Downey Laura H, Peterson Donna J, LeMenestrel Suzanne, Leatherman JoAnne, Lang James
School of Human Sciences, Mississippi State University.
New Dir Youth Dev. 2014 Fall;2014(143):13-24. doi: 10.1002/yd.20101.
The 4-H youth development program of the nation's 109 land-grant universities and the Cooperative Extension System is one of the largest youth development organization in the United States serving approximately six million youth. The 4-H Healthy Living initiative began in 2008 to promote achievement of optimal physical, social, and emotional well-being for youth and families. In 2013, the National 4-H Council sought to identify 4-H Healthy Living programs in the domains of healthy eating and physical activity that adhered to the national 4-H Healthy Living mission and were ready for comprehensive outcome evaluation or replication at a national level. This chapter shares findings from an environmental scan of 4-H programs and (a) identifies programs with evidence of promoting a healthy diet and physical activity, (b) describes program impacts related to healthy diet and physical activity, and (c) clarifies select program characteristics associated with reported healthy eating and/or physical activity outcomes. The RE-AIM evaluation framework is introduced as an effective approach to assessing program impact for 4-H Healthy Living and similar out-of-school time programs.
美国109所赠地大学和合作推广系统开展的4-H青年发展项目是美国最大的青年发展组织之一，为约600万青年提供服务。4-H健康生活倡议始于2008年，旨在促进青年和家庭实现最佳的身体、社会和情感健康。2013年，全国4-H委员会试图在健康饮食和体育活动领域确定符合全国4-H健康生活使命、并准备好在全国范围内进行全面成果评估或推广的4-H健康生活项目。本章分享了对4-H项目进行环境扫描的结果，（a）确定有证据表明能促进健康饮食和体育活动的项目，（b）描述与健康饮食和体育活动相关的项目影响，以及（c）阐明与报告的健康饮食和/或体育活动成果相关的特定项目特征。本文引入了RE-AIM评估框架，作为评估4-H健康生活及类似校外时间项目影响的有效方法。
