Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialPROSPER community-university partnership delivery system effects on substance misuse through 6 1/2 years past baseline from a cluster randomized controlled intervention trial.
To examine the effects of a delivery system for evidence-based preventive interventions through 12th grade, 6.5 years past baseline. ⋯ Partnership-based delivery systems for brief universal interventions have potential for public health impact by reducing substance misuse among youth, particularly higher-risk youth.
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialBurn and earn: a randomized controlled trial incentivizing exercise during fall semester for college first-year students.
To examine the viability of monetary incentives to increase fitness-center use and maintain/improve the Body Mass Indexes (BMIs) of first-year students over the fall semester. ⋯ Weekly monetary incentives resulted in significantly more first-year students meeting weekly fitness-center use goals. However, the increased fitness-center use by the incentive condition did not prevent an increase in BMI during fall semester.
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Preventive medicine · Nov 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialHealthy Habits, Happy Homes: methods and baseline data of a randomized controlled trial to improve household routines for obesity prevention.
To develop a home-based intervention for parents of 2-5 year old children to promote household routines to prevent overweight/obesity. ⋯ Household routines that increase obesity risk were prevalent among low-income families in this study. If proven to be effective, promotion of household routines related to family meals, sleep, and screen time may prevent young children from becoming overweight/obese.
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Preventive medicine · Sep 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialParent-focused change to prevent obesity in preschoolers: results from the KAN-DO study.
The study presents the immediate post-intervention results of Kids and Adults Now - Defeat Obesity!, a randomized controlled trial to enhance healthy lifestyle behaviors in mother-preschooler (2-5 years old) dyads in North Carolina (2007-2011). The outcomes include change from baseline in the child's diet, physical activity and weight, and in the mother's parenting behaviors, diet, physical activity, and weight. ⋯ KAN-DO, designed to maximize the capacity of mothers as agents of change, improved several channels of maternal influence. There were no group differences in the primary outcomes, but differences were observed in the parenting and maternal outcomes and there were trends toward improvement in the preschoolers' diets. Long-term follow-up will address whether these short-term trends ultimately improve weight status.
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Preventive medicine · Jun 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialEvaluating the Ozioma cancer news service: a community randomized trial in 24 U.S. cities.
This community randomized trial evaluated effects of the Ozioma News Service on the amount and quality of cancer coverage in Black weekly newspapers in 24 U.S. cities. ⋯ Providing news releases with localized and race-specific features to minority-serving media outlets can increase the quantity of cancer coverage. Results are mixed for the journalistic and public health quality of this increased cancer coverage in Black newspapers.