Stanford School of Medicine
Pediatric Advocacy Program–

CATCH Grants

The following LPCH residents received CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) grants through the American Academy of Pediatrics to implement community based advocacy projects.

2005 CATCH Grantees: Heather Iezza and Maria Mosquera (Residency 2004-2006)
Project: Healthy Weight Healthy Futures: A preschool obesity prevention project
Community Partner: Head Start, East Palo Alto
Location: East Palo Alto, CA

Objectives:
  1. To develop a school-based nutrition and physical activity curriculum for Head Start children.
  2. To conduct literature search of best practice nutrition and physical activity curricula for preschool aged children.
  3. To work with Head Start parents to develop a culturally appropriate family-based program.
Results: CATCH grant $3,000

2003 CATCH Grantee: Anisha Patel MD, MPH (Residency 2002-2005)
Project: A Healthy Balance “Un Equilibrio Sano”
Location: East San Jose, CA
Community Partners: Mayfair Improvement Initiative (now Somos Mayfair) and Cesar Chavez Elementary School

Objectives:

  1. To empower Mayfair neighborhood parents through advocacy education to impact policy to promote physical activity within their community.
  2. To educate Mayfair neighborhood parents about the importance of physical activity and healthy eating habits among community children and strategies to promote healthy behaviors through educational presentations.
  3. To engage parents, elementary school students, community leaders, Stanford students, etc. to raise funds to renovate the field at Cesar Chavez Elementary School.

Results:

  1. CATCH grant $3,000
  2. Conducted focus group with parents
  3. Developed and implemented a series of obesity prevention classes for parents
  4. Conducted several field days at a local school to teach children games that can be played during recess and after school.
  5. Obtained a $15,000 grant from the Valley Foundation, CA
  6. Mentored Stanford medical students and undergraduates
  7. Presented at 2 national conferences: PAS 2004 in San Francisco, CA and Dyson Training Initiative Conference 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  8. Received a Robert Wood Johnson fellowship

In the News:

“Rich food a big threat to poor kids: Cesar Chavez School is fighting obesity; maybe Oprah can help” – Jose Rodriguez, Mercury News (Dec. 3, 2004)

Pediatric resident, Anisha Patel, conducts a focus group with parents to discuss childhood obesity
Anisha discussing obesity with parents in East San Jose (Oct. 2003)

2002 CATCH Grantee: Joyce Javier MD (Residency 2001-2004)
Project: Teen Pregnancy in Asian and Pacific Islanders
Community Partner: Filipino Youth Coalition
Location: Cupertino, CA

Objectives:

Results:

  1. Received CATCH grant $3,000
  2. Organized and led two pregnancy prevention workshops for Asian/Pacific Islander teens and their parents
  3. Presented at 2 national conferences: APHA (‘03), PAS (‘04)
  4. General Pediatrics Fellowship

In the News:

“Pediatric residents at Packard awarded national grants to help teens at risk” – Krista Conger, Stanford Report (Jan. 15, 2003)

Publications:

Javier, J, Chamberlain, LJ, Huffman, L, Mendoza, F. "Letter to the Editor-In response to Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sex in Filipino American Families: A Demonstration of Community-Based Participatory Research" Ambulatory Pediatrics, Accepted for publication March-April 2006.


Joyce and her community partner at the pregnancy prevention workshop.

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