Lilo Emily A, West Andrew
Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
Int Q Community Health Educ. 2021 Mar 22:272684X211004928. doi: 10.1177/0272684X211004928.
As part of a campaign to encourage healthier beverage consumption in a rural New Mexico high school, we wanted to understand students' perceptions of their habits, and the associated health risks and benefits surrounding water and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption to influence future messaging to change behavior. We conducted a posthoc qualitative analysis of 27 student interviews from the program evaluation with both students who participated in the campaign and those who did not. Pre-campaign, students appeared largely unaware of the health risks posed by their beverage consumption habits, lacking any knowledge of nutritional recommendations, water recommendations, or of the sugar levels in products. When informed of the risks, students expressed concern for themselves, their family members, and friends, indicated a desire to make significant changes, and reported making changes for themselves, and educating others regarding the risks. Given the large amounts of money spent and concentrated efforts focused on marketing SSBs to teens, it is critically important to be educating teens and engaging them in behavior change strategies. These data can inform future strategies to improve teen health behaviors and encourage teens to become family health messengers for obesity and diabetes prevention.
作为新墨西哥州一所农村高中鼓励更健康饮品消费活动的一部分，我们想了解学生对自身习惯的看法，以及饮用白水和含糖饮料相关的健康风险与益处，以便影响未来改变行为的宣传信息。我们对项目评估中27名学生的访谈进行了事后定性分析，这些学生既有参与活动的，也有未参与的。活动前，学生们似乎大多没有意识到自己的饮品消费习惯所带来的健康风险，对营养建议、饮水建议或产品中的糖分含量一无所知。当得知这些风险后，学生们表达了对自己、家人和朋友的担忧，表明有意愿做出重大改变，并报告称自己做出了改变，还向他人宣传这些风险。鉴于花费大量资金并集中精力向青少年推销含糖饮料，对青少年进行教育并让他们参与行为改变策略至关重要。这些数据可为未来改善青少年健康行为的策略提供参考，并鼓励青少年成为预防肥胖和糖尿病的家庭健康宣传者。
