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- Title
Data to Action: Using Formative Research to Develop Intervention Programs to Increase Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls.
- Authors
Young, Deborah Rohm; Johnson, Carolyn C.; Steckler, Allan; Gittelsohn, Joel; Saunders, Ruth P.; Saksvig, Brit I.; Ribisi, Kurt M.; Lytle, Leslie A.; McKenzie, Thomas L.
- Abstract
The article describes how formative research results from the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG) were transferred to planners to guide intervention development among school girls at middle schools in the U.S. The methods used for intervention development included providing oral and written reports, prioritizing recommendations, and cross-checking recommendations with intervention objectives and implementation strategies. Results of the study indicated that middle schools offered only coeducational physical education and health education classes. With this, TAAG intervention was designed to be appropriate for both sexes, and intervention strategies were developed to directly address girls' stated preferences, such as socialization, for physical activity.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BEHAVIORAL assessment of teenagers; PHYSICAL fitness for youth; TEENAGE girls; ATHLETIC ability; PHYSICAL education; SCHOOL administration; COMMUNITY-school relationships; INTERVENTION (Administrative procedure)
- Publication
Health Education & Behavior, 2006, Vol 33, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
1090-1981
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1090198105282444