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Engagement of adolescents in a health communications program to prevent noncommunicable diseases: Multiplicadores Jovenes, Lima, Peru, 2011

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dc.contributor.author Diez-Canseco Montero, Francisco
dc.contributor.author Boeren, Yulissa
dc.contributor.author Quispe, Renato
dc.contributor.author Chiang, Mey Lin
dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-06T14:53:12Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-06T14:53:12Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5405
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Several risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including obesity, are associated with behaviors established in infancy that persist throughout adolescence and adulthood. As such, adolescents should be engaged in the design and implementation of NCD prevention strategies. COMMUNITY CONTEXT: In Lima, Peru's capital, the proportion of adolescents aged 15 to 19 is 9.3% of the city's population, and school enrollment rates are high. The prevalence of excess weight in Peruvian adolescents is 14.2%, and prevalence has not declined in recent years. Also recently, NCDs and their risk factors have gained more attention in public health and policy areas, with regulatory action focusing on healthful nutrition to address obesity and related NCDs. The Multiplicadores Jovenes (Young Multipliers) project was conducted among adolescents aged 15 to 17 from 9 public secondary schools in peri-urban areas of Lima, Peru. METHODS: The project provided basic communication tools and knowledge of NCD prevention and public health research to adolescents during 16 weekly participatory sessions to enable them to design and disseminate healthful lifestyle promotion messages to their school peers. OUTCOME: Thirty of 45 participants finished the program. Seven communications campaigns were designed and implemented in schools, reaching 1,200 students. The participants gained motivation, increased knowledge, and developed communication skills that were combined to implement healthful lifestyle promotion campaigns. INTERPRETATION: Engaging young people in public health promotion activities was feasible and advantageous for the design of tailored prevention-related content and its dissemination among peers. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
dc.relation.ispartofseries Preventing Chronic Disease
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Adolescent en_US
dc.subject Female en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Male en_US
dc.subject Young Adult en_US
dc.subject Peru/epidemiology en_US
dc.subject Program Evaluation en_US
dc.subject Exercise en_US
dc.subject Cost of Illness en_US
dc.subject Risk Factors en_US
dc.subject Feasibility Studies en_US
dc.subject Urban Population en_US
dc.subject Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice en_US
dc.subject Peer Group en_US
dc.subject Health Promotion/methods en_US
dc.subject Life Style en_US
dc.subject Adolescent Behavior en_US
dc.subject Chronic Disease/economics/epidemiology/prevention & control en_US
dc.subject Health Communication/methods en_US
dc.subject Obesity/prevention & control en_US
dc.subject School Health Services/organization & administration en_US
dc.title Engagement of adolescents in a health communications program to prevent noncommunicable diseases: Multiplicadores Jovenes, Lima, Peru, 2011 en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140416
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.02
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.05
dc.relation.issn 1545-1151


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