The Development of an Instrument to Assess Advocacy Intentions for School Health Education

Chaney, Beth H.; Wallen, Michele; Birch, David

doi:10.1080/19325037.2011.10599199

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“…Using a social ecological model framework along with an individual-level theory of health behavior, operationalized by the TPB, correlates of health advocacy behaviors were assessed. The theoretical framework and instrumentation used in this study were expanded from Chaney et al’s (2011) successes in assessing college students’ intentions to advocate for health education in a one-shot advocacy session hosted in a personal health college class. Additionally expanding on the Curran et al’s (2014) study indicating that youth advocacy interventions are effective; the current study assessed specific correlates of advocacy behaviors with high school students enrolled a health advocacy training intervention.…”

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“…The demographic, health behavior, and health knowledge items were worded similarly to those from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). The TPB constructs were modified from a study by Chaney, Wallen, and Birch (2011), which showed validity and reliability among college students. As recommended by the YMCA staff, slight modifications in item wording were made to facilitate readability for use with high school students.…”

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Kentucky Teen Institute

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Health Promotion Practice

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The Kentucky Teen Institute trains youth throughout the state to advocate for policies that promote health in their communities. By evaluating two program summits held at universities, regularly scheduled community meetings, ongoing technical support, and an advocacy day at the state Capitol, the aims of this study were to assess the impact of the intervention on correlates of youths' advocacy intentions and behaviors and to assess youth participants' and other key stakeholders' perceptions of the intervention. An ecological model approach and the theory of planned behavior served as theoretical frameworks from which pre-post, one-group survey and qualitative data were collected (June 2013-June 2014). An equal number of low-income and non-low-income youth representing five counties participated in the Summer Summit pretest (n = 24) and Children's Advocacy Day at the Capitol posttest (n = 14). Survey data revealed that youths' attitude toward advocacy, intentions to advocate, and advocacy behaviors all improved over the intervention. Observations, interviews, a focus group, and other written evaluations identified that the youths', as well as their mentors' and advocacy coaches', confidence, communities' capacity, and mutually beneficial mentorship strengthened. Stronger public speaking skills, communication among the teams, and other recommendations for future advocacy interventions are described.

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