From: Research contributions on childhood obesity from a public-private partnership
Dimension of Compatibility | Foundation | Center |
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1. Mission | Improving the lives of children living in poverty | Healthy children in a healthy world |
2. Resources | Financial, business resources | Researchers and students, grant funding |
3. Management | Health leader with MD, MPH and trained in public policy | Executive Committee with training in nutrition, physical activity, kinesiology, and behavioral sciences |
4. Workforce | Strong worksite health promotion program | Center is housed in School of Public Health with faculty and students who have a health promotion orientation |
5. Target market | Low income and underserved youth | Youth and their parents, schools, and communities, with a focus on economically disadvantaged populations |
6. Product | Efforts to reduce childhood obesity | Research on methods to understand and reduce childhood obesity, translation of the research into usable products, dissemination of best practices |
7. Cultural fit | Value children’s health world-wide | Value healthy children in healthy environments and communities |
8. Evaluation | Milestones are negotiated on a yearly basis | Reports provide details on milestones on a 6-month basis |