What is WOW-E?
WOW-E team members provide local capacity building programs and evidence-based technical assistance.
Community leaders, organizations, and practitioners work together to assess, plan, and implement relevant and feasible Policy, System, and Environment efforts with local stakeholders.
Made possible in part with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Our goal is to support communities ready to
- Enhance healthier food access and sales
- Establish nutrition, physical activity, and planning policies in community places
- Improve regional and local systems to increase access to healthier foods and places for physical activity
- Develop plans to establish new or improved active transportation (walking, biking)
Policy
Set of guidelines to support environment and behavioral changes
Systems
Clearly defined interaction between partners to further interrelated community change
Environment
Physical changes to the community environment
Recent Blog Posts
Participant Perspectives: Insights from the Engaging Youth in Designing Healthier Communities Summit
Over two days, participants at the Engaging Youth in Designing Healthier Communities Summit explored the…
Save the Date for Urban & Municipal Parks 2026 – 2027 Workshops
Mark your calendars; Urban & Municipal Parks workshops are here! Sign up for our ListServ…
Empowering Youth Voices and Communities through Change: Highlights from the WOW-E 2026 Summit
Over two days, 22 participants representing Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, PVAMU Extension, the Boys &…
Active People, Healthy NationSM
is a national initiative to help 27 million Americans become more physically active by 2027. Click here to learn more about this initiative.
