Trial reportPreventing chronic disease2017
Compañeros: High School Students Mentor Middle School Students to Address Obesity Among Hispanic Adolescents.
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- Pooled it
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan-2022 Update.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2022Guideline
- 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
- Themes in Train-the-Trainer Nutrition Education Interventions Targeting Middle School Students: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Layperson-Led vs Professional-Led Behavioral Interventions for Weight Loss in Pediatric Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Community Health Workers in Schools: A Systematic Review.Academic pediatricsPooled it
- Effectiveness and sustainability of peer support interventions for patients with obesity: a realist synthesis protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Evaluating the effect of a 12-month youth advisory group on adolescent's leadership skills and perceptions related to chronic disease prevention research: a mixed-methods study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Response to school-based interventions for overweight and obesity: A systematic scoping review.Clinical obesity · 2022Article
- The Effect of Peer Support on Individuals with Overweight and Obesity: A Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2021Review
- The Challenges and Opportunities of Sustaining Academia-Sponsored Community Service Programs for Latinx Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of Hispanic higher education · 2021Article
- Shifting From Tokenism to Meaningful Adolescent Participation in Research for Obesity Prevention: A Systematic Scoping Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Measures of Acculturation and Relations to zBMI among Mexican-Origin Youth.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2019Article
- Shaping Future Generations of Public Health Researchers: Preventing Chronic Disease's Student Research Paper Contest.Preventing chronic disease · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionPromotoras, Hispanic community health workers, are frequently employed to promote health behavioral change with culturally bound Hispanic lifestyle behaviors. Peer health mentors have been used in schools to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors among students. This study investigates the efficacy of combining these 2 approaches by training high school health mentors, called compañeros, to engage Hispanic middle school students in a school-based obesity intervention as a strategy to promote and sustain reductions in standardized body mass index (zBMI).
methodsHigh school compañeros were trained to participate in a 6-month obesity program alongside middle school students in Houston, Texas. Middle school students were randomized to participate in the program either with compañeros (n = 94) or without compañeros (n = 95). The intervention was conducted from 2013 through 2016 in 3 cohorts of students, 1 each school year. Students were followed for 12 months. The primary outcome was zBMI, which was analyzed at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months.
resultsSignificant differences were found between conditions across time (F = 4.58, P = .01). After the 6-month intervention, students in the condition with compañeros had a larger decrease in zBMI (F = 6.94, P = .01) than students in the condition without compañeros. Furthermore, students who received the intervention with compañeros showed greater sustained results at 12 months (F = 7.65, P = .01).
conclusionUsing high school compañeros in an obesity intervention for Hispanic middle school students could be effective in promoting and maintaining reductions in zBMI.
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