ERIC Number: EJ1125685
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Stage-Based Healthy Lifestyles Program for Non-College Young Adults
Walsh, Jennifer; Kattelmann, Kendra; White, Adrienne
Health Education, v117 n2 p148-161 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test the feasibility of implementing a healthy lifestyles intervention to maintain or achieve healthy weight for low-income young adults in vocational education. Design/methodology/approach: Non-randomized, quasi-experimental feasibility test of a ten-week intervention with follow-up assessment designed using PRECEDE-PROCEED. A convenience sample included low-income young adults (n = 165), 18-24 years recruited from two vocational training facilities. The intervention had weekly: online educational modules, targeting the non-dieting approach through healthful eating, and physical activity; and messages to promote fruit and vegetable intake, increased physical activity and stress management. Anthropometrics were measured, and an online survey on physical activity and eating behavior (e.g. self-regulation, self-instruction, emotional eating) was administered at baseline, post-, and follow-up. Findings: At baseline, males were overweight and females were obese based on average BMI; no significant change in BMI, food intake, physical activity, or stress management were noted following the intervention. Eating behavior changed in treatment vs control group; food self-regulation was higher (p = 0.025) for high use treatment group compared to the control group. Practical implications: Lifestyle interventions are critical for low-income young adults who are overweight or obese by 18-24 years of age. Young adults who engage in such interventions can make food behavior changes that can have a mediating effect on healthy weight management. Models like PRECEDE-PROCEED are vital to success when working toward sustainable programs within communities. Originality/value: Few healthy lifestyle programs have been reported for low-income, non-college young adults, specifically with a largely male population, and none with PRECEDE-PROCEED.
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Promotion, Life Style, Body Weight, Low Income, Young Adults, Vocational Education, Web Based Instruction, Feasibility Studies, Health Behavior, Eating Habits, Food, Physical Activity Level, Metacognition, Gender Differences, Body Composition, Stress Management, Behavior Change, Control Groups, Rural Areas, Program Descriptions, Obesity, Participatory Research, Statistical Analysis, Outcome Measures, Quasiexperimental Design
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Language: English
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