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Zuckermann, Alexandra M. E.; Gohari, Mahmood R.; de Groh, Margaret; Jiang, Ying; Leatherdale, Scott T. – Health Education Research, 2020
Reducing youth cannabis use in Canada is a public health priority with schools of interest as a potential modifier of behavior and as a venue for prevention programming. This work aimed to provide a basis for future policy and programming by evaluating pre-legalization cannabis use change patterns in schools and the impact of school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Marijuana, Drug Use
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Kite, James; Thomas, Margaret; Grunseit, Anne; Li, Vincy; Bellew, William; Bauman, Adrian – Health Education Research, 2020
The "Make Healthy Normal" obesity prevention mass media campaign was implemented in New South Wales, Australia from 2015 to 2018. This study evaluated Phase 2 (2017-18) of that campaign, using three cross-sectional online surveys with men aged 18-54 years (n = 4352) and six focus groups with men aged 35-54 years and parents with children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obesity, Prevention, Mass Media
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Strand, Mark A.; He, Meizi; Johnson, Ryan; Perry, Judith; Yin, Zenong – Health Education Research, 2019
High prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes has emerged as a concern in China. The Pathway to Health Program was designed to prevent type 2 diabetes onset in prediabetic women in a north China urban community. This process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial analysed participant surveys at the 6- and 12-month assessment times, participant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Health Promotion, Prevention
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Evans, W. Douglas; Andrade, Elizabeth L.; Barrett, Nicole; Snider, Jeremy; Cleary, Sean; Edberg, Mark – Health Education Research, 2019
The authors designed and evaluated an innovative, branded campaign called 'Adelante' to promote positive youth development (PYD) and reduce risk behaviors among Latino youth near Washington, DC. Repeated cross-sectional surveys were conducted in the intervention and a comparison community to evaluate campaign exposure and changes in PYD outcomes.…
Descriptors: Marketing, Community Programs, Hispanic Americans, Adolescents