HW425 Health and Wellness Programming: Design and Administration Unit 5: Identifying Strategies and Activities

Seminar Five THIS IS AN AUDIO SEMINAR. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR ME SPEAKING. MAKE SURE YOUR SPEAKERS ARE ON AND TURNED UP. IF YOU CAN NOT HEAR ME, PLEASE CALL TECH SUPPORT IMMEDIATELY AT

Agenda APA: When to Cite Unit 5 Key Concepts Opening Act Seminar Discussion Questions Questions/Comments/Concerns

APA Style: When to Cite “Cite the work of those individuals whose ideas, theories, or findings have directly influenced your work even if you are paraphrasing or describing someone else’s idea” (APA, n.d.)

What if it’s “common knowledge” Obesity is a major public health concern in many developed countries including the United States. Nearly 70% of American adults are currently classified as overweight or obese. Overweight and obesity increases the risk for many chronic conditions such as heart diseases, type II diabetes, hypertension and some forms of cancer (CDC, 2009).

How to Reference in Your Work “ Approximately 40% of all meals in the U.S. are now eaten outside the home, a 150% increase since 1977 (French, Story & Jeffrey, 2001) with the vast majority of these meals consumed at fast food restaurants. In fact, 25% of all Americans eat fast food at least once per day, and McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast food establishment serves more than 46 million people daily around the globe (Spurlock, 2005).”

Key Concepts The program intervention = the means by which the program planners attempt to achieve the stated outcomes The activities of the intervention are means by which planners apply a theory to produce desired outcome: communication activities, educational activities, behavior modification activities, environmental change activities, regulatory activities, community advocacy activities, organizational culture activities, incentive and disincentive activities, health status evaluation, social activities, technology-delivered activities. Method = big picture or framework; strategies = ways of operationalizing the intervention method Tailoring the intervention: meet the needs of the group to make more acceptable and increase its potential - Cultural appropriateness - Multiple intelligences Methods for creating change = increase knowledge, change attitudes, change social influence, build skills/self- efficacy Sources of strategies and activities = existing materials or curricula

Opening Discussion You are a health teacher at a public middle school. Your student population is very diverse and underage drinking and drug use is on the rise, especially in high school students. You want to reach the students before they enter high school. In designing your intervention, what activities can you offer to meet the categories below? 1) Educational 4) Incentive/disincentives 2) Environmental change 5) Social Activities 3) Health status evaluations

Seminar Question 1 What are the differences between a method and a strategy? What is one example of each?

Seminar Question 2 What are three sources for ideas about program strategies and methods?

Seminar Question 3 What are the benefits of using existing materials or curricula?

Field Trip Locate a website that features a health curriculum for school-aged children. Would you use this program? Why or why not?

Questions/Comments/Concerns