The Effectiveness of the Implementation of Healthy Buddies™, a School-Based, Peer-Led Health Promotion Program in Elementary Schools

Campbell, Audrey; Barnum, D. A.; Ryden, V.; Ishkanian, S.; Stock, Suzanne; Chanoine, Jean‐Pierre

doi:10.1016/j.jcjd.2012.07.001

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“…The duration of the program appeared to be a barrier to participation. School-based health promotion interventions have previously been successful when offered over ten-month periods [ 33 , 58 ]. The original intent of the project was to provide a ten-month (one school year) intervention program consecutively to two separate cohorts.…”

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Building school-based cardiovascular health promotion capacity in youth: a mixed methods study

Woodgate

Sigurdson

2015

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundEssential to building cardiovascular health promotion capacity in youth, which extends into adulthood, are approaches that seek to empower, educate, and support. The Five Cs model of positive youth development (PYD) guided this study. This model represents the ability of youth to develop competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring when given the appropriate resources. The purpose of this two-year school-based feasibility study was to determine if providing a research intervention in the form of education, empowerment, and support build youth’s capacity for cardiovascular health promotion.MethodsA mixed methods case study design was used to evaluate the process, and outcome of a youth-led cardiovascular health promotion program. Twenty-six youth aged 12–13 years from a Canadian middle school took part in the study. Youth participating in this study planned, implemented, and monitored cardiovascular health promotion activities in four areas: smoking, physical inactivity, nutrition and obesity. Qualitative data was collected from the youth participants using three focus groups and individual reflective journals. Quantitative data was collected with the PYD.2, a self-report questionnaire that assesses positive youth development and consists of 5 subscales: character, competence, caring, connection, and confidence. The participants completed the PYD before and after the program to determine if there were any changes in PYD scores after the intervention. The quantitative data was analyzed using paired samples t-tests, and the qualitative data was analyzed using constant comparative analysis.ResultsWhile the PYD scores showed no significant changes, the qualitative findings confirmed that the youth acquired increased awareness and understanding of cardiovascular health promotion initiatives. Four themes emerged from the qualitative data, (1) doing the right thing, (2) wanting to make a change, but feeling constrained, (3) I get it, and (4) The project has changed me! The intervention was found to be acceptable and feasible for the youth participants and their school.ConclusionsThe contributions of this study were twofold. It generated evidence to support integrating positive youth development strategies into cardiovascular health promotion programs. Secondly, this study determined that the research intervention improved the participants’ knowledge and attitudes about cardiovascular health and were suitable for further implementation and testing.

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Building school-based cardiovascular health promotion capacity in youth: a mixed methods study

Woodgate

Sigurdson

2015

BMC Public Health

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“…Adolescent peer leaders were found to be helpful and capable of educating young adolescents on aspects of nutrition, which resulted in positive behavioural changes in both the peer educators themselves and the participants [ 53 ]. Similar peer-led approaches were shown to be effective tools towards achieving better awareness, healthy behaviours and attitudes in children as young as 5 years old [ 22 , 54 ] and promote self-efficacy in adolescents [ 55 ].…”

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School-based intervention to prevent overweight and disordered eating in secondary school Malaysian adolescents: a study protocol

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BackgroundObesity, eating disorders and unhealthy weight-loss practices have been associated with diminished growth in adolescents worldwide. Interventions that address relevant behavioural dimensions have been lacking in Malaysia. This paper describes the protocol of an integrated health education intervention namely ‘Eat Right, Be Positive About Your Body and Live Actively’ (EPaL), a primary prevention which aimed to promote healthy lifestyle in preventing overweight and disordered eating among secondary school adolescents aged 13–14 years old.Methods/DesignFollowing quasi-experimental design, the intervention is conducted in two secondary schools located in the district of Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. Adolescents aged 13–14 years will be included in the study. A peer-education strategy is adopted to convey knowledge and teach skills relevant to achieving a healthy lifestyle. The intervention mainly promoted: healthy eating, positive body image and active lifestyle. The following parameters will be assessed: body weight, disordered eating status, stages of change (for healthy diet, breakfast, food portion size, screen viewing and physical activity), body image, health-related quality of life, self-esteem, eating and physical activity behaviours; and knowledge, attitude and practice towards a healthy lifestyle. Assessment will be conducted at three time points: baseline, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up.DiscussionIt is hypothesized that EPaL intervention will contribute in preventing overweight and disordered eating by giving the positive effects on body weight status, healthy lifestyle behaviour, as well as health-related quality of life of peer educators and participants. It may serve as a model for similar future interventions designed for the Malaysian community, specifically adolescents.Trial registrationUMIN Clinical Trial Registration UMIN000024349 (Date of registration: 11th. October 2016, retrospectively registered).

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“…Nutrition 7-12 Children who experience parental feeding practices that impede their self-regulation eating have an increased vulnerability to the effects of unhealthy food advertising. Intervention Campbell et al, 2012. Multiple health behaviours…”

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“…As well as aiming to increase physical activity, four intervention studies implemented marketing strategies to promote healthier eating both in a school setting (Lee et al, 2018;Richards et al, 2009;Campbell et al, 2012) and in restaurants (Anzam-Frasca et al, 2017). Methods employed included social marketing strategies, "buddies" (the paring of older and younger school children) and toy incentives.…”

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A Systematic Review, Narrative Synthesis and Conceptual Framework for Social Marketing and Behavioural Economics as Influencers of Health Behaviours in Children

Budzynski-Seymour¹,

Turvey²,

Paterson³

et al. 2019

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Purpose: To synthesise the evidence relating to the influence of marketing strategies that aimed to elicit behaviour change in terms of children’s lifestyle choices. Methods: Four databases were searched (January 2018) SPORTDiscus, PubMed, Science Direct and Web of Science, using pre-defined search terms. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews (PRISMA) guidelines were adhered to. The inclusion criteria were: articles in the English language, access to full text, peer reviewed, participants were aged 12 and younger, it researched a health behaviour and the article had to report original research. Results: A total of 37 articles met the inclusion criteria and were analysed qualitatively using inductive thematic analysis and subsequently categorised into four themes. Of these studies 72% were nutrition based, 19% physical activity based, 5% included both nutrition and physical activity outcomes, and the remaining 4% focused on other behavioural outcomes. The majority of studies (95%) reported how child behaviour was changed using these social marketing techniques, with the remaining 5% reporting that further changes were needed for success to be found. Conclusion: The studies reviewed suggested a variety of marketing methods have been employed to influence child behaviour; both in terms of negative health behaviours such as TV advertisements influencing junk food consumption and positive health behaviours for example using social marketing in a physical activity promotion program. This review highlights the benefits of using marketing strategies to positively influence child health behaviours but warns they should be restricted when promoting negative health behaviours.

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The Effectiveness of the Implementation of Healthy Buddies™, a School-Based, Peer-Led Health Promotion Program in Elementary Schools

Cited by 17 publications

References 20 publications

Building school-based cardiovascular health promotion capacity in youth: a mixed methods study

Building school-based cardiovascular health promotion capacity in youth: a mixed methods study

School-based intervention to prevent overweight and disordered eating in secondary school Malaysian adolescents: a study protocol

A Systematic Review, Narrative Synthesis and Conceptual Framework for Social Marketing and Behavioural Economics as Influencers of Health Behaviours in Children

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