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S J Virgilio

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PubMed1991

Effectiveness of a personalized fitness module on knowledge, attitude, and cardiovascular endurance of fifth-grade students: "heart smart".

The effectiveness of a Personalized Fitness Module was compared to a Traditional Fitness Unit, both of which were designed to develop knowledge, behavioral skills, fitness and positive attitudes. 95 students in Grade 5 and from intact physical education/health classes within two public schools participated in a seven-week cardiovascular fitness program. The experimental group of 48 participated in the personalized and noncompetitive fitness module. The control group of 47 participated in the traditional unit, a teacher-centered fitness module. Students received a total of 14 55-min. lessons over seven weeks. Pre- and posttest measurements included the Superkids-Superfit Knowledge Test, the Children's Attitudes Toward Physical Activity Inventory, and the one-mile run/walk. Data were analyzed using group mean gain scores on eight dependent variables (knowledge, six subscales of attitude, and one-mile run/walk) followed by a multivariate analysis of variance. A significant difference between groups led to a discriminant function analysis as a post hoc test. Findings indicated that the use of the personalized unit can substantially improve one-mile run/walk time. The use of modules of this type in health and physical education programs may promote life-long exercise patterns and fitness.

Cardiovascular Diseases↗
PubMed1987

Implementation of "Heart Smart:" a cardiovascular school health promotion program.

The Bogalusa Heart Study, an investigation of 8,000 children, has compiled a large data bank on cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in children during the past 12 years. Precursors of heart disease begin at a young age, with many children already possessing one or more known clinical risk factors--hypertension, obesity, and adverse lipoprotein changes. Having obtained data examining the determinants, distributions, interrelationships and trends over time for CV risk factors, a foundation was provided to address additional questions directed toward intervention strategies. "Heart Smart" is a comprehensive, research-based CV health promotion program testing differential effects of a population (public health) strategy versus a high-risk approach within four elementary schools. The major goal of "Heart Smart" is to reduce CV risk factors in children with an intervention to facilitate the adoption of healthful lifestyles. Objectives, intervention modalities, and design and evaluation procedures for children and adults in a total school environment (K-6) are described.

Cardiovascular Diseases↗
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Health promotion model for "Heart Smart": the medical school, university, and community.

This paper provides the rationale, design, description, and evaluation of a unique comprehensive health promotion model, wherein an interdisciplinary group of professionals from three organizations--a medical school, university, and community collaborated to implement a cardiovascular (CV) health project entitled "Heart Smart" on a total school environment (K-6). Preliminary program findings are reported. Major lessons learned are also discussed which suggest a number of recommendations for the successful adoption of a school-based CV health intervention. The expertise and interaction of a multidisciplinary group of health care, research, and educational professionals has been a successful endeavor which has greatly enhanced the quality of the health promotion model for "Heart Smart." More comprehensive models such as "Heart Smart," which intervene on a total school environment, are vital to the reduction of CV disease in the United States and abroad.

Adolescent↗