Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2018
Keywords
community engaged research; college health; training
Abstract
Background: Using a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach may increase the likelihood of relevance and acceptability of the designed intervention, especially on a college campus. Furthermore, recruiting and training college students to design a social marketing framed healthy lifestyle intervention for their peers will allow the intervention to be tailored to the needs of the campus. Objectives: To describe the process of online-course training college students to develop a campus-based, social marketing health promotion intervention. Methods: Four universities recruited current college students (18+ y.o.) to develop a social marketing and environmental intervention (SMEI), which was completed during a 16-week, online/in-person hybrid semester course. Researchers and Extension professionals trained students to design 24 weeks of intervention events that would be implemented the upcoming year. Results: Seventy-eight students enrolled in the study and social marketing and environmental intervention course among the four intervention states (Florida = 30, South Dakota = 8, Tennessee = 13, West Virginia = 27); students were predominately Caucasian (65.8%), females (84.0%), and sophomore status in college (64.9%). Throughout the semester, students assessed their campus environments, set priorities, and developed weekly events and resources needed to implement the intervention on their campuses. By the end of the semester, with researcher support, students had designed 24 weeks of intervention events (marketing, recruiting, and implementation) focusing on nutrition/food/diet, physical activity, stress management, sleep, and time management. These events and resources were catalogued into a digital toolkit of instructions and activities for each week of intervention events. Conclusion: Using a Community-Based Participatory Research approach with college students interested in health allows for the development of an intervention that stems from grass roots efforts and is tailored to the acceptability and needs of their peers
Publication Title
Education Sciences
Volume
8
Issue
3
First Page
150
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
DOI of Published Version
10.3390/educsci8030150
Publisher
MDPI
Rights
© 2018 The Authors
Recommended Citation
Olfert, Melissa D.; Barr, Makenzie L.; Riggsbee, Kristin; Kattelmann, Kendra K.; Leischner, Krista; Mathews, Anne E.; Vilaro, Melissa; and Colby, Sarah E., "A Community Based Participatory Approach to Training Young Adults to Design and Implement a Social Marketing Framed Lifestyle Intervention on Their College Campus" (2018). Health and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications. 154.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/hns_pubs/154
Creative Commons License
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Comments
This article was published as: Olfert, M.D.; Barr, M.L.; Riggsbee, K.; Kattelmann, K.K.; Leischner, K.; Mathews, A.E.; Vilaro, M.; Colby, S.E. A Community Based Participatory Approach to Training Young Adults to Design and Implement a Social Marketing Framed Lifestyle Intervention on Their College Campus. Educ. Sci.2018, 8, 150.