The Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP) is a population-wide research and demonstration project... more The Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP) is a population-wide research and demonstration project designed to reduce cardiovascular disease in three educated communities (1980-1993) compared to three matched reference communities. The Class of 1989 Study, a substudy of the MHHP, collected self-reported data in one educated and one matched reference community. All sixth graders enrolled in both communities were invited to participate in a baseline survey in 1983, and that grade cohort was surveyed annually throughout junior high and high school until 1989. Students received interventions designed to favorably influence their smoking, physical activity levels, and eating behavior each year from 1983 to 1987. As part of this five-year intervention, a program addressing smoking, alcohol use, drinking and driving behavior, and marijuana use was implemented during the school year of 1985-1986, when students were in ninth grade.Using the school as the unit of analysis, we found that students in the intervention community in 1986 reported fewer occasions on which they had been drinking alcohol in the past 30 days than did students in the reference community. Furthermore, students in the intervention community reported less problem drinking in the previous two weeks and less driving after drinking than did students in the reference community. These positive intervention effects were not maintained through twelfth grade.
... Community-wide strategies for cardiovascular health: the Minnesota Heart Health Program youth... more ... Community-wide strategies for cardiovascular health: the Minnesota Heart Health Program youth program Cheryl L.Perry, Knut-Inge Klepp1 and Cynthia Sillers2 Abstract ... Ninth grade 1985-1986 Tenth grade 1986-1987 Baseline survey I The Lunch Bag Program ...
The Class of 1989 Study, part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), involved a population... more The Class of 1989 Study, part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), involved a population-wide research and demonstration project to reduce cardiovascular disease in three intervention communities in the North-Central United States (1980-1993). Beginning in sixth grade (1983), seven annual waves of measurements were taken from students in one of the MHHP intervention communities and its matched pair (baseline N = 2,376). Self-reported data were collected at each time period describing a variety of health-related behavior, including hours of exercise engaged in per week and duration and intensity of regular physical activity. Using school as the unit of analysis, physical activity levels throughout most of the follow-up period were significantly higher in the intervention community for females. Males' average values were higher in the intervention community, but were largely statistically insignificant. Results suggest multiple intervention components such as behavioral education in schools and complementary community-wide strategies can produce lasting improvement in adolescent physical activity, particularly with female students.
A school-based social influences approach to alcohol education was tested among Norwegian 8th gra... more A school-based social influences approach to alcohol education was tested among Norwegian 8th grade lower secondary school students. The goal of the programme was to delay onset and minimize involvement in use of alcohol among the participants. 15 schools were randomly assigned to peer-led education, teacher-led education or a control condition. The programme focused on the social and environmental influences to drink alcohol, and skills to resist those influences. It consisted of five lessons over two months. Baseline and post-test data measured alcohol-use, knowledge, attitudes, skills, friends' drinking, and intentions to drink alcohol in the future. Data were collected immediately prior to and following the educational programme. The data indicate that peer-led education appears to be efficacious in reducing alcohol use and intention to use alcohol. There was no intervention effect of the peer-led programme for knowledge, attitudes or skills. There was no intervention effect for the teacher-led education.
As a part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), a seven-year cohort study of adolescents ... more As a part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), a seven-year cohort study of adolescents in two different communities was conducted. A school-based intervention was implemented in one of the communities which addressed aspects of cardiovascular health promotion and risk-factor prevention. This paper focuses on changes in the adolescents' values and the importance of their behaviors and lifestyle patterns over the study period. Physical appearance was found to be the most valued characteristic of adolescents in both communities, the only value which grew in importance over time. The least valued behavior was the amount of TV they were allowed to watch. Students who participated in the intervention community tended to retain their positive values about physical exercise, whereas the reference community demonstrated gradual reductions. Girls in the intervention community tended to value the kinds of food they eat to a greater extent than did girls in the reference group. Th...
ABSTRACT: Peer education is an important part of health education programs. In smoking prevention... more ABSTRACT: Peer education is an important part of health education programs. In smoking prevention programs, peer leaders are particularly efficacious. Yet, research on peer leaders' perceptions of these programs is minimal. This study assessed the perceptions of elected peer leaders (N = 207) in one seventh grade smoking prevention program and one chemical abuse prevention program in spring 1984. Peer leaders' assessments of the adequacy of their training, the programs' components, the programs' influence on their behavior and attitudes, and the efficacy of the programs were analyzed. Differences between genders and the level of peer leader enthusiasm also were assessed. Further research with peer leaders is suggested as a way to strengthen ongoing health promotion efforts.
The Class of 1989 Study, part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), involved a population... more The Class of 1989 Study, part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), involved a population-wide research and demonstration project to reduce cardiovascular disease in three intervention communities in the North-Central United States (1980-1993). Beginning in sixth grade (1983), seven annual waves of measurements were taken from students in one of the MHHP intervention communities and its matched pair (baseline N = 2,376). Self-reported data were collected at each time period describing a variety of health-related behavior, including hours of exercise engaged in per week and duration and intensity of regular physical activity. Using school as the unit of analysis, physical activity levels throughout most of the follow-up period were significantly higher in the intervention community for females. Males' average values were higher in the intervention community, but were largely statistically insignificant. Results suggest multiple intervention components such as behavioral education in schools and complementary community-wide strategies can produce lasting improvement in adolescent physical activity, particularly with female students.
... Community-wide strategies for cardiovascular health: the Minnesota Heart Health Program youth... more ... Community-wide strategies for cardiovascular health: the Minnesota Heart Health Program youth program Cheryl L.Perry, Knut-Inge Klepp1 and Cynthia Sillers2 Abstract ... Ninth grade 1985-1986 Tenth grade 1986-1987 Baseline survey I The Lunch Bag Program ...
The Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP) is a population-wide research and demonstration project... more The Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP) is a population-wide research and demonstration project designed to reduce cardiovascular disease in three educated communities (1980-1993) compared to three matched reference communities. The Class of 1989 Study, a substudy of the MHHP, collected self-reported data in one educated and one matched reference community. All sixth graders enrolled in both communities were invited to participate in a baseline survey in 1983, and that grade cohort was surveyed annually throughout junior high and high school until 1989. Students received interventions designed to favorably influence their smoking, physical activity levels, and eating behavior each year from 1983 to 1987. As part of this five-year intervention, a program addressing smoking, alcohol use, drinking and driving behavior, and marijuana use was implemented during the school year of 1985-1986, when students were in ninth grade.Using the school as the unit of analysis, we found that students in the intervention community in 1986 reported fewer occasions on which they had been drinking alcohol in the past 30 days than did students in the reference community. Furthermore, students in the intervention community reported less problem drinking in the previous two weeks and less driving after drinking than did students in the reference community. These positive intervention effects were not maintained through twelfth grade.
... Community-wide strategies for cardiovascular health: the Minnesota Heart Health Program youth... more ... Community-wide strategies for cardiovascular health: the Minnesota Heart Health Program youth program Cheryl L.Perry, Knut-Inge Klepp1 and Cynthia Sillers2 Abstract ... Ninth grade 1985-1986 Tenth grade 1986-1987 Baseline survey I The Lunch Bag Program ...
The Class of 1989 Study, part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), involved a population... more The Class of 1989 Study, part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), involved a population-wide research and demonstration project to reduce cardiovascular disease in three intervention communities in the North-Central United States (1980-1993). Beginning in sixth grade (1983), seven annual waves of measurements were taken from students in one of the MHHP intervention communities and its matched pair (baseline N = 2,376). Self-reported data were collected at each time period describing a variety of health-related behavior, including hours of exercise engaged in per week and duration and intensity of regular physical activity. Using school as the unit of analysis, physical activity levels throughout most of the follow-up period were significantly higher in the intervention community for females. Males' average values were higher in the intervention community, but were largely statistically insignificant. Results suggest multiple intervention components such as behavioral education in schools and complementary community-wide strategies can produce lasting improvement in adolescent physical activity, particularly with female students.
A school-based social influences approach to alcohol education was tested among Norwegian 8th gra... more A school-based social influences approach to alcohol education was tested among Norwegian 8th grade lower secondary school students. The goal of the programme was to delay onset and minimize involvement in use of alcohol among the participants. 15 schools were randomly assigned to peer-led education, teacher-led education or a control condition. The programme focused on the social and environmental influences to drink alcohol, and skills to resist those influences. It consisted of five lessons over two months. Baseline and post-test data measured alcohol-use, knowledge, attitudes, skills, friends' drinking, and intentions to drink alcohol in the future. Data were collected immediately prior to and following the educational programme. The data indicate that peer-led education appears to be efficacious in reducing alcohol use and intention to use alcohol. There was no intervention effect of the peer-led programme for knowledge, attitudes or skills. There was no intervention effect for the teacher-led education.
As a part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), a seven-year cohort study of adolescents ... more As a part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), a seven-year cohort study of adolescents in two different communities was conducted. A school-based intervention was implemented in one of the communities which addressed aspects of cardiovascular health promotion and risk-factor prevention. This paper focuses on changes in the adolescents' values and the importance of their behaviors and lifestyle patterns over the study period. Physical appearance was found to be the most valued characteristic of adolescents in both communities, the only value which grew in importance over time. The least valued behavior was the amount of TV they were allowed to watch. Students who participated in the intervention community tended to retain their positive values about physical exercise, whereas the reference community demonstrated gradual reductions. Girls in the intervention community tended to value the kinds of food they eat to a greater extent than did girls in the reference group. Th...
ABSTRACT: Peer education is an important part of health education programs. In smoking prevention... more ABSTRACT: Peer education is an important part of health education programs. In smoking prevention programs, peer leaders are particularly efficacious. Yet, research on peer leaders' perceptions of these programs is minimal. This study assessed the perceptions of elected peer leaders (N = 207) in one seventh grade smoking prevention program and one chemical abuse prevention program in spring 1984. Peer leaders' assessments of the adequacy of their training, the programs' components, the programs' influence on their behavior and attitudes, and the efficacy of the programs were analyzed. Differences between genders and the level of peer leader enthusiasm also were assessed. Further research with peer leaders is suggested as a way to strengthen ongoing health promotion efforts.
The Class of 1989 Study, part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), involved a population... more The Class of 1989 Study, part of the Minnesota Heart Health Program (MHHP), involved a population-wide research and demonstration project to reduce cardiovascular disease in three intervention communities in the North-Central United States (1980-1993). Beginning in sixth grade (1983), seven annual waves of measurements were taken from students in one of the MHHP intervention communities and its matched pair (baseline N = 2,376). Self-reported data were collected at each time period describing a variety of health-related behavior, including hours of exercise engaged in per week and duration and intensity of regular physical activity. Using school as the unit of analysis, physical activity levels throughout most of the follow-up period were significantly higher in the intervention community for females. Males' average values were higher in the intervention community, but were largely statistically insignificant. Results suggest multiple intervention components such as behavioral education in schools and complementary community-wide strategies can produce lasting improvement in adolescent physical activity, particularly with female students.
... Community-wide strategies for cardiovascular health: the Minnesota Heart Health Program youth... more ... Community-wide strategies for cardiovascular health: the Minnesota Heart Health Program youth program Cheryl L.Perry, Knut-Inge Klepp1 and Cynthia Sillers2 Abstract ... Ninth grade 1985-1986 Tenth grade 1986-1987 Baseline survey I The Lunch Bag Program ...
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