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Overview
Target Behavior: Healthy Eating
Intervention Type: Direct Education
Intervention Reach and Adoption
Setting: School (Learn)
Target Audience: High School
Race/Ethnicity: All.
Intervention Components
Intervention Materials
Lesson materials include: Comprehensive lesson plans, PowerPoints, activities, handouts, and answer keys.
Materials can be downloaded from the website:
drexel.edu/nutritioneducation or https://sites.google.com/view/nutred4philly/home
Intervention Costs
Evidence Summary
After the intervention, an overall increase was seen in the amount of milk students reported consuming, but the type of milk was not specified. A knowledge and attitude survey added to the YRBS in years two and three showed significant improvements in knowledge and attitude. For instance, students showed a significant improvement in selecting the correct answers, including that as part of a healthy diet they should try to eat a variety of foods from the five food groups, exercise at least 60 minutes/day, and that soda contains “empty calories”. A 13.2% improvement was seen in student attitude by selecting that they would take the stairs if they went to a shopping mall. In addition to these changes, anecdotal observations were made that support the findings, specifically, students verbally volunteered that they were eating more vegetables, and after receiving the Drinks lesson, many students said they would not drink soda, demonstrating a personal motivation to make healthy changes.
Evidence-based Approach: Practice-tested
Evaluation Indicators
Readiness and Capacity – Short Term (ST) | Changes – Medium Term (MT) | Effectiveness and Maintenance – Long Term (LT) | Population Results (R) | |
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Individual | MT1 | |||
Environmental Settings | ||||
Sectors of Influence |
MT1: Healthy Eating
- MT1l: Students reported improvements in vegetable intake. There was a 18.5% decline in the number of students reporting they did not eat potatoes in the last seven days and a 13.0% increase was seen in the consumption of potatoes (Does not count French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips) at any time during the previous week. There was a 5.6% decline in the number of students reporting that they did not eat carrots in the past week, and an overall 11.2% increase in any carrot consumption over the past week. Increases in potato and carrot consumption suggest an increase in vegetable consumption.
- MT1h: There was a 12.2% increase in the number of students reporting that they did not drink soda in the past seven days (p=0.033). A 29.4% reduction was seen in the number of students who reported consuming soda 4 or more times a day, and a 17.7% reduction in the number of students who reported consuming soda 3 or more times a day.
Evaluation Materials
This tool is available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379710005866?via%3Dihub
Additional Information
Contact Person(s):
Judy Ensslin
Phone: 215-895-0596
Email: jae58@drexel.edu