeting Child Health) is a school-wellness training initiative coordinated by Dr. Greg Welk and an interdisciplinary research team of faculty and staff from multiple universities. Through a USDA funded grant, the team has established a flexible, capacity-building process that helps schools to build capacity to run programming on their own. Programming is now coordinated by the 4-H Youth Development program of ISU Extension and Outreach but Dr. Welk and the PAHP lab still play a key role in facilitating and evaluating programming.

What is SWITCH

SWITCH is an evidence-based obesity prevention program designed to help youth to "Switch what they Do, View and Chew". The program, based on social ecological theory, works with and through schools to reach parents and children. A novel aspect of the project is that it is managed through participatory research agreement to enable shared learning through the project. Additional details are below:
  • Click here to read history of SWITCH
  • Click here to download a program overview.
  • Click here to contact the project manager (Dr. Greg Welk - gwelk@iastate.edu)

SWITCH Leadership Team

Switch is guided by an interdisciplinary research team consisting of a number of ISU faculty members as well as colleagues at Kansas State University and Louisiana State University.
  • Greg Welk, Ph.D., - ISU Kinesiology
  • Doug Gentile, Ph.D. - ISU Psychology
  • Lorraine Lanninghman-Foster, Ph.D. - ISU FSHN
  • Senlin Chen, Ph.D. - Louisiana State University
  • Spyridoula Vazou, Ph.D. - ISU Kinesiology
  • David Dzewaltowski - (U. Nebraska Medical Center)
  • Ric Rosenkranz - Kansas State University

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Conceptual Handout

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Sign up for SWITCH!

We are currently recruiting schools to participate in the 2020 version of SWITCH. Schools will receive customized links and support through the online content management system (www.iowaswitch.org). Schools willing to partner on the program evaluation can have the program costs waived. Programming is managed through a partnership with the 4H Program managed through ISU Extension and Outreach
See Promotional Video
ISU 4H Press Release
Visit the SWITCH Information Page


Questions about SWITCH?

    Complete the form below if you would like more information on SWITCH or details on how to launch it in your school.

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