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Funding Period:
2004–2009
The Steps Program in San Antonio, Texas
CDC’s Steps Program funds states, cities, and tribal groups to implement
community-based chronic disease prevention programs to reduce the burden of
obesity, diabetes, and asthma by addressing three related risk factors:
physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use. Steps-funded programs
are showing what can be done locally in schools, work sites, communities,
and health care settings to promote healthier lifestyles and help people
make long-lasting and sustainable changes that can reduce their risk for
chronic diseases.
Background
The Steps Program in San Antonio is helping build healthier
communities in Bexar County by focusing programmatic efforts on people
most affected by chronic diseases, especially racial and ethnic minority
groups. The intervention area shares boundaries with the San Antonio
Independent School District (SAISD), which encompasses approximately 79
square miles and has about 316,000 residents. In this district, 76% of
residents are Hispanic or Latino, 14% are non-Hispanic white, 9% are
non-Hispanic black or African American, and 1% are members of other
races. In 2005, just over 17% of Bexar County residents lived below the
federal poverty level. Ninety percent of the approximately 57,500
students in the district are classified as economically disadvantaged.
Spotlight on Success
In 2005, the Steps Program in San Antonio collaborated with SAISD and
other partners to implement an Asthma Action Plan project for asthmatic
children who are required to take medication at school. SAISD now has
about 400 asthma action plans on file, compared with 20 plans on file at
all campuses in prior years. During the 2005–2006 school year, 450 peak
flow meters and 500 spacers were distributed to students who did not
previously have access to them at school. In a survey of school nurses,
57% strongly agreed that students who received spacers for use at school
benefited, and 53% agreed that having the action plans improved their
ability to manage those students’ asthma symptoms. Read this success
story in The Steps Program in Action, available at
www.cdc.gov/steps/success_stories/pdf/san_antonio.pdf (PDF- 85KB).
Community Partnerships
The San Antonio Steps Program partnerships consist of key partners
and coalitions that focus on the prevention and control of chronic
diseases and associated risk factors. The following groups help guide
the design and implementation of interventions in the Steps Program:
departments of health, public works, planning, and parks and recreation;
various other governmental and county agencies, including the Bexar
County Metropolitan Planning Organizations; SAISD school district
personnel; local health organizations; faith-based organizations;
private-sector participants; YMCAs; and local nonprofit organizations.
Contact
Steps to a Healthier San Antonio
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Telephone: 210-207-8846
www.sanantonio.gov/health/steps
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Page last reviewed: May 2, 2008
Page last modified: August 5, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult and
Community Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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