ABOUT

Live 5-2-1-0 is an initiative of BC Children’s Hospital that partners with communities across BC to promote and support healthy behaviours among children.

We know that hearing a consistent message supported by a healthy community environment is important. By bringing community stakeholders together, Live 5-2-1-0 helps build partnerships and opportunities to create healthy environments where kids can eat well and be active where they live, learn, and play.

How can Live 5-2-1-0 help communities to work together?

  • Promoting a shared, consistent message across a community engages stakeholders in every sector.
  • Providing clear goals for kids and families to live healthy every day, AND a framework of action for local community leaders to make changes to their programs, policies, and environments so that it is easier for kids to achieve these goals.
  • Offering a common, over-arching message that ties local efforts together across the community. Kids see a consistent message everywhere they go, and community partners are part of a collaborative effort.

Live 5-2-1-0 Message

Live 5-2-1-0 provides four guidelines to encourage children and families to build healthy habits. Learn more about where the message came from, and how it can be useful for families in your community.

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All-of-Community Approach

Evidence shows that in order for health promotion for children to be effective, all sectors of a community need to work together. Learn how to get your whole community involved in Live 5-2-1-0!

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Our Vision and Mission

Children today are living very different lives than their parents and grandparents – they are spending more time using screens, less time being active, and are also consuming fewer fruits and vegetables but drinking more sugary drinks. Live 5-2-1-0 partners with communities across BC to promote healthy behaviours among children using a collective impact approach. See our Live 5-2-1-0 Collective Impact Framework model.

Vision

To create a future where every child in British Columbia grows up in a community that champions their health and well-being, and where evidence-based strategies support children to lead healthier, happier lives.

Mission

A network of communities throughout British Columbia, working individually and in collaboration, to disseminate the Live 5-2-1-0 message and implement the Live 5-2-1-0 action framework to create environments that actively support children's healthy behaviours.

Values

  • Respect: Inclusive, positive, and shame-free health behaviour promotion to children and families.
  • Community-centred approach: Supporting community partners to implement Live 5-2-1-0 in ways that are informed by their expertise.
  • Evidence-driven guidelines: Ensuring resources and tools provided to community partners are grounded in up-to-date evidence, and employing an iterative approach to our language and messaging.

Programs and Resources from Other Organizations

Live 5-2-1-0 doesn’t replace other local efforts and programs – it provides a common, over-arching message that helps to tie them together across the community. Here are a few examples of great programs and resources from other organizations that can support kids to Live 5-2-1-0 every day.