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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Are We Listening To Our Limited-Resource Audiences? Engaging Parents And Caregivers With Nutrition Messaging In Extension Programs, Karen L. Franck, Christopher T. Sneed
Are We Listening To Our Limited-Resource Audiences? Engaging Parents And Caregivers With Nutrition Messaging In Extension Programs, Karen L. Franck, Christopher T. Sneed
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
Social marketing campaigns can be an effective method for reaching and engaging limited-resource participants in health messages related to nutrition and physical activity. The target audience should be engaged throughout the process of message identification and creation. This study included focus groups with limited-resource caregivers to help identify information sources utilized, nutrition messages most likely to resonate, and preferred communication channels. Nine focus groups with 108 limited-resource caregivers were conducted. Most participants were between the ages of 21 and 44, with a majority receiving SNAP benefits. All participants were female with over half identifying as white. Two researchers coded focus …
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles For Extension Employees: An Exploratory Study, Joseph L. Donaldson, Karen L. Franck
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles For Extension Employees: An Exploratory Study, Joseph L. Donaldson, Karen L. Franck
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
Employee health is regarded as a strategic advantage with individual, organizational, and societal benefits. This study sought to describe the major health issues, motivations, barriers, and needs related to healthy lifestyles for Cooperative Extension employees. A total of 16 focus groups were conducted throughout Tennessee with 105 participants. Separate focus groups were conducted with seven groups of University of Tennessee Extension employees: administrative assistants, county agents, county directors, program assistants, departmental faculty, administrators, and professional staff. Findings indicate chronic stress as the dominant health issue. Respondents were motivated to stay healthy to be role models for good health, among other …
Adapting An Elementary School Nutrition Context Assessment For High School Settings And Students, Deborah H. John, Beret Halverson, Tia H. Ho
Adapting An Elementary School Nutrition Context Assessment For High School Settings And Students, Deborah H. John, Beret Halverson, Tia H. Ho
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
The school nutrition context is comprised of supportive environmental features, programs, policies, and social relationships that shape students’ healthy dietary choices and patterns. When engaging students as change agents, advocates, and partners in making healthy nutrition choices easier, environmental assessment tools developed for adults may be too complex or inappropriately tailored for youth. Adolescents need practical, user-tailored tools that reliably measure the food and beverage environments they encounter in school to inform youth-led changes to the school nutrition context. To meet this need, an evidence-based school environmental assessment was adapted for use in high schools by students as evaluators. Cooperative …
Padres Preparados, Jóvenes Saludables, A Family-Based Program To Prevent Obesity Among Latino Early Adolescents: Pilot Test Findings, Youjie Zhang, Ghaffar A. Hurtado, Alejandro Peralta Reyes, Patricia Arellano Brazys, Laura Perdue, Silvia Alvarez De Davila, Rafael Florex, Javiera Monardez Popelka, Marla Reicks
Padres Preparados, Jóvenes Saludables, A Family-Based Program To Prevent Obesity Among Latino Early Adolescents: Pilot Test Findings, Youjie Zhang, Ghaffar A. Hurtado, Alejandro Peralta Reyes, Patricia Arellano Brazys, Laura Perdue, Silvia Alvarez De Davila, Rafael Florex, Javiera Monardez Popelka, Marla Reicks
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
Latino children have a disproportionately high prevalence of obesity. Parenting styles and food- and activity-related parenting practices influence children’s weight and weight-related behaviors. Fathers are underrepresented in existing healthy lifestyle intervention studies for families. The Padres Preparados, Jóvenes Saludables program was designed with an emphasis on paternal involvement for preventing childhood obesity among early adolescents. It offers eight weekly sessions delivered by Extension educators at community sites, with major topics of parenting skill training, positive parent-adolescent relationships, and healthy lifestyles related to healthy eating, physical activity, and screen time. The current study described pilot testing of the program for feasibility …
Rx For Health Referral Toolkit To Promote Extension Programs, Holly Tiret, Cheryl Eschbach, Cathy Newkirk
Rx For Health Referral Toolkit To Promote Extension Programs, Holly Tiret, Cheryl Eschbach, Cathy Newkirk
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
The Cooperative Extension National Framework for Health and Wellness calls for the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) to partner with healthcare professionals to support their patients in preventing illness and promoting health through community education. Strategies to connect the healthcare system with coordinated referrals to community-based health programs can help patients improve health outcomes. The Rx for Health Referral Toolkit pilot project was developed as part of a strategy to align CES’s strengths with the medical community to promote quality healthcare experiences for patients. The toolkit educates healthcare providers about the many health programs offered by CES in Michigan. It helps …
Full Issue, Volume 7, Number 3, Journal Of Human Sciences And Extension
Full Issue, Volume 7, Number 3, Journal Of Human Sciences And Extension
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
No abstract provided.
Full Issue, Volume 7, Number 1, Journal Of Human Sciences And Extension
Full Issue, Volume 7, Number 1, Journal Of Human Sciences And Extension
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
No abstract provided.
The Role Of Social Support In Predicting Depression And Task Overload Among College Students, James M, Duncan, Mallory Lucier-Greer, Anthony J. Ferraro, Kayla Reed-Fitzke
The Role Of Social Support In Predicting Depression And Task Overload Among College Students, James M, Duncan, Mallory Lucier-Greer, Anthony J. Ferraro, Kayla Reed-Fitzke
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
Guided by the Relationships Motivation Theory, this short-term longitudinal study examined associations between social support (i.e., relatedness), depression, and stress in the form of task overload among emerging adult, university students (N = 184 at time one; N = 105 at time two; 69.2% female). Results from a series of path models indicated a significant relationship between decreased perceptions of social support over time and an increase in perceived task overload with significant mediating effects through depressive symptomology. Implications for counseling services as well as intervention and awareness points for university professionals are discussed.