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Multidisciplinary Approach to Obesity Management: A Case Report
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Translating evidence based violence and drug use prevention to obesity prevention: development and construction of
Kari-Lyn K Sakuma1, Nathaniel R Riggs, Mary Ann Pentz
1Prevention Research Center, College of Health.uman Development, The Pennsylvania State University, 402 Marion Place, University Park, PA 16802, USA. ksakuma@psu.edu
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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