The Importance of School-based Healthy Living Initiatives: Introducing the Health and Wellness Academy Concept.
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Child
Child Behavior
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Diet, Healthy
Exercise
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Promotion
/ methods
Health Status
Healthy Lifestyle
Humans
Nutritional Status
Patient-Centered Care
/ methods
Precision Medicine
/ methods
Program Development
Protective Factors
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior
School Health Services
Sedentary Behavior
Time Factors
Experiential learning
Health promotion
Nutrition programs
Physical activity programs
Youth
Journal
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
ISSN: 1873-1740
Titre abrégé: Prog Cardiovasc Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0376442
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
19
08
2018
accepted:
19
08
2018
pubmed:
22
9
2018
medline:
15
3
2019
entrez:
22
9
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Over the last 15 years, the number of school and community based health-intervention programs in the United States has grown. Many of these programs aim to prevent non-communicable chronic disease diagnoses (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes). The Department of Physical Therapy in the College of Applied Health Sciences (CAHS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) created a school-based wellness program (SBWP) that focuses on nutrition and physical activity, providing tailored experiences that motivate adolescents to make healthier lifestyle choices. The SBWP began as a camp for children in the surrounding neighborhoods and implemented healthy living practices utilizing students from Departments in the CAHS. From this camp, the Health and Wellness Academy (HWA) evolved. This paper provides a review of school-based initiatives and introduces the UIC HWA, an innovative and reproducible approach that can bring positive environmental change by improving health outcomes for children and their families.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30236752
pii: S0033-0620(18)30170-1
doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2018.08.005
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
68-73Informations de copyright
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