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Lee RE, Szeszulski J, Lorenzo E, Arriola A, Bruening M, Estabrooks PA, Hill JL, O’Connor TM, Shaibi GQ, Soltero EG, Todd M. Sustainability via Active Garden Education: The Sustainability Action Plan Model and Process. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:5511. [PMID: 35564909 PMCID: PMC9102810 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sustainability of intervention programming is challenging to achieve under real world conditions, since few models exist and many studies do not plan far beyond the funding period. Programming content in early care and education centers (ECECs) is often driven by guidelines. However, implementation is very sensitive to contextual factors, such as the setting and implementer (teacher) characteristics. This paper presents the model, definitions, and methodology used for the sustainability action plan capitalizing on a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, developed for a multi-site, multi-level garden-based childhood obesity prevention study, Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE). The Ecologic Model of Obesity is applied to develop a sustainability action plan (SAP) and accompanying measures to link early care and education (ECE) environment, the community, policies, and classroom practices to an early childhood obesity prevention program. The SAGE SAP provides an example of how to iteratively evaluate and refine sustainability processes for an obesity prevention intervention utilizing CBPR approaches and will be applied to assess the sustainability of SAGE in a cluster randomized controlled trial. This SAP model can also help inform intervention delivery and scalability within ECECs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rebecca E. Lee
- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA;
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- Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture (IHA), Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 17360 Coit Rd., Dallas, TX 75252, USA;
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- School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555, USA;
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- City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, 200 W. Washington St., 10th Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85003, USA;
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- College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA;
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- College of Health, University of Utah, 260 1850 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA;
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, 295 S Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA;
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- USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates St., Houston, TX 77030, USA; (T.M.O.); (E.G.S.)
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- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA;
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- USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates St., Houston, TX 77030, USA; (T.M.O.); (E.G.S.)
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- Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA;
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Bennett M, Whiteley JA, Gu J, Gaminian A, Napolitano MA. A qualitative investigation of the need for and feasibility of weight loss programs on university campuses. Obes Res Clin Pract 2022; 16:72-81. [PMID: 34996721 PMCID: PMC8934592 DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2021.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite the public health significance of overweight and obesity, weight management has remained a low priority for health-related programming on university campuses. OBJECTIVE Investigate the need for and feasibility of implementing university-based weight loss programs. METHODS The Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) was used as a framework. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with fifteen university staff and students from two large U.S. universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Interviews aimed to assess readiness, preferences, characteristics, barriers and facilitators in each of the four adapted PRISM domains: (1) Organizational and Recipient (Student) Perspectives on the Intervention, (2) Recipient (Student) Characteristics, (3) Internal Environment (organizational characteristics and infrastructure), and (4) External Environment. Verbatim transcriptions were analyzed using inductive and deductive thematic analyses. Themes were extracted as outlined by Consensual Qualitative Research. RESULTS Participants supported university-based weight loss programs, but recognized barriers of resources, coordination across entities, and competing health issues taking priority for school programming. Campus built environment and students' busy schedules were identified as barriers to maintaining healthy weight and participation in weight loss programs. Recommendations included designing weight loss programming with a positive and holistic approach, minimizing weight-stigma, ensuring support from university leaders and students, and securing external funding. CONCLUSIONS The identified themes provide recommendations for universities looking to develop and implement weight loss programming.
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- Morgane Bennett
- Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA,Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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Jones MG, Verity F. Rethinking sustainability in childhood obesity prevention interventions: learning from South Australia's Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle (OPAL) Programme. Health Promot Int 2021; 37:6296974. [PMID: 34115852 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daab080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Increases in childhood obesity have occurred across a relatively short time-period, yet childhood obesity prevention is a longer-term game. Programmes have only identified population-level changes after 12 years of on-the-ground activity [Romon et al.]. Community stakeholders can impact the success of public health interventions [Ganter et al.; Lee et al.] and they have been identified as a critical success factor for programme sustainability [Schell et al.]. Qualitative research with stakeholders (n = 59) provides their insights and understandings of the sustainability of OPAL, a South Australian childhood obesity prevention programme. Stakeholders identified activities that they thought contributed to improved sustainability of action such as embedding obesity prevention into organizational policy and plans; and installation of infrastructure within communities to modify physical environments. In contrast, there was little appetite for sustaining OPAL or other formulations of a childhood obesity prevention programme. This research has implications for planning and implementation of community-based childhood obesity prevention initiatives when considering the balance of the portfolio of activities for implementation.
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