@article{ref1,
title="Translating evidence based violence and drug use prevention to obesity prevention: Development and construction of the Pathways program",
journal="Health education research",
year="2012",
author="Sakuma, Kari-Lyn K. and Riggs, Nathaniel R. and Pentz, Mary Ann",
volume="27",
number="2",
pages="343-358",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0268-1153",
doi="10.1093/her/cyr095",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/her/cyr095"
}