2019 Skin Cancer Prevention Progress Report 11 Notable Successes from the Be Well Baytown Initiative Center-based child care settings Harris County Public Health: • Identified three child care centers that will implement Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE!), a statewide initiative inTexas to improve outdoor spaces at child care settings. Primary, middle, and high school settings Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District: • Created and implemented a school district-wide sun safety policy to reduce sun exposure and increase sun-safety behaviors among teachers, staff, and students. • Delivered sun safety educational programming spanning multiple grade levels: ▪ Kindergarten and first grade: Ray and the Sunbeatables®, a sun-safety program developed by MD Anderson ▪ Second through fifth grade: Be Sunbeatable™, co-developed by MD Anderson and Scholastic, Inc. ▪ Sixth through eighth grade:The Sunwise Program ▪ Ninth through twelfth grade: Sun safety education (SunSmart America) targeted to athletics and band departments • Installed sun shades at one Baytown primary school with more efforts planned in future years. Outdoor recreational and tourism settings • Enhanced outdoor environments throughout the city of Baytown, including the installation of 10 sunscreen dispensers, 5 sun shades in city parks and 10 sunscreen dispensers at Lee College, a public community college. • Conducted annual skin cancer prevention trainings for City of Baytown Parks and Recreation employees. • Provided sun-protective clothing and wide-brimmed hats to all City of Baytown Parks and Recreation employees when working outdoors. • Delivered educational forums to Lee College faculty, staff, and students to increase knowledge on sun safety and skin cancer risks. Since its inception, Be Well Baytown has made notable progress in its skin cancer prevention efforts with more coordinated efforts planned in future years of the initiative. Collaboration with multiple key stakeholders in Baytown,Texas has been a vital component in addressing MD Anderson’s long-standing goal of reducing the incidence of skin cancer and melanoma. BeWell Communities is an initiative of the cancer prevention and control platform, part of MD Anderson’s Moon Shots Program™. For more information about Be Well Communities and Be Well Baytown, please visit www.mdanderson.org/BeWellCommunities.
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