Longitudinal Evaluation of Peer Health Education on a College Campus: Impact on Health Behaviors

White, Sabina; Park, Yong S.; Israel, Tania; Cordero, Elizabeth D.

doi:10.3200/jach.57.5.497-506

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“…A potential countermeasure is to identify the peer leaders who are likely to be early adopters, and train them to be peer educators to promote healthy behaviors and influence their peers not to use these new tobacco products, which was effective in preventing alcohol abuse. 33 …”

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Young Adults’ Favorable Perceptions of Snus, Dissolvable Tobacco Products, and Electronic Cigarettes: Findings From a Focus Group Study

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Objectives We explored young adults’ perceptions of snus (spitless moist snuff packed in porous bags), dissolvable tobacco products, and electronic cigarettes and intention to try these products. Methods We conducted 11 focus group discussions involving a total of 66 young adults (18–26 years old) on these new tobacco products (e.g., harmfulness, potential as quit aids, intention to try) held between July and December 2010. We analyzed discussions using a thematic approach. Results Participants generally reported positive perceptions of the new products, particularly because they came in flavors. Few negative perceptions were reported. Although some participants believed these products were less harmful than cigarettes and helpful in quitting smoking, others thought the opposite, particularly regarding electronic cigarettes. Participants also commented that these products could be gateways to cigarette smoking. Half of the participants, including a mix of smokers and nonsmokers, admitted they would try these products if offered by a friend. Conclusions Young adults perceive the new tobacco products positively and are willing to experiment with them. Eliminating flavors in these products may reduce young adults’ intentions to try these products.

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Young Adults’ Favorable Perceptions of Snus, Dissolvable Tobacco Products, and Electronic Cigarettes: Findings From a Focus Group Study

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“…7 Health promotion and disease prevention is an important goal of health system. 10 According to the studies around the world, it is proven that although societies are developing and a variety of methods are used to provide better and heal their food, oral diseases are still widely seen in most people. 11 Reducing diseases particularly oral diseases is indebted to create prevention thought and promote public health knowledge.…”

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The effectiveness of oral health education by peers on knowledge and performance of students in Zabol, Iran

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“…In addition to the train-the-trainer approach noted earlier, one solution to the major dissemination barrier of relying on trained clinicians is to take a more cost effective task-shifting approach and train students in college peer-educator programs to recruit students and deliver prevention programs. Peer educators have effectively delivered universal, selective, and indicated prevention programs targeting substance misuse, sexual health/risk reduction, and eating disorders (e.g., Becker, Bull, Schaumberg, Cauble, & Franco, 2008; White et al, 2009) and recent pilot work suggests that peer educators can successfully deliver the Body Project (Stice, Rohde, Durant, Shaw, & Wade, 2013). Results of that study, in which 171 female undergraduates were randomized to peer-led or clinician-led versions of the Body Project or to an educational brochure control condition (using nonparallel measures), suggested that dissonance-based eating disorder prevention groups led by undergraduate peers are feasible and produce greater reductions in both eating disorder risk factors and symptoms relative to a minimal-intervention (education brochure) control condition though effects were smaller for peer-led versus clinician-led groups (e.g., M pre-post d = .64 and .98, respectively).…”

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Assessing program sustainability in an eating disorder prevention effectiveness trial delivered by college clinicians

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Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Sustainability of the Body Project, a dissonance-based selective eating disorder prevention program supported by efficacy and effectiveness trials, has not previously been examined. This mixed-methods study collected qualitative and quantitative data on training, supervision, and the intervention from 27 mental health clinicians from eight US universities who participated in an effectiveness trial and quantitative data on 2-year sustainability of program delivery. Clinicians, who were primarily masters-level mental health providers, had limited experience delivering manualized interventions. They rated the training and manual favorably, noting that they particularly liked the role-plays of session activities and intervention rationale, but requested more discussion of processes and group management issues. Clinicians were satisfied receiving emailed supervision based on videotape review. They reported enjoying delivering the Body Project but reported some challenges with the manualized format and time constraints. Most clinicians anticipated running more groups after the study ended but only four universities (50%) reported providing additional Body Project groups at the 1-year follow-up assessment and sustained delivery of the groups decreased substantially two years after study completion, with only one university (12%) continuing to deliver groups. The most commonly reported barriers for conducting additional groups were limited time and high staff turnover.

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Longitudinal Evaluation of Peer Health Education on a College Campus: Impact on Health Behaviors

Abstract: Results indicate that peer health educators play an important role in promoting healthy behaviors in the areas of alcohol and drug use and in eating and nutrition.

Cited by 78 publications

References 13 publications

Young Adults’ Favorable Perceptions of Snus, Dissolvable Tobacco Products, and Electronic Cigarettes: Findings From a Focus Group Study

Young Adults’ Favorable Perceptions of Snus, Dissolvable Tobacco Products, and Electronic Cigarettes: Findings From a Focus Group Study

The effectiveness of oral health education by peers on knowledge and performance of students in Zabol, Iran

Assessing program sustainability in an eating disorder prevention effectiveness trial delivered by college clinicians

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