title: Translating evidence based violence and drug use prevention to obesity prevention: development and construction of the pathways program.
abstract: 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.
authors: Prevention Research Center, College of Health.uman Development, The Pennsylvania State University, 402 Marion Place, University Park, PA 16802, USA. ksakuma@psu.edu
authors: Kari-Lyn K
authors: KL
authors: Sakuma
authors: Nathaniel R
authors: NR
authors: Riggs
authors: Mary Ann
authors: MA
authors: Pentz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016730:Program Development; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult