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1. Health Promotion Funding Proposal
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inactivity in children As a result of the emergent trends of how children spend leisure, it is
becoming of a concern because it involves activities which can be described as physically
inactive. The effects of physical inactivity is that it leads to the cause of other disease which
others are chronic. The main aim of the project is to increase physical activities among
students between 9th and 12th grade. As noted in the literature review only 18.4% of
students in grades 9-12 engage themselves in rigorous physical activities and exercises
everyday for about a week. The aim of the project would be to increase this percentage rate
to 30% in the 1st half of their yearly study period. Then double it to 60% in the 2nd year
through awareness promotions. To aid this plan the following objectives will work as guide
towards the main goal of increasing physical activities among students: Advocate for
behavior change among the students and increase their knowledge on importance of the
activity. Assist schools create the environment that enables and encourages the practice of
physical activity. Mediate through the media such as television and magazines to bring an
attitude change. The programs Walk-to-School program which if implemented is expected
to increase the number of students walking to school to over 40%. It is estimated that in the
last three decades the number of children footing to school has decreased from 42% to 16%
while those using vehicles as a means to school has increased from 15% to 50% (Federal
Highway Administration, 2008). The aim of this program is to bring awareness to students
of what is good for them and mobilization of parents and students to join in the program so
that we can achieve more students walking to school (60%) than what it was three decades
before. Funding would be diverted towards ing Safe Routes to school (SRTS) which had
States funding of $394.6 by June 30th, 2009 in of Safety Routes. This was disbursed to
5,462 schools towards enhancing safety routes (NCSRTS, 2009). This is an advantage to this
program since the concerns about safety routes are already being addressed, what remains
is mobilization. The need for funding can be shown by the fact that there is a both structural
and non-structural change that ought to be made which include safer crossing devices
location, safer pavements and non-structural like communicating the rules to students and
parents through posters and newsletters. DelDOT granted the Town of Smyrna
$523,000(for three elementary schools Smyrna, Clayton and North Smyrna) in Federal SRTS
funds for structural and non-structural changes that would allow and encourage safe
walking to and from school (NCSRTS, 2009). They were supposed to construct sidewalks,

2. crosswalks as well as increase awareness on safety. This shows the need for funding to
ensure that there is corresponding mobilization on safety use even as there are structural
changes going on. According to the Ottawa Convention creating ive environment is
essential to achieving the goals to better healthcare. The issue of safety of the children is the
first to be addressed first in the form of structural changes such as safety crossing points
and sidewalks thereafter non-structural changes such as ensuring keen driving by
surveillance technology and awareness. Developing personal skills is an important aspect of
influencing health as highlighted in the Ottawa Convention. It includes the insemination of
findings and knowledge that changes individual attitude and their contribution to their own
good health through affordable practices. On younger people prevention activities are
encouraged through commitment to learning and sense of purpose (Morgan A and Ziglio E,
2007). References Federal Highway Administration, (2008), NHTS brief on travel to school.
Washington,D.C.: US Department of transportation. National Center for Safe Routes to
School (NCSRTS), (2009), Summer 2009 SRTS program tracking brief. Retrieved July 23,
2011 from Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986) First International Conference on
Health Promotion Ottawa, 21 November 1986 “ WHO/HPR/HEP/9 retrieved July 23, 2011
Morgan A and Ziglio E (2007) Revitalizing the evidence base for public health: an assets
model IUHPE Promotion & Education Supplement retrieved July 23, 2011