Peer-led, school-based nutrition education for young adolescents: feasibility and process evaluation of the TEENS study.

Full Abstract

Peer education has become a popular strategy for health promotion interventions with adolescents, but it has not been used widely in school-based nutrition education. This paper describes and reports on the feasibility of the peer leader component of a school-based nutrition intervention for young adolescents designed to increase fruit and vegetable intakes and lower fat foods. About 1,000 seventh-grade students in eight schools received the nutrition intervention. Of these, 272 were trained as peer leaders to assist the teacher in implementing the activities. Results from a multicomponent process evaluation based on peer leader and classroom student feedback, direct classroom observation, and teacher ratings and interviews are presented. Results show that peer-led nutrition education approaches in schools are feasible and have high acceptability among peer leaders, classroom students, and teachers.

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Author information

Author/s: Story, Mary (M); Lytle, Leslie A (LA); Birnbaum, Amanda S (AS); Perry, Cheryl L (CL);

Affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. story(-atsign-)epi.umn.edu

Grants: 5RO1 CA7193-03 (Agency:NCI NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: The Journal of school health (J Sch Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Mar; vol 72 (issue 3) : pp 121-7

Dates: Created 2002/04/18; Completed 2002/10/10; Revised 2008/11/21;

PMID: 11962228, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adolescent
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Curriculum
Feasibility Studies
Female
Health Education - methods

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