How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Health Promotion Actions Developed Through Youth-Centered Participatory Action Research.

ABSTRACT: Most actions targeting children's health behaviors have limited involvement of children in the development, potentially contributing to disappointing effectiveness. Therefore, in the 3-year "Kids in Action" study, 9- to 12-year-old children from a lower-socioeconomic neighborhood were involved as coresearchers in the development, implementation, and evaluation of actions targeting health behaviors. The current study describes the controlled trial that evaluated the effects on children's energy balance-related behaviors, physical fitness, and self-rated health, as well as experienced challenges and recommendations for future evaluations. Primary school children from the three highest grades of four intervention and four control schools were eligible for participation. Outcome measures asses

SUBMITTER: Anselma M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021122 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature