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Book Synopsis The Impact of a Physical Activity Intervention on the Promotoras Leading the Intervention by : Jamie Noel Schroer
Download or read book The Impact of a Physical Activity Intervention on the Promotoras Leading the Intervention written by Jamie Noel Schroer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latinos suffer disproportionately from a variety of health conditions, many of which can be prevented though regular physical activity (PA). Latinos however are currently the most inactive racial/ethnic group. Effective interventions targeting PA among Latinos can greatly reduce health disparities experienced by Latinos. The promotora model is an effective strategy used to reach underserved and minority populations and helps reduce health disparities. Promotoras are members of the community trained to deliver interventions. Promotoras participate in training, act as leaders, serve as role models, and promote health, however little is known about the impact such interventions have on the change agents themselves. The present study examined changes in behavior (PA), health status (BMI and waist circumference), and psychosocial variables (self efficacy, family support, friend support, partner support, and barriers to being physically active) from baseline to month six among Latina promotoras leading a PA intervention. Quantitative and qualitative process evaluation questions were also analyzed. Paired t-tests revealed no significant changes in any of the outcome variables examined; two psychosocial variables however approached significance. There were significant correlations between process evaluation variables. Qualitative findings indicated that promotoras felt positively about their experience and that they benefitted from their involvement. Several limitations may have impeded significant findings and validity. More studies using the promotora model need to evaluate changes in change agents to better understand how people are affected by community-based interventions.
Book Synopsis The Impact of Physical Activity on Health: A 10-week Walking Intervention for Educators by : Amy L. Caulkins
Download or read book The Impact of Physical Activity on Health: A 10-week Walking Intervention for Educators written by Amy L. Caulkins and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine if increasing physical activity levels, through a 10-week walking intervention program, impacts the health of current and retired educators, ages 40 to 70 years. To determine the health status of participants, three fitness components involving six health measures were utilized. Pedometers and log books were also used to motivate and measure physical activity levels. Emphasis for this study was on accomplishing the objective of becoming more physically active instead of emphasizing the attainment of high levels of performance. The sample population included 93 participants (females n=75, males n=18). Ethnic make-up included 79 Caucasian and 14 African American participants. The mean age of the sample group was 54 years (females=53.4 years, males=56.9 years). The single group, pre-test, post-test format was conducted over a ten-week period (week 1 - pre-test and baseline, weeks 2--10 intervention, followed by post-test). Results. Findings of dependent t-tests showed a significant increase in the average daily step totals and significant improvements in health for all six of the health measures (six minute walk test, resting heart rate and blood pressure, body mass index, waist girth, and the sit-and-reach flexibility test). However, findings of the Stepwise Regression showed a significant, positive relationship between increased activity levels and three of the six health measures (diastolic blood pressure, waist girth, and the sit-and-reach flexibility test). Conclusions. These findings suggest that there is a significant relationship between increasing physical activity levels and improved health for educators. Results of this study also suggest that it is possible to increase physical activity levels using pedometers at little or no expense to school systems, which is particularly relevant for school districts under continued budgetary constraints and rising costs.
Book Synopsis Physical Activity and Health Promotion by : Lindsey Dugdill
Download or read book Physical Activity and Health Promotion written by Lindsey Dugdill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Evidence-based Approaches to Practice evaluates the realities and complexities of working to reverse the adverse trend toward physical inactivity. It is a well-rounded, evidence-based study of interventions for physical activity practice, covering a range of settings and target groups. Expert contributors present case studies which help to translate the theory into practice, from individual to societal levels, enriched by explanations of the socio-political context.
Book Synopsis Implementation and Evaluation of a Physical Activity Intervention for Rural Children Using a Community Based Participatory Research Approach by : Kara Cook Hamilton
Download or read book Implementation and Evaluation of a Physical Activity Intervention for Rural Children Using a Community Based Participatory Research Approach written by Kara Cook Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Physical inactivity is a leading cause of obesity in the United States, largely contributing to the increased risks of disease and premature death in this country. Effective physical activity interventions are needed for children since health behaviors track into adulthood and risk factors for diseases begin early in life. One approach that has been proven effective when devising interventions and research strategies is called Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR). Objective: The objective of this investigation was to determine if a CBPR intervention increased moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and decreased sedentary behavior in 10-11 year old children residing in a rural community in Alabama. Methods: This investigation included: 1) Leading a group of children (n=12) through a Photovoice project; (2) Designing a physical activity video intervention guided by the themes that emerged during the Photovoice project, and that featured members of the community as educators; and (3) Implementing the 4-week video intervention and evaluating psychosocial constructs related to physical activity and determining if this led to concomitant improvements in physical activity behavior (Actigraph, wGT3X-BT, Pensacola, FL) pre-to-post intervention. Results: Follow-up measurements of the psychosocial constructs were significantly higher compared to baseline measures for the intervention group (p
Book Synopsis Physical Activity and Lifestyles by : Jennifer R. Peeples
Download or read book Physical Activity and Lifestyles written by Jennifer R. Peeples and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Examining the Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Well-being by : Li Shan Goh
Download or read book Examining the Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Well-being written by Li Shan Goh and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effects of the CHANGE! by : Kelly Alexandra Mackintosh
Download or read book The Effects of the CHANGE! written by Kelly Alexandra Mackintosh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low childhood physical activity levels, and high paediatric overweight and obesity levels, carry a considerable burden to health including cardiometabolic disease, low fitness, and reduced psychosocial well-being. Numerous school- based physical activity interventions have been conducted with varied success. This thesis therefore aimed to develop and investigate the effectiveness of the Children's Health, Activity and Nutrition: Get Educated! (CHANGE!) project, which was a school-based curriculum intervention to promote healthy lifestyles using an educational focus on physical activity and healthy eating. The purpose of the formative study (Study 1) was to elicit subjective views of children, their parents, and teachers about physical activity to inform the design of the CHANGE! intervention programme. Analyses revealed that families have a powerful and important role in promoting health-enhancing behaviours. Involvement of parents and the whole family is a strategy that could be significant to ~ncrease children's physical activity levels. There is large variation in the cut-points used to define moderate physical activity (MPA), vigorous physical activity (VPA) and sedentary time, which impacts on accurate estimation of physical activity levels. The purpose of Study 2 was to test a field-based protocol using intermittent activities representative of children's physical activity behaviours, to generate behaviourally valid, population-specific cut-points for sedentary behaviour, MPA and VPA. These cut-points were subsequently applied to CHANGE! to investigate changes in physical activity (Study 3). The CHANGE! intervention resulted in positive changes to body size and VPA outcomes after follow-up. The effects were strongest among those sociodemographic groups at greatest risk of poor health status. Further work is required to test the sustained effectiveness of this approach in the medium and long-term. Further, the development of an inexpensive and replicable field- based protocol to generate behaviourally valid and population-specific accelerometer cut-points may improve classification of physical activity levels in children, which could enhance subsequent intervention and observational studies.
Book Synopsis Impact of a Community-based Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention (Cycle Kids) on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Urban, School-aged Children by : Cheryl Lynn Hewitt
Download or read book Impact of a Community-based Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention (Cycle Kids) on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Urban, School-aged Children written by Cheryl Lynn Hewitt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Impact of a School-based Physical Activity Intervention on Learners' Health Behaviour by : Siphamandla Eugene Nyawose
Download or read book The Impact of a School-based Physical Activity Intervention on Learners' Health Behaviour written by Siphamandla Eugene Nyawose and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities by : Virginia M. Brennan
Download or read book Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities written by Virginia M. Brennan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores effective models for treating and preventing obesity, providing commentaries that shape our understanding of particular parts of the obesity epidemic and field reports on innovative approaches to combating obesity in racial/ethnic minority and other medically underserved populations in the United States.
Book Synopsis The Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Children's Activity Levels and Attraction to Activity by : Michael Paul Ernst
Download or read book The Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Children's Activity Levels and Attraction to Activity written by Michael Paul Ernst and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of a Lifestyle Physical Activity Intervention in a Worksite Environment by : Whitney Elizabeth Hornsby
Download or read book Effects of a Lifestyle Physical Activity Intervention in a Worksite Environment written by Whitney Elizabeth Hornsby and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of a Church-based Intervention on Physical Activity and Mediators of Physical Activity in Children by : Rebekah E. Tang
Download or read book Effects of a Church-based Intervention on Physical Activity and Mediators of Physical Activity in Children written by Rebekah E. Tang and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Evaluating an Expanded Health Action Process Approach to Predict Physical Activity and Exercise Levels of Community Dwelling Individuals with Chronic Illness and Disability by : Jia-Rung Wu
Download or read book Evaluating an Expanded Health Action Process Approach to Predict Physical Activity and Exercise Levels of Community Dwelling Individuals with Chronic Illness and Disability written by Jia-Rung Wu and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies have supported that employment improves health status and healthy people are more likely to work. Employment intervention and health promotion intervention are complementary to each other, and the integration of these two interventions in vocational rehabilitation (VR) will improve the health status of VR clients, leading to higher quality employment. Physical activity and exercise (PA & E), one of the most salient components of health promotion interventions, can limit the scope, impact, and extensive costs associated with disability-related secondary health conditions and prevent further comorbidity and mortality. However, lack of motivation is one of the key factors that prevents individuals from participating in PA & E that meets the recommended physical activity guidelines. Motivation focused health promotion intervention will have a higher chance of helping people with CID to participating PA & E. The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) have been found to predict PA & E as a motivational model, and what is lacking is the explicit inclusion of a motivation construct-autonomous motivation. In the present study, an expanded HAPA model including autonomous motivation was evaluated to determine its potential as a PA & E model for community-dwelling adults with disabilities. The expanded HAPA constructs were found to be strong predictors of PA & E and accounted for 35% of the variation in PA & E. Autonomous motivation and PA & E self-efficacy were strongly associated with commitment and consequently influenced PA & E engagement. Rehabilitation counselors have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in promoting health behaviors of their clients. Results of the present study provide a clear conceptual framework for rehabilitation counselors to conceptualize assessment, planning, and intervention to help their clients live a healthy lifestyle, leading to better employment outcomes.
Book Synopsis Collateral Effects of a Family-focused Behavioral Intervention on Physical Activity by : Jenna Rudo-Stern
Download or read book Collateral Effects of a Family-focused Behavioral Intervention on Physical Activity written by Jenna Rudo-Stern and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are significant and wide-ranging health benefits of physical activity, yet the majority of adolescents in the United States do not engage in the recommended amount. This poses a significant public health challenge. Parents have a substantial influence on adolescents' levels of activity, indicating that parenting may be an especially salient target of interventions designed to promote physical activity. The current study tested the hypothesis that a family intervention to promote effective parenting would have a positive collateral effect on adolescent physical activity. This study also tested whether the increase in activity was mediated by changes in parental monitoring and family relationship quality. Furthermore, the current study assessed whether adolescent gender moderated the relationship between parental monitoring and physical activity, such that increased parental monitoring predicted increases in physical activity for girls, but not for boys. Participants were 232 adolescents at risk for behavior problems drawn from a larger randomized controlled trial of the Family Check-Up. Adolescents completed questionnaires and participated in a family assessment with their caregivers in the 6th through 9th grades. Youth randomized to the intervention reported significantly more physical activity at follow-up relative to controls. Results failed to confirm the role of family factors as mediators of the effect of the intervention on physical activity. When gender was considered as a moderator, it appeared that parental monitoring was strongly and positively correlated with physical activity for girls, but not for boys. While the mechanism by which the Family Check-Up leads to increased physical activity remains unclear, its robust effects suggest that family intervention can be used to promote physical activity and might therefore have further-reaching health benefits.
Book Synopsis Latina/o American Health and Mental Health by : Leticia Arellano-Morales Ph.D.
Download or read book Latina/o American Health and Mental Health written by Leticia Arellano-Morales Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for health and mental health administrators, community agencies, and policy makers as well as students and general interest readers, this book details the state of the physical and mental health of many Latina/o American groups. While Latina/o Americans originate from more than 25 countries, most health or mental health texts largely focus on Mexican Americans and often fail to address other Latina/o groups, such as South Americans, Central Americans, Puerto Ricans, and others. Moreover, most works address either health or mental health, but not both together. In contrast, Latina/o American Health and Mental Health addresses both the health and mental health of diverse Latina/o heritage groups. An interdisciplinary approach enables readers to identify both similar and divergent areas that affect the health and mental health of Latina/o Americans. Strengths-based and social justice perspectives, rather than a deficit perspective, guide the work in its assessment of disparities among treatment for different groups. This text is ideal for graduate students, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in public health, community health, family studies, psychology, counseling, social work, and Latina/o studies who are interested in understanding Latina/o health and mental health in the United States and providing culturally responsive services.
Book Synopsis Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions to Modify Physical Activity Behaviors in General Populations and Cancer Patients and Survivors by : Department of Health & Human Services
Download or read book Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions to Modify Physical Activity Behaviors in General Populations and Cancer Patients and Survivors written by Department of Health & Human Services and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthy People 2010 places physical activity in the top ten leading indicators of health of Americans. Yet 54.6 percent of U.S. adults report levels of physical activity that fall below the following two guidelines: moderate intensity activity 30 minutes or more per day, 5 or more days per week OR vigorous intensity activity 20 minutes or more per day, 3 or more days per week. Further, 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey data indicate that 64.6 percent of high school students meet the Healthy People 2010 goal for vigorous activity (3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion), and 25.5 percent of high school students meet the Healthy People 2010 goal for moderate intensity activity (at least 30 minutes on 5 or more of the previous 7 days). Clearly, there is a need to understand how to sustainably increase and maintain physical activity behaviors in children, adolescents, and adults. The first specific aim of this review was to examine the evidence that physical activity interventions, alone or combined with diet modification or smoking cessation, are effective in helping individuals sustainably increase their aerobic physical activity or maintain adequate aerobic physical activity. Further, within this first portion of the review, there were four sub-aims: 1. Is the effectiveness of theoretically based interventions different? 2. Do hypothesized moderators affect the results of these interventions? 3. Do these interventions affect theoretically hypothesized mediators? 4. In these interventions, is there a relationship between changes in theoretically hypothesized mediators and changes in physical activity? In addition to the importance of physical activity in general populations, physical activity may play a special role in the experience of cancer survivors from the point of diagnosis through the balance of life. Understanding the impact of cancer and its treatment on individuals living years beyond a cancer diagnosis is increasingly important, especially as the population of long-term cancer survivors continues to grow. For example, it is estimated that there are approximately 9.5 million cancer survivors alive in the United States today. As children and adults with a history of cancer are living longer, the challenges that face survivors will gain increasing attention. Current cancer treatments, although increasingly efficacious for preventing death, are toxic in numerous ways and produce negative long-term physiological and or psychological effects. Because physical activity has been shown to improve well-being in healthy people, it has been proposed as a possible intervention to combat the early and late effects of treatment in cancer patients. The American Cancer Society now recommends that cancer survivors perform regular physical activity toward the goal of maintaining a healthy body weight, reducing risk of recurrence, and reducing risk for other common chronic diseases. Therefore, the second specific aim was to examine whether physical activity is efficacious for improving psychosocial or physiologic outcomes among cancer survivors.
