Blog Journal Module: 3

The last two weeks I had the opportunity to interact with colleague's site director, and other professionals in the field. I had the opportunity to talk to the site director Ms. Rivera and asked questions about her thoughts on addressing advocacy issues. Ms. Rivera informed me that as a director she encourages the staff to build healthy eating into lessons and provide workshops regarding obesity. Ms. Rivera also takes it upon herself to write letters. She also encourages families and reminds them during monthly meetings the importance of eating health foods. Ms. Rivera said that as a director she might find out more about becoming involved with current advocacy programs by keeping up with information within the community especially with libraries, summer program, and by findings information on different websites. As the site director my goal is and my mission statement is to influence families to make changes with their life styles.


I also had the opportunity to talk to different professionals within the field. I spoke with Ms. Crystal who is the Health Aid. Ms. Crystal is in charge of checking all the files and provides support to all the family support workers. Ms. Crystal informed me that one of the ways she addresses advocacy issues with professionals in her setting is by; talking to parents and families about the importance of having three meals daily and adding fruits and vegetables in meals. Ms. Crystal believes some of the current issues are due to the fact that many families don't have enough time to cook a healthy meal. Many families in Head Start Programs are single families which work full time. I believe I might find out more about current advocacy programs, and stay in contact with the families I work with to provide new information in regards to Head Start Programs. The kind of differences I would like to make in my setting, community, and field; I would like to see more fresh food markets within my neighborhood and see children being more active. I would like to see children exercise every day at least one hour a day. I would like to see an increase in regards to eating healthy. Three servings of low fat dairy a day, and two hours of less screen time would show improvement in a healthy lifestyle. Families can also increase water, vegetables, and fruit intake in their meals by preparing more home cooked meals.


This experience gave me the opportunity to see and hear what other professionals think about addressing advocacy issues and how everyone has different views of implementing advocacy within their settings. This experience made me realized that it is important to advocate for the things we do in life, and to help our children around the world.