Student public commitment in a school-based diabetes prevention project: impact on physical health and health behavior

DeBar, Lynn; Schneider, Margaret; Drews, Kimberly L.; Ford, Eileen; Stadler, Diane D.; Moe, Esther; White, J. Michael; Hernández, Arthur E.; Solomon, Sara; Jessup, Ann; Venditti, Elizabeth M.

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-711

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“…This change in self-concept is what eventually drives individuals to behave in a consistent fashion with the commitment they make beforehand. Another explanation for the effect of commitment is that commitment results in an individual’s attitude shift, which later shapes the behavior according to the commitment 17. Particularly, writing down a commitment can make an individual change his/her attitude because a written statement is generally associated as the writer’s true attitude 18…”

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Improving urban environment through public commitment toward the implementation of clean and healthy living behaviors

Hartini¹,

Ariana²,

Dewi³

et al. 2017

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BackgroundSome parts of northern Surabaya are slum areas with dense populations, and the majority of the inhabitants are from low-income families. The condition of these areas is seemingly different from the fact that Surabaya city has won awards for its cleanliness, healthy environment preservation, and maintenance.AimThis study aimed at turning the researched site into a clean and healthy environment.MethodsThe research was conducted using a quasi-experiment technique with a non-randomized design and pretest–posttest procedures. The research subjects were 121 inhabitants who actively participated in the public commitment and psychoeducation program initiated by the researchers to learn and practice clean and healthy living behaviors.ResultsThe statistical data showed that there was a substantial increase in the aspects of public commitment (t-value = 4.008, p = 0.001) and psychoeducation (t-value = 4.038, p = 0.001) to begin and maintain a clean and healthy living behaviors.ConclusionA public commitment in the form of a collective declaration to keep learning and practicing a clean and healthy living behaviors were achieved. This commitment followed by psychoeducation aimed at introducing and exercising such behaviors was found to have effectively increased the research subjects’ awareness to actively participate in preserving environmental hygiene. Developing communal behaviors toward clean and healthy living in inhabitants residing in an unhealthy slum area was a difficult task. Therefore, public commitment and psychoeducation must be aligned with the formulation of continuous habits demonstrating a clean and healthy living behaviors. These habits include the cessation of littering while putting trash in its place, optimizing the usage of public toilets, planting and maintaining vegetation around the area, joining and contributing to the “garbage bank” program, and participating in the Green and Clean Surabaya competition.

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Improving urban environment through public commitment toward the implementation of clean and healthy living behaviors

Hartini¹,

Ariana²,

Dewi³

et al. 2017

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“…Peer teaching was effective for smoking cessation among adult cancer survivors [89], and teen survivors indicate that peer support is an important factor for getting regular physical activity [90]. In other settings, the social commitment to healthy behaviors that could occur through a website has motivated teens' healthy actions [91]. The experience would be individualized based on self-identified goals, such as personalizing text messages and accessing elective components of the platform.…”

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Health promotion for adolescent childhood leukemia survivors: Building on prevention science and ehealth

Elliot

Lindemulder

Goldberg

et al. 2012

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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Teenage survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have increased morbidity likely due to their prior multicomponent treatment. Habits established in adolescence can impact individuals’ subsequent adult behaviors. Accordingly, healthy lifestyles, avoiding harmful actions, and appropriate disease surveillance are of heightened importance among teenage survivors. We review the findings from prevention science and their relevance to heath promotion. The capabilities and current uses of eHealth components including e-learning, serious video games, exergaming, behavior tracking, individual messaging, and social networking are briefly presented. The health promotion needs of adolescent survivors are aligned with those eHealth aspects to propose a new paradigm to enhance the wellbeing of adolescent ALL survivors.

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“…Low cardiorespiratory fitness is an important predictor of mortality caused by cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality especially in overweight or obese patients [45]. Most of these diseases could be prevented with lifestyle modifications Acta Biologica Hungarica 66, 2015 [11,26], such as increasing PA and promoting dietary changes in overweight children and this could positively modify the components of metabolic syndrome [1].…”

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Changes in physical fitness of Hungarian college students in the last fifteen years

Kaj

Tékus

Juhász

et al. 2015

Acta Biologica Hungarica

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This study compared the physical fitness of Hungarian undergraduate students in 2011-2012 with the representative sample surveyed in 1997-1998. A total of 123 males and 309 females (mean age 21.19 ± 2.19 yrs) were randomly selected in two Hungarian universities (Pécs, Kaposvár). Anthropometric data (height, weight, skinfolds, body fat percentages) were measured and the subjects performed 9 tests of the Eurofit Fitness Test Battery. The BMI, total body fat and performance in most of the fitness components (balance, agility/speed, flexibility, abdominal muscular strength, aerobic fitness of females) was higher in 1997-1998 (p < 0.05) whereas the handgrip strength and performance in Bent Arm Hanging test were significantly better in 2011-2012 (p < 0.001). These findings support interventions focusing on increasing regular physical activity among Hungarian youth.

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Student public commitment in a school-based diabetes prevention project: impact on physical health and health behavior

Cited by 33 publications

References 49 publications

Improving urban environment through public commitment toward the implementation of clean and healthy living behaviors

Improving urban environment through public commitment toward the implementation of clean and healthy living behaviors

Health promotion for adolescent childhood leukemia survivors: Building on prevention science and ehealth

Changes in physical fitness of Hungarian college students in the last fifteen years

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