This program is for child care providers, school faculty and staff members, after-school program providers, pediatric primary care providers, and youth who are 0 to 18 years old and their families.

Let's Go!, formerly known as Keep Me Healthy 5-2-1-0, is a multi-sector program that is designed to provide a consistent health message and sector-specific, health-promotion strategies to participants in a variety of settings.

Evaluations have yielded mixed results. One quasi-experimental study in a primary care setting demonstrated positive impacts on daily fruit/vegetable consumption, physical activity (PA), and screen time, but there was no effect on body mass index (BMI) at a 12-month follow-up. One quasi-experimental study where intervention and control elementary students received the curriculum, and the intervention group also received health coaching demonstrated few differences between groups in health habits at the end of the school year; however, more students in the control group decreased their BMI compared to those in the intervention group. Results from one randomized trial in which the intervention was delivered by classroom teachers without a motivational interviewing or coaching component indicated no significant differences between groups in healthy habits, BMI, or PA. Results of a single-group study showed that child adherence to fruit/vegetable and sweetened-beverage consumption recommendations increased, but there was no change in adherence to recreational screen time or PA recommendations.

Let's Go! provides instruction on how to create environments that foster healthy lifestyle habits. The program is designed to encourage 5-2-1-0 for youth: 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables; 2 or fewer hours of recreational screen time; 1 hour or more of physical activity daily; and 0 sweetened-beverages and more water consumption. Adults are encouraged to move more, drink water, eat healthy food, and get adequate sleep. The program is based on the following four components:

• Create environments that support healthy behaviors – limit recreational screen time, do not use food as a reward, limit sugary drinks, provide opportunities for physical activity;
• Educate using evidence-based information – promote the 5-2-1-0 message at locations such as doctors’ offices, schools, early care and education programs, and on social media; train professionals who work in early care and education programs, schools, school nutrition, and healthcare;
• Collaborate for greater impact – partner with sites such as schools and early care and education programs; work with state and national organizations; and
• Advocate for policy and systems of change – help schools create wellness policies.

Let's Go! was developed in 2006 for use in Portland, Maine, and surrounding communities as part of the Promoting Healthy Habits for Life Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (MYOC). The program has also been adapted by many communities outside of Maine.

Let’s Go! provides in-person and online training to organizations that are interested in implementing the program. Please use details in the Contact section to learn more.

Considerations for implementing this program include acquiring buy-in from sector administrators and identifying motivated site coordinators to oversee program implementation.

The Clearinghouse can help address these considerations. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

If you are interested in implementing Let's Go!, the Clearinghouse is interested in helping you!
Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

This program is designed to fit into already established child care, school, after-school, workplace, and healthcare activities and routines.

Educational resources and promotional items can be found by visiting https://store.letsgo.org/product-category/educational-resources/

To move Let's Go! to the Promising category on the Clearinghouse Continuum of Evidence, at least one evaluation with a strong study design should be performed demonstrating positive effects, with no negative effects on any outcomes, lasting at least six months from program completion.

The Clearinghouse can help you develop an evaluation plan to ensure the program components are meeting your goals. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

Contact the Clearinghouse with any questions regarding this program.
Phone: 1-877-382-9185 Email: Clearinghouse@psu.edu

You may also contact Let's Go! by visiting https://www.mainehealth.org/Lets-Go/Contact

https://www.mainehealth.org/lets-go/