Improvements in Heart Health Behaviors and Reduction in Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors in Urban Teenaged Girls Through a School-Based Intervention: The PATH Program

We sought to assess the effects of a school-based intervention program on cardiovascular disease risk factors in urban girls. We compared heart health knowledge, health behaviors, cardiovascular risk factors, and physical fitness among a group of 442 multiethnic teenaged girls (310 experimental part...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2004-09, Vol.94 (9), p.1538-1543
Hauptverfasser:	Bayne-Smith, Marcia, Fardy, Paul S, Azzollini, Ann, Magel, John, Schmitz, Kathryn H, Agin, Denise
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescent Behavior - psychology Aerobics African Americans Asian Americans Biological and medical sciences Blood pressure Body fat Body mass index Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular disease Cholesterol Coronary Artery Disease - prevention & control Coronary Artery Disease - psychology Coronary heart disease Coronary vessels Curricula Diet Early intervention Ethnicity Exercise Female Girls Health Behavior Health Education - methods Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Heart Hispanic Americans Humans Medical sciences Minority & ethnic groups Miscellaneous New York City - epidemiology Nutrition education Performance evaluation Physical education teachers Physical fitness Physiology Primary Prevention - methods Program Evaluation Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Questionnaires Research and Practice Risk Factors School Health Services - organization & administration Schools Smoking Prevention Stress, Physiological - prevention & control Students Surveys and Questionnaires Time Factors Urban areas Vein & artery diseases Weightlifting Wellness programs Womens health
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