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Direct linkKatz, Sherri Jean; Cohen, Elisia L.; Kinzer, Hannah T. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Vaping rates among college students have been increasing significantly in recent years, due in large part to the diffusion of pod vaping devices (i.e., JUUL, Suorin) on American college campuses. In this study, we explore the ecological system of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in regards to this trend. Participants: Participants…
Descriptors: Smoking, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Download full textAfterschool Alliance, 2025
Physical activity and healthy eating are instrumental to a child's overall healthy development, resulting in a number of positive outcomes, like better academic performance and lower risk of depression. Yet, most young people are not meeting the recommended daily amount of physical activity, are not eating enough vegetables or fruits, and are…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Health Behavior, Eating Habits, Child Development
Pope, Zachary C.; Gao, Zan – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: We evaluated the feasibility of a 10-week program combining a smartphone application and theoretically-based, social media-delivered health education intervention to improve college students' health behaviors and outcomes. Participants: Forty-four college students (32 female; [x-bar][subscript age]=21.6 years) in 2015-2016. Methods:…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Social Media, Health Education
Marie-Andrée Somers; Michelle Dixon; Claudia Solís-Román; Megan Schwartz; Olivia Lalanne; Bryce Marshall; Lauren Lee; Osvaldo Avila – MDRC, 2025
LifeSkills Training is the only program to prevent substance use disorder among adolescents that has evidence of effects on substance use outcomes from multiple randomized controlled trials. Evaluations have shown that the version for middle school students reduces their use of substances in high school, but these studies were conducted in the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Middle School Students, Substance Abuse, Drug Use
Henderson, Maren S. G.; Ziegenfuss, Jeanette Y.; Dinh, Jennifer M.; Canterbury, Marna; Anderson, Andrea; Kottke, Thomas E.; JaKa, Meghan M. – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic affected health and well-being worldwide, but little is known about how the pandemic specifically impacted families with young children. Evidence suggests a relationship between well-being and health behaviors (diet, physical activity) and that preexisting health disparities were exacerbated during the pandemic.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Activity Level, Racial Differences
Saftner, Melissa A.; Pruitt, Kelsey S.; McRee, Annie-Laurie – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Communication with sexual partners about protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is associated with safer sexual behaviors among general populations of youth, but little is known about partner communication among American Indian youth. We assessed the prevalence of adolescents' communication with sexual partners about STI…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior
Brockman, Tabetha A.; Sim, Leslie A.; Biggs, Bridget K.; Bronars, Carrie A.; Meiers, Sonja J.; Tolleson, Ellen; Ridgeway, Jennifer L.; Asiedu, Gladys B.; Hanza, Marcelo M.; Olson, Molly A.; Slowiak, Kathleen A.; Weis, Jennifer A.; Patten, Christi A.; Clark, Matthew M.; Millerbernd, Jodi; Sia, Irene G.; Wieland, Mark L. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: To determine intervention needs and to gather stakeholder input regarding healthy eating promotion for youth members served at a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Minnesota. Design: Mixed-methods design informed by community-based participatory research principles. Setting and Method: Young people completed a dietary habits…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Youth Programs, After School Programs, Body Height
Arcan, Chrisa; Davey, Cynthia; LaRowe, Tara L.; Nanney, Marilyn S. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Early care and education settings (ECE) are potential venues for young children to develop healthy lifestyle habits. The study assesses training needs and associations with relevant practices of licensed ECE providers across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Methods: A random sample of 823 providers completed a 97-item survey assessing…
Descriptors: Training, Educational Needs, Child Care, Early Childhood Education
Slater, Jonathan S.; Parks, Michael J.; Malone, Michael E.; Henly, George A.; Nelson, Christina L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Financial incentives are being used increasingly to encourage a wide array of health behaviors because of their well-established efficacy. However, little is known about how to translate incentive-based strategies to public health practice geared toward improving population-level health, and a dearth of research exists on how individuals respond…
Descriptors: Incentives, Financial Support, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
Thompson, Emily; Johnson, David C.; Leite-Bennett, Amy; Ding, Yingmei; Mehrotra, Komal – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: Hennepin County partnered with schools to implement lunchroom strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption. An in-depth evaluation measured changes in consumption following implementation of encouragement strategies including slicing apples and attractive labels. Methods: A pre-post prospective evaluation measured changes in…
Descriptors: Food, Elementary School Students, Pretests Posttests, Eating Habits
Norman, Jessica; Moore, Amy; Mattfeldt-Beman, Mildred; Kelly, Patrick; Barlow, Patrick – Journal of Extension, 2018
The Power of Produce (PoP) Club is a farmers' market incentive program for children aged 5-12. The purpose of the summative evaluation described in this article was to determine the impact of the PoP Club on improving family and child behavior at a Minnesota farmers' market as well as child fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption. Results from a…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Health Behavior, Child Health, Incentive Grants
Brianna Routh; Mary Jo Katras; Mary Marczak – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2015
Formative evaluation was conducted for the Personal Health Behaviors Overview (PHBO) survey to evaluate nutrition behaviors with image-based questions in low-income populations. Forty-nine low-income adults from nutrition education classes were invited to participate with n = 42 included in the analysis. Participants completed the PHBO survey…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Health Behavior, Low Income Groups, Adults
Gorman, Trish; Broughton, Noelle; Rusnak, Katy; Skelton, Seena M.; Thorius, Kathleen King – Equity Assistance Center Region III, Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center, 2021
This "Equity by Design" brief highlights equity issues that arise in the process of reopening schools during a global pandemic. The authors examine state plans and guidance for reopening schools across states in the Midwest & Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP EAC) region which includes the 13 states of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, In Person Learning
Parks, Michael J.; Kim, Soyoon – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Background: It is a priority to develop population-based strategies for reducing barriers to smoking cessation among low-income populations. Harnessing secondary transmission such as interpersonal communication (IC) has helped to reduce tobacco use, but there is a dearth of quasi-experimental research that examines IC and the full spectrum of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Smoking, Predictor Variables, Barriers
Hearst, Mary O.; Wang, Qi; Grannon, Katherine; Davey, Cynthia S.; Nanney, Marilyn S. – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: This study examines school strategies to educate parents over time about physical activity and nutrition and how those strategies are related to adolescent health behaviors. Methods: Data from the Minnesota School Health Profiles Lead Health Education Teacher survey (2008-2012) and the Minnesota Student Survey (MSS, 2013) included…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Life Style, Child Health, Parent Education
