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ArticleAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2018

An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mission-X Child Health Promotion Program in the United States.

Jungwon Min, Zhengqi Tan, Laurie Abadie, Scott Townsend, Hong Xue, Youfa Wang

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Article in American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Educational Programs for the Promotion of Health at School: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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6 authors.

Jungwon Min1 Systems-oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Zhengqi Tan2 Systems-oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program, Fisher Institute of Health and Well-being, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
Laurie Abadie3 Johnson Space Center, Human Research Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Houston, TX, USA.
Scott Townsend3 Johnson Space Center, Human Research Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Houston, TX, USA.
Hong Xue1 Systems-oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Youfa Wang1 Systems-oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Funding

MULTILEVEL SYSTEMS-ORIENTED CHILDHOOD OBESITY STUDY IN CHINAU54HD070725 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GITTELSOHN, JOEL · 2011 to 2016
$15.9M
Causes and Interventions for Childhood Obesity:Innovative Systems AnalysisR01HD064685 · NICHD · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI WANG, YOUFA · 2010 to 2013
$1.2M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD064685NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD070725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo examine the effects of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mission-X: Train Like an Astronaut program (MX) on children's health-related knowledge and behaviors of a sample of US participants.

designA nonexperimental pilot intervention study in 5 cities with a pre-post comparison of children's health-related knowledge and behaviors in the United States in 2014 and 2015. SAMPLE: Children (n = 409) with a mean age (standard deviation) of 10.1 (1.7) years. MEASURES: Children answered pre- and postintervention questionnaires. We measured the differences in children's health knowledge on nutrition and physical fitness and behaviors on diet and physical activity as scores.

interventionA 6-week web- and school-based intervention for a healthier lifestyle by introducing physical fitness and science activities based on actual astronaut training under a teacher's supervision. ANALYSIS: Nonparametric analysis and logistic regression models.

resultsParticipants significantly improved both of their health behaviors on physical activity ( P < .001) and diet ( P = .06) and their health knowledge regarding nutrition ( P < .001) and physical fitness ( P < .001) after the intervention. The improvement in children's behaviors ( P < .001), knowledge ( P < .001), and the total score ( P < .001) after intervention did not significantly vary by sex or age, after adjusting for year of participation and state of residency. DISCUSSION: The MX seems effective in improving health behaviors and health knowledge of participating children, which may serve as a model for sustainable global child health promotion program. Further research is needed to test its long-term effects on child health.

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Child HealthDiet, HealthyHealth BehaviorChildExerciseFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMalePediatric ObesityProgram EvaluationUnited StatesUnited States National Aeronautics and Space Administrationchildhood obesityinterventionknowledgenutritionphysical activity

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PMID28901176
PMCPMC6749986

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