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Background: School is an important setting to promote healthy eating habits for children. We compared the effects of 4 conditions on the nutritional quality of snacks brought to school. We also investigated teachers' opinions regarding the process, barriers, and facilitators in regulation implementation. Methods: We compared the nutritional…
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Eating Habits, Health Promotion
LaShawn Wordlaw; Helene Vilme – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This one-year pilot study investigated the effectiveness of a multimedia campaign, Heart Healthy U (HHU), to increase awareness about the link between unhealthy behaviors and risk for heart disease among emerging adults on a college campus. This paper describes the implementation of HHU. Participants: The HHU campaign was implemented…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Heart Disorders, College Students, Information Dissemination
Hahnraths, Marla T. H.; Willeboordse, Maartje; van Schayck, Onno C. P. – Health Education, 2023
Purpose: To gain insight into factors enhancing or obstructing implementation in various school-settings, which is vital for widespread dissemination and sustainable integration of school-based health-promoting interventions. Design/methodology/approach: A mixed methods multisite comparative case study to investigate (factors influencing) the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Elementary Schools, Intervention
Download full textJessica Smith; Habiba Nur; Martha Archuleta; Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos; Celina Wille; Casey Coombs; Heidi J. Wengreen – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2024
Nutrition education can improve nutrition and health for refugees. Extension program directors providing nutrition education to refugees were surveyed regarding successful program techniques, program challenges, and both the barriers refugees face and the strengths they possess concerning healthy eating. Researchers used grounded theory to explore…
Descriptors: Refugees, Nutrition Instruction, Extension Education, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
Mishra, Sachin K.; Khanal, Aditya R.; Collins, William J. – Health Education Journal, 2022
Introduction: A common refrain in public health and medicine concerns the rapidly rising incidence of obesity and metabolic-like syndromes over the last two decades. A plethora of data suggests there are many roots to the issue and what to do about it. The rise of childhood obesity and the growing incidence of adult endocrine diseases like type 2…
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Program Implementation, Community Involvement
Daniel P. Hatfield; Shanti Sharma; Caitlin P. Bailey; Peter Bakun; Erin Hennessy; Caitlin Simon; Christina D. Economos – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To evaluate implementation of nutrition/physical activity-related policies/practices at colleges participating in a healthy campus initiative and campus health leaders' perceptions of policies/practices' support for student health and ease of/barriers to implementation. Participants: Health leaders at colleges participating in the…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Eating Habits, Health Promotion, Physical Activities
Vilme, Helene; Campbell, Santiba D.; Sauls, Derrick L.; Powell, Keith; Lee, Jennifer; Stout, Robyn; Erkanli, Alaattin; Reynolds, Glenn; Story, Mary T.; Matsouaka, Roland A.; Austin, Tomia; Templeton, P. Gizem; Locklear, Millard; Bosworth, Hayden B.; Skinner, Asheley C.; Otienoburu, Philip E.; Duke, Naomi N. – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Farm-to-University (Farm2U) programs make healthy eating accessible, easier, and the default option. Yet, few published studies have focused on Farm2U implementations in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in conjunction with measurements of implementation barriers using the consolidated framework for implementation…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Agriculture, Partnerships in Education, Barriers
Morgan Bahl Szczepaniak; Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt; Ruth Litchfield; Sarah L. Francis – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2022
Food retailers are key stakeholders in the development, implementation, and effectiveness of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) nutrition pilot programs. Qualitative interviews were conducted to gather insight from food retailers regarding the feasibility of proposed strategies to improve food choices among SNAP participants. Two…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Welfare Services, Nutrition, Pilot Projects
Camp-Spivey, Logan J.; Newman, Susan D.; Stevens, Robert N.; Nichols, Michelle – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: School-based interventions and strategies targeting physical activity (PA) and eating patterns have successfully addressed unhealthy behaviors contributing to excess weight in school-age children. The purpose of this study was to investigate South Carolina (SC) public school administrators' perceptions of and experiences with…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Health Behavior, Administrator Attitudes, Barriers
Saunders, Ruth P.; Wilcox, Sara; Hutto, Brent – Health Education Research, 2022
Faith-based organizations are promising settings for implementation science because they can reach populations bearing a disproportionate burden of chronic disease. This study examined how implementation strategies influenced implementation outcomes in Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) statewide dissemination. Ninety-three (9%) of 985 invited…
Descriptors: Churches, Beliefs, Chronic Illness, Information Dissemination
Farewell, Charlotte V.; Puma, Jini; Bergling, Emily; Webb, Julie; Quinlan, Jennie; Shah, Puja; Maiurro, Emily – Health Education Research, 2020
Obesity and overweight in early childhood have detrimental impacts on children's health and development. Changing policy, system and environmental features focused on physical activity and healthy eating behaviors as part of health promotion interventions can play a key role in prevention strategies in early childhood education settings. These…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Health Promotion, Program Implementation, Evidence Based Practice
Shah, Smita; Rizzo Liu, Kym; Lockett, Catriona; Sainsbury, Emma – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: The objectives of this study were to (1) measure the acceptability of Students As LifeStyle Activists (SALSA) Youth Voices (SYV) programme, (2) determine the skills gained by peer leaders from their participation in SYV and (3) determine whether peer leaders were able to design and implement an action to promote healthy eating and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Eating Habits, Physical Activity Level
Jacquelyn Potvin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Background: Youth from low-income, racially and ethnically diverse families are at increased risk for academic challenges and nutritionally inadequate diets. Summer programs offer an opportunity to foster interest and engage students in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education while addressing summer learning loss.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Bernhart, J. A.; Dunn, C. G.; Wilcox, S.; Saunders, R. P.; Sharpe, P. A.; Stucker, J. – Health Education Research, 2019
Faith-based health promotion programs have been effective in increasing healthy eating (HE) and physical activity (PA). Very few reports exist regarding church leaders' anticipated and experienced barriers and facilitators to program implementation. Pastors (n = 38, 70%) and program coordinators (n = 54, 100%) from churches (N = 54) who attended a…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Churches, Barriers, Program Implementation
Stoutenberg, Mark; Falcon, Ashley; Arheart, Kris; Stasi, Selina; Portacio, Francia; Stepanenko, Bryan; Lan, Mary L.; Castruccio-Prince, Catarina; Nackenson, Joshua – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Background: Lifestyle modification programs improve several health-related behaviors, including physical activity (PA) and nutrition. However, few of these programs have been expanded to impact a large number of individuals in one setting at one time. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether a PA- and nutrition-based lifestyle…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Life Style, Physical Activities, Eating Habits
