TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions and Impact of a Youth-led Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention among Youth-leaders
AU - Anderson Steeves, Elizabeth
AU - Trude, Angela Cristina Bizzotto
AU - Ruggiero, Cara Frances
AU - Mejia Ruiz, Maria Jose
AU - Jones-Smith, Jessica C.
AU - Pollack Porter, Keshia
AU - Cheskin, Lawrence
AU - Hurley, Kristen
AU - Hopkins, Laura
AU - Gittelsohn, Joel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the impact of a youth-led nutrition intervention on youth-leaders themselves Design: Mixed methods, including: in-depth interviews and a quasi-experimental quantitative study comparing youth-leaders and nonparticipant comparison youth Analysis: Qualitative analysis using direct content analysis. Difference-in-differences analyses assessing quantitative program impact. Results: Youth-leaders perceived that the intervention impacted themselves, the youth-participants, and their respective social networks. Youth-leaders experienced greater increases in intentions to eat healthfully (p = .04), and greater decreases in support for healthy eating from their friends (p = .01), than the comparison group. Conclusions/Implications: Youth-leaders reported multiple levels of intervention impact, and increased intentions for healthy eating; however, additional research is needed to enhance impact on behavioral outcomes.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the impact of a youth-led nutrition intervention on youth-leaders themselves Design: Mixed methods, including: in-depth interviews and a quasi-experimental quantitative study comparing youth-leaders and nonparticipant comparison youth Analysis: Qualitative analysis using direct content analysis. Difference-in-differences analyses assessing quantitative program impact. Results: Youth-leaders perceived that the intervention impacted themselves, the youth-participants, and their respective social networks. Youth-leaders experienced greater increases in intentions to eat healthfully (p = .04), and greater decreases in support for healthy eating from their friends (p = .01), than the comparison group. Conclusions/Implications: Youth-leaders reported multiple levels of intervention impact, and increased intentions for healthy eating; however, additional research is needed to enhance impact on behavioral outcomes.
KW - Youth-led
KW - adolescent
KW - african-american
KW - mentoring
KW - mixed-methods
KW - nutrition
KW - obesity
KW - peer-led
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U2 - 10.1080/19320248.2019.1649777
DO - 10.1080/19320248.2019.1649777
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083600592
SN - 1932-0248
VL - 16
SP - 213
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
JF - Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
IS - 2
ER -