ArticleJournal of health communication2013
The effect of a communications campaign on middle school students' nutrition and physical activity: results of the HEALTHY study.
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- Evaluating public health campaigns on health promotion, substance use prevention and physical activity: a systematic review.Health education research · 2026Pooled it
- School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Influence of school architecture and design on healthy eating: a review of the evidence.American journal of public health · 2015Pooled it
- Communicating physical activity messages with adolescents: what works? A scoping review with stakeholder consultation.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Implementation of School Diabetes Care in the United States: A Scoping Review.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2022Article
- Pediatric Adapted Liking Survey (PALS) with Tailored Nutrition Education Messages: Application to a Middle School Setting.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Studies evaluating of health interventions at schools: an integrative literature review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2018Review
- School factors as barriers to and facilitators of a preventive intervention for pediatric type 2 diabetes.Translational behavioral medicine · 2014Article
- Lessons learned from the HEALTHY primary prevention trial of risk factors for type 2 diabetes in middle school youth.Current diabetes reports · 2013Review
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Abstract
The HEALTHY Study was a 3-year school-based intervention designed to change the behaviors of middle school students to reduce their risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. This report examines the relation between exposure to communications campaign materials and behavior change among students in the HEALTHY intervention schools. Using data from campaign tracking logs and student interviews, the authors examined communications campaign implementation and exposure to the communications campaign as well as health behavior change. Campaign tracking documents revealed variability across schools in the quantity of communications materials disseminated. Student interviews confirmed that there was variability in the proportion of students who reported receiving information from the communication campaign elements. Correlations and regression analysis controlling for semester examined the association between campaign exposure and behavior change across schools. There was a significant association between the proportion of students exposed to the campaign and the proportion of students who made changes in health behavior commensurate with study goals. The results suggest that, in the context of a multifaceted school-based health promotion intervention, schools that achieve a higher rate of exposure to communication campaign materials among the students may stimulate greater health behavior change.
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