Conclusion
- Emphasize needs of adolescents prone to dangerous and risky behavior or poor health
- Strive for programs that have an affinity for disease prevention, health promotion and behavioral health
- Leisure time physical activity of the community should be positively modified to break the generational cycle of continuous unhealthy habits
Methodology
- Primary
- Windshield Tour using audit tool
- Interviews with community leaders
- Secondary
- Census.gov
Area Assessed
Ethnicity Statistics
Income Level
What is Leisure Time Physical Activity?
- "...Walking, dancing, gardening, hiking or swimming" (World Health Organization [WHO], 2011)
- "...As engaging in light-moderate leisure-time physical activity for greater than or equal to 30 minutes at a frequency greater than or equal to 5 times per week or engaging in vigorous leisure-time physical activity for greater than or equal to 20 minutes at a frequency greater than or equal to 3 times per week” (Center for Disease Control [CDC], 2011)
Results
- Lower income area
- Primarily African American and Hispanic
- Few established, organized resources
Breaking the Cycle
Abandoned Swimming Pool
Person-to-Person Interventions to
Improve Caregiver’s Parenting Skills
- Created by Community Preventive Service Task Force
- Target Caregivers to improve Caregiver-child relationship
- Recommendations for Intervention
Leisure Time Physical Activity Assessment in Adolescents in Bryan, TX
Evidence Based Programs
Conclusion
- Lower-Middle Income class
- High Rate of childhood poverty
- Majority are minorities
Missing Opportunities
- This program was created by
- National Research Council (NRC)
- Institute of Medicine (IOM)
- Addresses
- Primary Health care
- Public health system
- Clinical providers
- Concluded
- Adolescents engage in risky behaviors
- Health Services for Adolescents are poorly equipped
- Most adolescents are uninsured or have inadequate health insurance
- Recommendations
Repetitive Themes
- Adolescents are influenced by their surroundings
- Single family homes
- Lack of good role models