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Publication Date: 2021
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Designing Educational Newsletter Interventions: An Example That Supported Grandfamilies' Physical Wellness Needs
Brenes, Priscilla; Meck Higgins, Mary
Journal of Extension, v59 n2 Article 6 2021
Effective newsletters have theory-based content and designs tailored to their readers and offer limited-cost community-level approaches to providing helpful, relevant, and engaging information. In accordance with this, we offer an example of a newsletter intervention that supported grandfamilies' physical wellness needs. Six issues of a brief mail-delivered newsletter were sent yearly for up to 5 years to low-income custodial grandparents. In evaluating the newsletter, most respondents reported reading it, discussing its information, and having greater awareness, knowledge, and motivation or confidence regarding wellness recommendations. Furthermore, 91% described improving 1 or more of their grandfamilies' cooking, eating, or physical activity practices.
Descriptors: Newsletters, Physical Health, Wellness, Health Promotion, Intervention, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Program Effectiveness, Physical Activities, Cooking Instruction, Nutrition, Eating Habits, Life Style, Recreational Activities, Extension Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kansas
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