TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Translating evidence based violence and drug use prevention to obesity prevention: Development and construction of the Pathways program
JO  - Health education research
A1  - Sakuma, Kari-Lyn K.
A1  - Riggs, Nathaniel R.
A1  - Pentz, Mary Ann
SP  - 343
EP  - 358
VL  - 27
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0268-1153
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/her/cyr095
ID  - ref1
ER  -