scholarly journals Changes in Primary School Children's Behaviour, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Environments Related to Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISRN Obesity ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthea Margaret Magarey ◽  
Tahna Lee Pettman ◽  
Annabelle Wilson ◽  
Nadia Mastersson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mixed Methods Evaluation ◽  
Obesity Interventions ◽  
Children’S Behaviour ◽  
Behaviour Changes

Rigorous evaluation of large-scale community-based obesity interventions can provide important guidance to policy and decision makers. The eat well be active (ewba) Community Programs, a five-year multilevel, multistrategy community-based obesity intervention targeting children in a range of settings, was delivered in two communities. A comprehensive mixed-methods evaluation using a quasiexperimental design with nonmatched comparison communities was undertaken. This paper describes the changes in primary school children's attitudes, behaviours, knowledge, and environments associated with healthy eating and physical activity, based on data from six questionnaires completed pre- and postintervention by students, parents, and school representatives. As self-reported by students in years from five to seven there were few significant improvements over time in healthy eating and physical activity behaviours, attitudes, knowledge, and perceived environments, and there were few changes in the home environment (parent report). Overall there were considerably more improvements in intervention compared with comparison schools affecting all environmental areas, namely, policy, physical, financial, and sociocultural, in addition to improvements in teacher skill and knowledge. These improvements in children's learning environments are important and likely to be sustainable as they reflect a change of school culture. More sensitive evaluation tools may detect behaviour changes.

scholarly journals Using community-based participatory research to identify potential interventions to overcome barriers to adolescents’ healthy eating and physical activity

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 491-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Ying Goh ◽  
Laura M. Bogart ◽  
Bessie Ko Sipple-Asher ◽  
Kimberly Uyeda ◽  
Jennifer Hawes-Dawson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Impact of a University-Community Partnership Approach to Improving Health Behaviors and Outcomes Among Overweight/Obese Hispanic Adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 479-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn M. Tucker ◽  
Tasia M. Smith ◽  
Guillermo M. Wippold ◽  
Nicole E. Whitehead ◽  
Tara A. Morrissette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Hispanic Adults ◽  
Waitlist Control Group ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

Objective. To examine the impact of a community-informed and community-based Health-Smart Church (HSC) Program on engagement in health promoting behaviors (healthy eating and physical activity) and health outcomes (body mass index, weight, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure). Design. A total of 70 overweight/obese Hispanic adults participated in an intervention group (n = 37) or a waitlist control group (n = 33) in 2 Hispanic churches in Bronx, New York. Results. Post-intervention the intervention group significantly increased in frequency of healthy eating and physical activity compared to the waitlist control group. Although no significant changes in body mass index or systolic blood pressure were found for either group, the intervention group decreased significantly in weight from pre-intervention to post-intervention. Conclusions. The results of the present study add to the growing body of literature evidencing the successful use of community-engaged and community-based participatory health promotion interventions with racial/ethnic minority populations and highlight important practices and considerations for similar health promotion interventions with these communities.

scholarly journals Improving Health Behaviors Through Community Engagement: Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-113
Author(s):  
Stephanie T. Broyles ◽  
Elizabeth A. Gollub ◽  
Allison Tohme ◽  
Peter T. Katzmarzyk
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Infrastructure Policy

There is increasing recognition that community-based approaches may have merit in improving physical activity and healthy eating behaviors. The “Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana” program supported twelve projects that addressed the root causes of obesity through integrated community-level changes. Partnerships provided community-based obesity prevention by promoting healthier eating and/or physical activity through enhanced infrastructure, policy changes, and programming. To evaluate whether the program resulted in changes in healthy eating and/or physical activity among adults, surveys were conducted pre- and postintervention among participants. Participants who were exposed to physical activity programs were more likely to adopt the consumption of fruits (odds ratio = 2.0; 95% confidence interval [1.1, 3.6]), were more likely to eat vegetables once per day ( p = .028), and were more likely to participate in physical activity ( p = .053). Participants who were exposed to healthy eating programs were more likely to eat fruit once per day ( p = .035), were more likely to eat vegetables at least once per day ( p = .008), and were more likely to participate in physical activity ( p = .018). In conclusion, there is some indication that the Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana program produced changes in health behaviors among program participants; however, the sustainability of these changes will require further evaluation.

scholarly journals Evaluation of “One Body, One Life”: A Community-Based Family Intervention for the Prevention of Obesity in Children

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsha Towey ◽  
Ruth Harrell ◽  
Berni Lee
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Sufficient Data ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Behaviour Changes ◽  
Lifestyle Programme

Service evaluation of a community-based healthy lifestyle programme, designed for families aimed at preventing obesity. Physiological and behaviour measures were recorded at the beginning and end of the programme. Out of a total of 454 participants, 358 (79%) completed. From these completers 293 (64%) were analysed as there was sufficient data. The use of “high visibility recruitment” led to 77% of completers being from Coventry's two most deprived population quintiles. Ethnic minorities were also well represented. There were statistically significant self-reported behaviour changes, with improvements in fruit and vegetables eaten and decrease in consumption of crisps, snacks, and take away foods. There were also significant increases in physical activity. There were small but statistically significant improvements in BMI/BMI percentile for adults and children who started the programme overweight/obese. These results demonstrate the programmes' effectiveness in enabling behaviour change, and attracting participants from deprived communities.

scholarly journals Barriers to Physical Activity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Relationship to Physical Activity and Screen Time

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aviva Must ◽  
Sarah Phillips ◽  
Carol Curtin ◽  
Linda G. Bandini
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Barriers To Physical Activity

Background:Individual, social, and community barriers to physical activity (PA) experienced by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) make PA participation more difficult and may contribute to increased screen time.Methods:We compared the prevalence of parent-reported barriers to PA among 58 typically developing (TD) children and 53 children with an ASD, 3 to 11 years, and assessed the association between barriers and PA participation and screen time among children with ASD.Results:Parents of children with ASD reported significantly more barriers than parents of TD children. Based on parent-report, 60% of children with ASD required too much supervision compared with no TD children (P < .001). Parents of children with ASD were more likely to report that adults lack skills needed to include their child (58%), that their child has few friends (45%), and that other children exclude their child (23%). The number of parent-reported barriers to PA was inversely correlated with the hours spent in PA per year (r = −0.27, P = .05) and positively related to total screen time (r = .32, P < .03).Conclusions:These findings underscore the need for community-based PA programs designed to meet the special requirements of this population and policies that compel schools and other government-supported organizations for inclusion and/or targeted programming.

scholarly journals Enabling Better Nutrition and Physical Activity for Adolescents from Middle Eastern Backgrounds: Focus Groups

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 3007
Author(s):  
Nematullah Hayba ◽  
Claudia Khalil ◽  
Margaret Allman-Farinelli
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Obesity Epidemic ◽  
Behaviour Changes

The obesity epidemic in adolescents from Middle Eastern (ME) backgrounds necessitates co-designed and culturally-responsive interventions. This study’s objective was to gather the opinions, attitudes, capabilities, opportunities and motivations of ME adolescents residing in Australia on healthy eating and physical activity (PA) behaviours to inform a future prevention program. Five focus groups were conducted, with 32 ME participants, aged 13–18 years, recruited via purposive and snowball sampling. More participants were female (n = 19) and from lower socioeconomic areas (n = 25). A reflexive thematic analysis was performed using the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) model as the coding framework. Limited nutritional knowledge and cooking skills accompanied by a desire to make dietary changes were reported. Local and school facilities provided adolescents with PA opportunities, but participants declared safety concerns and limited opportunities for females and older grade students. Social support from family and friends were enablers for both healthy eating and PA. Cravings and desire for cultural foods influenced food choices. Individual and/or group approaches using social media and face-to-face format were recommended for future programs. To enable PA and dietary behaviour changes, interventions should be specifically tailored for ME adolescents to improve their nutrition literacy and skills, along with providing safe environments for sport in conjunction with social support.

'Effectiveness Of A Peer Support Intervention Program On Obesity Control Among Women In A Rural Area Of Turkey' (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berna Bilgin Şahin ◽  
Erhan Eser
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Obesity Prevalence ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Support Intervention ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Obesity Interventions

BACKGROUND Obesity in women is one of the leading public health problems globally. Peer support interventions have been effective in many areas of health promotion, and they have also been successful in obesity prevention and treatment. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research was to reduce the Body Mass Index, fat ratio, and fat amount of the targeted women through the support of their peers (leading women) by regulating nutrition and improving physical activity in a rural community. METHODS This is a quasi-experimental obesity peer-led intervention study called the Leading Woman Model. At baseline, the obesity prevalence was found to be 60.5% among women aged 18–64 (n = 655) living in a rural district of Turkey. Of the participants (n = 137), 86.9% completed the 3rd month and 78.1% the 6th month of the intervention. Leading women (n = 11) were recruited from the community to supervise and monitor their own target groups of women during the intervention, which included supervised balanced nutrition and regular physical activity. RESULTS The mean age of the target intervention group was 42.8 ± 12.2. Significant improvements were observed in the body weight of the participating in the 3rd (-1.15 ± 2.51 kg) and 6th month (-1.13 ± 4.15 kg) of the intervention (p <0.05). Of the women, 10.9% lost at least 5% of their weight by the 3rd month and 13.1% by the 6th month of intervention, and 8.4% and 11.2% of the women achieved a better BMI category in the 3rd and 6th month of intervention, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Community-based obesity interventions are challenging but much more promising than those based at a facility. We suggest the Leading Women Model for community-based obesity interventions in women.

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