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| Designing effective nutrition interventions for adolescents |
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| Author(s): Hoelscher DA, Evans A, Parcel GS, Kelder SH |
| Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION Volume: 102 Issue: 3 Pages: S52-S63 Supplement: Suppl. 1 Published: MAR 2002 |
| Times Cited: 37 References: 116 |
| Abstract: By altering dietary behaviors, nutrition interventions during adolescence have the potential of affecting children at that time and later in life. The majority of interventions implemented in the teen years have occurred in schools, but other intervention sites have included after-school programs, summer camps, community centers, libraries, and grocery stores. Programs with successful outcomes have tended to be behaviorally based, using theories for the developmental framework; included an environmental component; delivered an adequate number of lessons; and emphasized developmentally appropriate strategies. One planning method that can be used in the development of nutrition interventions is Intervention Mapping. The steps of Intervention Mapping include conducting a needs assessment, developing proximal program objectives, mapping appropriate strategies and methods to address the objectives, planning the program design, planning program adoption and implementation, and evaluation. The use of intervention-planning techniques, coordination of nutrition and physical education interventions, using technological advances such as CD-ROMs, incorporation of policy changes into intervention efforts, and dissemination of effective programs are all trends that will influence the future development of effective nutrition programs for adolescents. |
| Document Type: Review |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Hoelscher, DA (reprint author), Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Hlth Promot & Prevent Res, 1200 Herman Pressler,W-920, Houston, TX 77030 USA |
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1. Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Hlth Promot & Prevent Res, Houston, TX 77030 USA
2. Univ S Carolina, Sch Publ Hlth, Columbia, SC 29208 USA |
| Publisher: AMER DIETETIC ASSOC, 216 W JACKSON BLVD #800, CHICAGO, IL 60606-6995 USA |
| Subject Category: Nutrition & Dietetics |
| IDS Number: 532FJ |
| ISSN: 0002-8223 |
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