Translating Evidence Based Violence and Drug Use Prevention to Obesity Prevention: Development and Construction of the Pathways Program

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      Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. Tel: +44-1865-353907; Fax: +44-1865-353485; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://her.oxfordjournals.org/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      16
    • Subject Terms:
      Evidence; Obesity; Prevention; Health Behavior; Behavior Modification; Drug Use; Behavior Change; Scientific Research; Program Development; Health Education; Risk; Youth; Violence; Substance Abuse
    • Accession Number:
      10.1093/her/cyr095
    • ISSN:
      0268-1153
    • Abstract:
      Effective school-based obesity prevention programs are needed to prevent and reduce the growing obesity risk among youth. Utilizing the evidence-rich areas of violence and substance use prevention, translation science may provide an efficient means for developing curricula across multiple health behaviors. This paper introduces Pathways to Health, a school-based obesity prevention program that was developed by translating from evidence-based violence and drug use prevention programs, Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies and the Midwestern Prevention Project STAR (STAR). We illustrate how a hypothesized underlying behavior change mechanism in two domains of risk behavior, violence and substance use, can be applied to obesity prevention. A 4-step translational process is provided and may be relevant for use in developing other curricula to address multiple health risk behaviors. Practical application and decision points are also provided.
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    • Publication Date:
      2012
    • Accession Number:
      EJ959550