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Debbe Thompson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • rationale design and methods of the healthy study Behavior intervention component
    International Journal of Obesity, 2009
    Co-Authors: Elizabeth M Venditti, Diane L Elliot, L S Firrell, C M Giles, Linn Goldberg, Marsha D Marcus, Margaret Schneider, Myles S. Faith, Scott D Solomon, Debbe Thompson
    Abstract:

    HEALTHY was a multi-center primary prevention trial designed to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes in adolescents. Seven centers each recruited six middle schools that were randomized to either intervention or control. The HEALTHY intervention integrated multiple components in nutrition, physical Education, Behavior change and communications and promotion. The conceptual rationale as well as the design and development of the Behavior intervention component are described. Pilot study data informed the development of the Behavior intervention component. Principles of social learning and health-related Behavior change were incorporated. One element of the Behavior intervention component was a sequence of peer-led, teacher-facilitated learning activities known as FLASH (Fun Learning Activities for Student Health). Five FLASH modules were implemented over five semesters of the HEALTHY study, with the first module delivered in the second semester of the sixth grade and the last module in the second semester of the eighth grade. Each module contained sessions that were designed to be delivered on a weekly basis to foster self-awareness, knowledge, decision-making skills and peer involvement for health Behavior change. FLASH Behavioral practice incorporated individual and group self-monitoring challenges for eating and activity. Another element of the Behavior intervention component was the family outreach strategy for extending changes in physical activity and healthy eating beyond the school day and for supporting the student's lifestyle change choices. Family outreach strategies included the delivery of newsletters and supplemental packages with materials to promote healthy Behavior in the home environment during school summer and winter holiday breaks. In conclusion, the HEALTHY Behavior intervention component, when integrated with total school food and physical Education environmental changes enhanced by communications and promotional campaigns, is a feasible and acceptable mechanism for delivering age-appropriate social learning for healthy eating and physical activity among an ethnically diverse group of middle school students across the United States.

Elizabeth M Venditti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • rationale design and methods of the healthy study Behavior intervention component
    International Journal of Obesity, 2009
    Co-Authors: Elizabeth M Venditti, Diane L Elliot, L S Firrell, C M Giles, Linn Goldberg, Marsha D Marcus, Margaret Schneider, Myles S. Faith, Scott D Solomon, Debbe Thompson
    Abstract:

    HEALTHY was a multi-center primary prevention trial designed to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes in adolescents. Seven centers each recruited six middle schools that were randomized to either intervention or control. The HEALTHY intervention integrated multiple components in nutrition, physical Education, Behavior change and communications and promotion. The conceptual rationale as well as the design and development of the Behavior intervention component are described. Pilot study data informed the development of the Behavior intervention component. Principles of social learning and health-related Behavior change were incorporated. One element of the Behavior intervention component was a sequence of peer-led, teacher-facilitated learning activities known as FLASH (Fun Learning Activities for Student Health). Five FLASH modules were implemented over five semesters of the HEALTHY study, with the first module delivered in the second semester of the sixth grade and the last module in the second semester of the eighth grade. Each module contained sessions that were designed to be delivered on a weekly basis to foster self-awareness, knowledge, decision-making skills and peer involvement for health Behavior change. FLASH Behavioral practice incorporated individual and group self-monitoring challenges for eating and activity. Another element of the Behavior intervention component was the family outreach strategy for extending changes in physical activity and healthy eating beyond the school day and for supporting the student's lifestyle change choices. Family outreach strategies included the delivery of newsletters and supplemental packages with materials to promote healthy Behavior in the home environment during school summer and winter holiday breaks. In conclusion, the HEALTHY Behavior intervention component, when integrated with total school food and physical Education environmental changes enhanced by communications and promotional campaigns, is a feasible and acceptable mechanism for delivering age-appropriate social learning for healthy eating and physical activity among an ethnically diverse group of middle school students across the United States.

Jo Anne Earp - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • social ecological approaches to individuals and their contexts twenty years of health Education Behavior health promotion interventions
    Health Education & Behavior, 2012
    Co-Authors: Shelley D Golden, Jo Anne Earp
    Abstract:

    Social ecological models that describe the interactive characteristics of individuals and environments that underlie health outcomes have long been recommended to guide public health practice. The extent to which such recommendations have been applied in health promotion interventions, however, is unclear. The authors developed a coding system to identify the ecological levels that health promotion programs target and then applied this system to 157 intervention articles from the past 20 years of Health Education & Behavior. Overall, articles were more likely to describe interventions focused on individual and interpersonal characteristics, rather than institutional, community, or policy factors. Interventions that focused on certain topics (nutrition and physical activity) or occurred in particular settings (schools) more successfully adopted a social ecological approach. Health Education theory, research, and training may need to be enhanced to better foster successful efforts to modify social and political environments to improve health.

Margaret Schneider - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • rationale design and methods of the healthy study Behavior intervention component
    International Journal of Obesity, 2009
    Co-Authors: Elizabeth M Venditti, Diane L Elliot, L S Firrell, C M Giles, Linn Goldberg, Marsha D Marcus, Margaret Schneider, Myles S. Faith, Scott D Solomon, Debbe Thompson
    Abstract:

    HEALTHY was a multi-center primary prevention trial designed to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes in adolescents. Seven centers each recruited six middle schools that were randomized to either intervention or control. The HEALTHY intervention integrated multiple components in nutrition, physical Education, Behavior change and communications and promotion. The conceptual rationale as well as the design and development of the Behavior intervention component are described. Pilot study data informed the development of the Behavior intervention component. Principles of social learning and health-related Behavior change were incorporated. One element of the Behavior intervention component was a sequence of peer-led, teacher-facilitated learning activities known as FLASH (Fun Learning Activities for Student Health). Five FLASH modules were implemented over five semesters of the HEALTHY study, with the first module delivered in the second semester of the sixth grade and the last module in the second semester of the eighth grade. Each module contained sessions that were designed to be delivered on a weekly basis to foster self-awareness, knowledge, decision-making skills and peer involvement for health Behavior change. FLASH Behavioral practice incorporated individual and group self-monitoring challenges for eating and activity. Another element of the Behavior intervention component was the family outreach strategy for extending changes in physical activity and healthy eating beyond the school day and for supporting the student's lifestyle change choices. Family outreach strategies included the delivery of newsletters and supplemental packages with materials to promote healthy Behavior in the home environment during school summer and winter holiday breaks. In conclusion, the HEALTHY Behavior intervention component, when integrated with total school food and physical Education environmental changes enhanced by communications and promotional campaigns, is a feasible and acceptable mechanism for delivering age-appropriate social learning for healthy eating and physical activity among an ethnically diverse group of middle school students across the United States.

Myles S. Faith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • rationale design and methods of the healthy study Behavior intervention component
    International Journal of Obesity, 2009
    Co-Authors: Elizabeth M Venditti, Diane L Elliot, L S Firrell, C M Giles, Linn Goldberg, Marsha D Marcus, Margaret Schneider, Myles S. Faith, Scott D Solomon, Debbe Thompson
    Abstract:

    HEALTHY was a multi-center primary prevention trial designed to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes in adolescents. Seven centers each recruited six middle schools that were randomized to either intervention or control. The HEALTHY intervention integrated multiple components in nutrition, physical Education, Behavior change and communications and promotion. The conceptual rationale as well as the design and development of the Behavior intervention component are described. Pilot study data informed the development of the Behavior intervention component. Principles of social learning and health-related Behavior change were incorporated. One element of the Behavior intervention component was a sequence of peer-led, teacher-facilitated learning activities known as FLASH (Fun Learning Activities for Student Health). Five FLASH modules were implemented over five semesters of the HEALTHY study, with the first module delivered in the second semester of the sixth grade and the last module in the second semester of the eighth grade. Each module contained sessions that were designed to be delivered on a weekly basis to foster self-awareness, knowledge, decision-making skills and peer involvement for health Behavior change. FLASH Behavioral practice incorporated individual and group self-monitoring challenges for eating and activity. Another element of the Behavior intervention component was the family outreach strategy for extending changes in physical activity and healthy eating beyond the school day and for supporting the student's lifestyle change choices. Family outreach strategies included the delivery of newsletters and supplemental packages with materials to promote healthy Behavior in the home environment during school summer and winter holiday breaks. In conclusion, the HEALTHY Behavior intervention component, when integrated with total school food and physical Education environmental changes enhanced by communications and promotional campaigns, is a feasible and acceptable mechanism for delivering age-appropriate social learning for healthy eating and physical activity among an ethnically diverse group of middle school students across the United States.