Assessing needs for youth health promotion

Perry, Cheryl L.; Griffin, Gretchen; Murray, David M.

doi:10.1016/0091-7435(85)90064-7

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“…Surprisingly, there were no differences between boys and girls in nutritional practices which contrasts with previous findings that girls tend to have more healthy overall eating patterns which includes making more healthful food choices and having more healthful food preferences than boys (Perry, Griffin, & Murray, 1985). Similarly, in Cohen et al's (1990) study, girls were found to have better food habits and to eat less empty calorie snacks than boys.…”

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Health Perceptions and Behaviors of School-Age Boys and Girls

Graham¹,

Uphold²

1992

Journal of Community Health Nursing

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This study described and compared the health perceptions and behaviors of 83 school-age boys and girls. An age-appropriate interview schedule was designed to collect data related to demographic characteristics, health perceptions, safety, life-style practices, nutrition, dental health, and care of minor injuries. Findings indicated that most boys and girls viewed themselves as healthy and managed their own care fairly well in the areas of seat belt use, exercise, and dental health. Nutrition was identified as an area of concern, with 10% of the children skipping breakfast, and over half eating snacks with empty calories. Generally, children were found to be knowledgeable in the management of simple injuries and how to respond in the event of an emergency. Boys and girls were similar in all areas of health perceptions and behaviors except for dental health, with boys reporting more regular visits to the dentist than did girls. Further research is needed to learn more about the process by which school-age children acquire positive health behaviors to assist nurses to design and implement intervention programs that appropriately address the needs of this age group.

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Health Perceptions and Behaviors of School-Age Boys and Girls

Graham¹,

Uphold²

1992

Journal of Community Health Nursing

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“…This concurs with the literature, which indicates that as adolescents age their selection o f nutritious foods and exercise rates decrease (Perry et al, 1985). Safety practices, with respect to the use of seat belts and helmets, also were found to decline with age (Health Canada, 1999b).…”

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“…This pattern is observed particularly in relation to alcohol, substance use, and the use o f tobacco products (Nutbeam, Aar, and Catford, 1989). Perry, Griffin, and Murray (1985) found that both selection of nutritive food and exercise rates decrease between ages 9 and 16. This concurred with the research of Sallis (2000) who found that the steepest decline in physical activity occurs between 13 and 18 years of age.…”

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Lifestyle behaviors of adolescents: Relationship of self-efficacy, optimism, unrealistic optimism and selected demographic variables to the lifestyle behaviors.

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“…Nutrition health education has become increasingly prominent in schools' programmes worldwide, either as part of dedicated courses such as home economics or wider skills-based programmes [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] . There is evidence that young people develop risk factors [12][13][14] and disease evidence for coronary heart disease early 15,16 and, in Ireland as elsewhere 17 , obesity is becoming a major public health problem for children.…”

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Evaluation of the Nutrition Education at Primary School (NEAPS) programme

Friel

Kelleher

Campbell

et al. 1999

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess the impact and suitability of a pilot dietary educational programme for primary school pupils. The Nutrition Education at Primary School (NEAPS) programme aimed to build awareness of the benefits of healthy eating, induce positive behaviour change and increase the children's knowledge. Design: A comparative quasi-experimental study with follow-up after 3 months. Setting: Eight primary schools in the Eastern and North Western Health Boards and three control schools in the same board regions. Subjects: Data were used from 821 Irish school children aged 8-10 years old. Methods:The education programme comprised 20 sessions over 10 weeks including circular worksheets, homework assignments and an aerobic exercise regime. At baseline and after 3 months pupils completed food diaries and a validated food pairing questionnaire on food behaviour, knowledge and preferences. Results: Significant differences were found in the intervention children's behaviour and preference levels after the NEAPS programme (P Ͻ 0.01 in both sections). Knowledge levels were very high at baseline and though some individual items improved, average change overall was not significant. Rural children appeared to benefit more in behaviour and preferences from the programme (P Ͻ 0.01). The NEAPS programme appeared to be less effective in pupils in disadvantaged areas (P Ͻ 0.01 for each of the sections: behaviour, preference and knowledge). One hundred and eighty-seven children completed food diaries. The intervention children's consumption of fruit and vegetables increased, and they consumed less salty snacks after the programme. Rural children were confirmed to have healthier diets at baseline. Conclusions: Following the NEAPS pilot programme positive changes were seen in the school children's eating behaviour and preferences for healthier foodstuffs. This suggests successful development of a culturally sensitive nutrition education programme for school children aged 8-10 years.

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Assessing needs for youth health promotion

Cited by 54 publications

References 8 publications

Health Perceptions and Behaviors of School-Age Boys and Girls

Health Perceptions and Behaviors of School-Age Boys and Girls

Lifestyle behaviors of adolescents: Relationship of self-efficacy, optimism, unrealistic optimism and selected demographic variables to the lifestyle behaviors.

Evaluation of the Nutrition Education at Primary School (NEAPS) programme

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