Initial Findings of a Multicomponent School Health Intervention in Rural Appalachia: The Greenbrier CHOICES Project

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Emily; Zuest, Luciana; Bulger, Sean; Elliott, Eloise; Cho, Kibum; Lilly, Christa
Titel	Initial Findings of a Multicomponent School Health Intervention in Rural Appalachia: The Greenbrier CHOICES Project
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 47 (2020) 2, S.332-343 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jones, Emily)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198119897612
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Health Promotion; Rural Schools; Child Health; Adolescents; Physical Activity Level; Eating Habits; Dietetics; Body Weight; Faculty Development; Physical Education; Comprehensive School Health Education; Middle School Students; West Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Ernährungslehre; Körpergewicht; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	Background: Schools are an important setting for health promotion because they afford children and adolescents numerous opportunities to accumulate the recommended physical activity (PA) minutes and make other health-related decisions, including healthy eating. Unfortunately, there is little evidence of coordinated school-based health interventions in rural Appalachia. The Greenbrier Children's Health Opportunities Involving Coordinated Efforts in Schools Project was a federally funded, 3-year, multicomponent school-based health intervention focused on PA, healthy eating, and weight management. Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Greenbrier Children's Health Opportunities Involving Coordinated Efforts in Schools on adolescent PA, dietary behaviors, and weight status. Method: Measures of PA, dietary behaviors, and body mass index were collected across 14 data points throughout the intervention (including a baseline in Year 1). Results: Participants included 4,633 randomly selected middle school students (M = 2,289, F = 2,344) across the intervention. Baseline to Year 3 findings revealed a 12.8 percentage point increase in students achieving 60 minutes of daily PA. There were no significant differences in either dietary behavior or body mass index. Discussion: Findings provide evidence of the positive impact comprehensive school-based health interventions can have on middle school student health-related behaviors. Conclusion: Schools remain an ideal setting for health promotion. Initiatives targeting more than one level of influence on health-related behaviors are more likely to succeed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01