Green teens: Understanding and promoting adolescents’ sustainable engagement

Thomaes, Sander; Grapsas, Stathis; Wetering, Judith van de; Spitzer, Jenna; Poorthuis, Astrid M. G.

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2023.02.006

Cited by 15 publications

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“…It has been pointed out that adolescents tend to focus on immediate rewards and that it may be difficult for them to maintain changes that offer long-term, rather than immediate benefits. 10 Our findings support this: for instance, it was difficult in both locations to sustain the entrepreneurial momentum after the awards were granted, even when resources were offered to support a continued mobilization. The return on investment may have seemed too slow, the commitment too demanding.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Notwithstanding these positive outcomes, the sustainability of the changes induced by our project is in question. It has been pointed out that adolescents tend to focus on immediate rewards and that it may be difficult for them to maintain changes that offer long‐term, rather than immediate benefits 10 …”

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confidence: 99%

“…The approach we used borrows from the values-alignment model, 9 which aims to reframe unhealthy adolescent choices as incompatible with values they hold as a group (e.g., peer status or autonomy) and steer them toward committing to healthy behaviors that align with their heartfelt priorities. 10 These successive steps and their associated findings are described in papers in a virtual issue of Ann NY Acad Sci.…”

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Mobilizing adolescents and young women to promote healthy diets in urban settings of Colombia and Vietnam: Lessons from two action‐research programs

Bergeron,

Nguyen,

Correa Guzman

et al. 2023

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Adolescent and young women face grave nutrition challenges, but limited evidence exists on solutions to improve their diets. Action‐research was done over 3 years (2020–2022) in secondary cities of Colombia (Medellin) and Vietnam (Thai Nguyen) to identify nutrient deficits in adolescent and young women diets; elaborate food‐based recommendations to improve their nutritional status using Optifood linear programming; and engage respondents in incorporating suggested recommendations to their diet using a Social Innovation Challenge approach. A total of 1001 respondents were interviewed in Vietnam, 793 in Colombia. The probability of nutrient inadequacy in both locations was highest for iron and calcium, followed by the risk of deficiency for several other vitamins and minerals. Social Innovation Challenge teams (11 in Vietnam, 9 in Colombia) were created and supported in developing solutions to improve diets and tackle those deficiencies. Awards and resources were transferred to the most promising solutions to enable their implementation. Pre/post measurements of the interventions’ impact using the Global Diet Quality Score as outcome metric showed significant improvement in the diets of Challenge participants. After introducing a series of companion articles that offer detailed results on those various steps, this paper draws strategic lessons from an action‐research perspective.

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Mobilizing adolescents and young women to promote healthy diets in urban settings of Colombia and Vietnam: Lessons from two action‐research programs

Bergeron,

Nguyen,

Correa Guzman

et al. 2023

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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“…Although we were not able to measure the sustainability of the intervention, the young women were accompanied during the training process in the nutrition and entrepreneurship component as well as in the process of formulating and developing their projects as well as socialization with the community. Other studies 31 have reported that it is difficult for young women to maintain their participation after the incentives are provided. Other aspects to consider are that the purchase and choice of food at home depends on the parents, 32 for which reason the education of the adults responsible for food in the household needs to be encouraged.…”

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Effect of an action‐research nutrition intervention on the Global Diet Quality Score of Colombian adolescents

Restrepo‐Mesa,

Correa Guzmán,

Calvo

et al. 2023

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Strategies to address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls and young women often focus on supplementation. In this study, an action‐research approach involving a nutrition education and entrepreneurship intervention was carried out among adolescent girls and young women in poor neighborhoods of Medellín, Colombia. The intervention group significantly increased its intake of several nutrients, including energy, protein, total fat, saturated fat, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, calcium, zinc, and vitamins A, B2, B3, B9, and C. A significant increase was observed in the intake of the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) healthy food groups (other fruits, other vegetables, legumes, high‐fat dairy products), accompanied by a decrease in the consumption of some unhealthy food groups (sweets and ice creams). A multivariate regression controlling for age, socioeconomic status, occupation, Household Hunger Scale, mean probability of adequacy, physical activity, and body self‐perception showed that the nutrition intervention improved the total GDQS by 33% in the intervention group—a substantial improvement notwithstanding the study group's precarious social and economic conditions. We conclude that nutrition education and entrepreneurship models based on this approach may improve the dietary profile of this population and reduce future pressures from nutrition‐related chronic diseases.

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“…Some factors that can affect the level of ecological intelligence in this dimension are formal education, the influence of social or cultural behavior, the effectiveness of implementing regulations, the effectiveness of energy savings, the differentiation of sustainable products from ordinary products, self-identity, willingness to sacrifice, gender, and environmental control [27,41]. While in adolescents, motive factors and self-recognition are the main factors in pro-environmental behavior [16].…”

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Three dimensions of ecological intelligence: cognitive, behaviour and technology

Wulan,

Naping,

Darhamsyah

et al. 2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Humans naturally recognize and respond to environmental changes, known as ecological intelligence. The discussion on ecological intelligence started in the early 19th century and is still at the conceptualization stage. Several researchers have defined ecological intelligence based on its characteristics and assessment scale. Currently, the discussion of ecological intelligence is considered too general and broad, which can lead to a wide range of perceptions. This literature study review aims to classify ecological intelligence into several dimensions to make it easier to understand the concept of ecological intelligence today and its future development. The literature review above shows that ecological intelligence can be categorized into 3 (three) dimensions, namely cognitive, behavioural and technological, so ecological intelligence can be understood based on basic human mental abilities, actions and reactions and decision selection in determining appropriate technology.

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Green teens: Understanding and promoting adolescents’ sustainable engagement

Cited by 15 publications

References 91 publications

Mobilizing adolescents and young women to promote healthy diets in urban settings of Colombia and Vietnam: Lessons from two action‐research programs

Mobilizing adolescents and young women to promote healthy diets in urban settings of Colombia and Vietnam: Lessons from two action‐research programs

Effect of an action‐research nutrition intervention on the Global Diet Quality Score of Colombian adolescents

Three dimensions of ecological intelligence: cognitive, behaviour and technology

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