Bienestar: A Diabetes Risk-Factor Prevention Program

The Bienester Health Program, a diabetes risk‐factor prevention pilot program, targeted fourth grade Mexican American children. The primary goals are to decrease the two established risk factors for diabetes — overweight and dietary fats. Since the health program is based on Social Cognitive Theory,...

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Published in:The Journal of school health 1998-02, Vol.68 (2), p.62-67
Main Authors: Trevino, Robert P., Pugh, Jacqueline A., Hernandez, Arthur E., Menchaca, Velma D., Ramirez, Robert R., Mendoza, Monica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude to Health
Body Composition
Child
Child Health
Children & youth
Comprehensive School Health Education
Cultural Relevance
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - etiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - prevention & control
Diet
Dietary Fats - adverse effects
Dietetics
Eating Habits
Educational Strategies
Elementary School Students
Female
Grade 4
Health aspects
Health Behavior
Health Education - methods
Health Promotion
Health risk assessment
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Instructional Materials
Intermediate Grades
Learning Activities
Male
Methods
Mexican American children
Mexican Americans
Nursing
Nutrition Instruction
Obesity
Obesity - complications
Parents
Pilot projects
Prevention
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Psychometrics
Risk Factors
Risk factors (Health)
Risk Reduction
School Health Services - organization & administration
School nursing
Social Influences
Student Behavior
Teaching Methods
Texas
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Summary:The Bienester Health Program, a diabetes risk‐factor prevention pilot program, targeted fourth grade Mexican American children. The primary goals are to decrease the two established risk factors for diabetes — overweight and dietary fats. Since the health program is based on Social Cognitive Theory, on social systems structure, and on culturally relevant material, it considers the child's social systems on both its health program and process evaluation. Learning activities were developed for four social systems that potentially influence children's health behaviors (parent, classroom, school cafeteria, and after‐school care). Preliminary results show that the Bienestar Health Program significantly decreased dietary fat, increased fruit and vegetable servings, and increased diabetes health knowledge.
ISSN:0022-4391
1746-1561
DOI:10.1111/j.1746-1561.1998.tb07192.x