{"title":"You've shown the program model is effective. Now what?","authors":"Phyllis L Ellickson","doi":"10.1002/yd.20089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rigorous tests of theory-based programs require faithful implementation. Otherwise, lack of results might be attributable to faulty program delivery, faulty theory, or both. However, once the evidence indicates the model works and merits broader dissemination, implementation issues do not fade away. How can developers enhance the likelihood that the program will be delivered as designed and thus get results close to what was possible under controlled conditions? How can they address program weaknesses without undermining conceptual integrity? What role can they play in making the program visible and attractive to institutional adopters? This chapter uses field experience from a theory-based program, Project ALERT, to suggest possible strategies for enhancing program attractiveness to potential adopters and users, facilitating program fidelity while maintaining room for adaptation and taking a program to scale. </p>","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 141","pages":"95-105, 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20089","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32281515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Feagans Gould, Tamar Mendelson, Jacinda K Dariotis, Matthew Ancona, Ali S R Smith, Andres A Gonzalez, Atman A Smith, Mark T Greenberg
{"title":"Assessing fidelity of core components in a mindfulness and yoga intervention for urban youth: applying the CORE Process.","authors":"Laura Feagans Gould, Tamar Mendelson, Jacinda K Dariotis, Matthew Ancona, Ali S R Smith, Andres A Gonzalez, Atman A Smith, Mark T Greenberg","doi":"10.1002/yd.20097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20097","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the past years, the number of mindfulness-based intervention and prevention programs has increased steadily. In order to achieve the intended program outcomes, program implementers need to understand the essential and indispensable components that define a program's success. This chapter describes the complex process of identifying the core components of a mindfulness and yoga program for urban early adolescents through the systematic study of fidelity of implementation of the intervention. The authors illustrate the CORE Process [(C) Conceptualize Core Components; (O) Operationalize and measure; (R) Run analyses and Review implementation findings; and (E) Enhance and refine], based on data gained from a mindfulness and yoga intervention study conducted as a community-academic partnership in Baltimore city. </p>","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 142","pages":"59-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20097","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32566367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concerns in measurement of healthy eating and physical activity standards implementation.","authors":"Katherine H Hohman, Karah D Mantinan","doi":"10.1002/yd.20102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As part of its 2011 commitment to the Partnership for Healthier America, the YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) pledged that by 2015, 85 percent of its local Y associations with early childhood or afterschool programs would have at least one program site that met 100 percent of the Y-USA's healthy eating and physical activity (HEPA) standards. To inform the measurement and monitoring of HEPA standards, the Y-USA designed a thirty-three-item online survey to assess which HEPA standards were being met in afterschool program sites each year in order to track progress over time. Verification activities including direct observation, key informant interviews, and document review generated overall compliance ratings for each standard. Compliance ratings were then compared to the self-reported survey results to determine the validity of the survey for assessing each HEPA standard. The survey had variable accuracy when compared to the validation methods. This chapter aims to inform the measurement and monitoring of HEPA standards implementation in larger afterschool networks by reporting on learnings from the Y-USA's early efforts in its network. </p>","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 143","pages":"25-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32924619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mindfulness and compassion training in adolescence: a developmental contemplative science perspective.","authors":"Robert W Roeser, Cristi Pinela","doi":"10.1002/yd.20094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20094","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescence is a developmental period of risk, as well as a window of opportunity for cultivating positive development and thriving. It is characterized by simultaneous changes in the brain, body, mind, and social domains that offer a platform for building new skills and habits. This chapter discusses the role that secular forms of mindfulness and compassion training may play in fostering positive development in adolescence. The emerging discipline of \"Developmental Contemplative Science\" (DCS) is introduced, the theoretical and empirical basis of mindfulness in adolescence is illustrated in depth, and secular mindfulness and compassion practices for youth are portrayed. Last, this chapter offers an agenda for future research on connecting mindfulness to key developmental domains in adolescence. </p>","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 142","pages":"9-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20094","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32566426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special issue: Healthy eating and physical activity in out-of-school time settings. Issue Editors' notes.","authors":"Jean L Wiecha, Georgia Hall","doi":"10.1002/yd.20099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20099","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing access to and persistence in college is one of the critical issues in education today and presents multiple challenges for secondary schools for how to prepare and support their students to navigate this increasingly complex process. There are a growing number of interventions designed to improve college access and matriculation for high school students; this is particularly the case for low-income families and first-generation college-goers as many are at risk for not attending college. Gaining an understanding about the barriers facing the transition from high school to college is a crucial step. These obstacles include a multitude of factors—lack of access to resources at home or school, not having a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum or not taking advantage of these courses when available, and misperceptions or faulty information about the college-going process.","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 143","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20099","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32924617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy M Bohnert, Amanda K Ward, Kimberly A Burdette, Rebecca L Silton, Lara R Dugas
{"title":"Active summers matter: evaluation of a community-based summertime program targeting obesogenic behaviors of low-income, ethnic minority girls.","authors":"Amy M Bohnert, Amanda K Ward, Kimberly A Burdette, Rebecca L Silton, Lara R Dugas","doi":"10.1002/yd.20107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low-income minority females are disproportionately affected by obesity. The relevance of summer months to weight gain is often overlooked. Some evidence suggests that summer programming, such as day camps, may offer increased opportunities for structured physical activities resulting in less weight gain. This study examined the effectiveness of Girls in the Game, a six-hour four-week sports and fitness summer camp program, in increasing physical activity (PA) and reducing body mass index and media use. Statistically significant increases were observed in four physical activity measures including total PA, MVPA, average number of ten-minute bouts of MVPA, and minutes participants spent in bouts of at least ten minutes of MVPA. This chapter highlights the importance of investigating the potential relationships among weight, physical activity, sedentary time, media use, and participation in summer camp programming. </p>","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 143","pages":"133-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20107","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32924624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Translation of etiology into evidence-based prevention: the life skills program IPSY.","authors":"Karina Weichold","doi":"10.1002/yd.20088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>IPSY (Information + Psychosocial Competence = Protection) is a universal life skills program aiming at the promotion of generic intra- and interpersonal life skills, substance specific skills (for example, resistance skills), school bonding, knowledge, and the prevention of substance misuse with a focus on alcohol and tobacco in youth. This program is based on the WHO's life skills approach as well as on theories and empirical findings concerning the development of substance misuse during early adolescence. IPSY is implemented by teachers over three years of schooling (grades 5-7 in Germany). Guided by models of translational research dealing with conditions of a successful translation of etiological findings into evidence-based prevention programs, the chapter highlights the results of a more than ten-year research program focusing on the development and evaluation of the IPSY program. Findings on long-term general effects, mediators and moderators of program effectiveness, and cross-cultural transferability of the program to other European countries are summarized and discussed in light of dissemination issues. </p>","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 141","pages":"83-94, 12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32281514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R Glenn Weaver, Michael W Beets, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Collin A Webster, Justin Moore
{"title":"Effects of a competency-based professional development training on children's physical activity and staff physical activity promotion in summer day camps.","authors":"R Glenn Weaver, Michael W Beets, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Collin A Webster, Justin Moore","doi":"10.1002/yd.20104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The YMCA of the USA serves more than nine million youth in its summer day camping programs nationwide. In spring 2011, the YMCA of Columbia, SC, with support from the University of South Carolina, adopted a competency-based staff-level training approach in an attempt to align staff behaviors with the YMCA of the USA new physical activity standards for summer camp programs. This chapter presents findings from a multiyear evaluation of a competency-based training approach using a single group design with preassessments and multiple postassessments. Training consisted of participatory exercises and video demonstrations. Data on staff physical activity promotion behaviors were collected using SOSPAN, an instrument that utilizes momentary time sampling to record instances of staff physical activity promotion behaviors consistent with physical activity standards. This chapter describes how a competency-based professional development training may be effective at increasing physical activity promoting and decreasing physical activity discouraging staff behaviors and related child activity levels. </p>","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 143","pages":"57-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32924621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebekka M Lee, Cassandra Okechukwu, Karen M Emmons, Steven L Gortmaker
{"title":"Impact of implementation factors on children's water consumption in the Out-of-School Nutrition and Physical Activity group-randomized trial.","authors":"Rebekka M Lee, Cassandra Okechukwu, Karen M Emmons, Steven L Gortmaker","doi":"10.1002/yd.20105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>National data suggest that children are not consuming enough water. Experimental evidence has linked increased water consumption to obesity prevention, and the National AfterSchool Association has named serving water as ones of its standards for healthy eating and physical activity in out-of-school time settings. From fall 2010 to spring 2011, twenty Boston afterschool program sites participated in the Out-of-School Nutrition and Physical Activity (OSNAP) initiative, a group-randomized trial investigating nutrition and physical activity policies and practices that promote child health. Researchers used data from OSNAP to study the key factors that influence the implementation of practices that promote water intake. Aspects of the organizational capacity of the afterschool programs, characteristics of the providers, and the community context were hypothesized to impact changes in children's water consumption. This chapter demonstrates the effectiveness of an afterschool intervention on increases in children's water consumption. It also outlines the substantial influence that implementation factors can have on the effectiveness of an obesity prevention intervention, highlighting the importance of understanding how interventions are delivered in real-world settings. </p>","PeriodicalId":83817,"journal":{"name":"New directions for youth development","volume":"2014 143","pages":"79-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/yd.20105","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32924622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}