Child and Adolescent Obesity
Waipahu HART:This is a collaboration with Waipahu High school to describe the health behaviors of participating adolescents and their families, to determine the influence of parents and peers on the health behaviors of participating adolescents and older adults, and to educate their students in the research process and to promote students to actively conduct research projects in the health behavior area.
Long, C. R., Glow, H. & Nigg, C. R. (2014). Peer Influence on Obesity Related Behaviors: Design and Rationale of the Waipahu HART Project (370-378). In Brennan, V. M., Kumanyika, S. K., & Zambrana, R. E. (Eds.) Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities: Evidence and Directions. Baltimore, MD. Johns Hopkins University Press. Geller, K. S., Alvarez, A. R., Nigg, C. R., Oasay, A., & Timbobolan, J. (2014). Parent and friend influences on the multiple health behavior of adolescents living in Hawaii. California Journal of Health Promotion, 12(2), 55-68. |
IPlay:This project examines the effects of a physical change to the built environment in combination with a curriculum intervention on elementary school children’s obesity related behaviors.
Anthamatten, P., Brink, L., Kingston, B., Kutchman, E., Lampe, S., & Nigg, C. (2014). An Assessment of Schoolyard Features and Behavior Patterns in Children's Utilization and Physical Activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11, 564-573. Schaefer, C.A., Nigg., C. R., Hill, J. O., Brink, L. A., & Browning, R. C. (2014). Establishing and evaluating wrist cutpoints for the GENEActiv accelerometer in youth. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46, 826-833. Anthamatten, P., Fiene, E., Kutchman, E., Mainar, M., Brink, L., Browning, R., & Nigg, C. (2014). Analysis of Physical Activity Behavior within Elementary School Grounds. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28, 6, 403-412. Harmon, B. E., Nigg, C. R. Long, C., Amato, K., Anwar, M., Kutchman, E., Anthamatten, P., Browning, R. C., Brink, L., & Hill, J. O. (2014). What Matters When Children Play: Influence of Social Cognitive Theory and Perceived Environment on Levels of Physical Activity Among Elementary-Aged Youth. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 15, 272-279. Beck, J., Schaefer, C., Nace, H., Steffen, A., Nigg, C., Brink, L., Hill, J.O., & Browning, R.C. (2012). Accuracy of Self-Reported Height and Weight in 6-11 year-old Children. Preventing Chronic Disease, 9, 120021. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.120021. Anthamatten, P., Brink, L., Lampe, S., Greenwood, E., Kingston, B., & Nigg, C. R. (2011). An assessment of schoolyard renovation strategies to encourage children's physical activity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 8, 27. doi:10.1186/1479-5868-8-27. Brink, L.A., Nigg, C.R., Lampe, S.M.R., Kingston, B.A., Mootz, A.L., & van Vliet, W. (2010). Influence of Schoolyard Renovations on Children's Physical Activity: The Learning Landscapes Program. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 1672-1678. |
Children's Healthy Living Program:The Children’s Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific Region (CHL) is a partnership among remote Pacific states and other jurisdictions of the US: Alaska, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Hawaii, Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The goal of this Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Coordinated Agricultural Program (CAP) among Pacific Region USDA-defined Experimental Program for Stimulating Competitive Research (EPSCoR) states/jurisdictions is to build social/cultural, physical/built, and political/economic environments that will promote active play and intake of healthy food to prevent young child obesity in the Pacific Region. Link
Braun, K. L., Nigg, C. R., Fialkowski, M. K., Butel, J., Hollyer, J. R., Barber, L. R., Bersamin, A., Coleman, P., Fleming, T., Teo-Martin, U., Vargo, A. M., & Novotny, R. (2014). Using the ANGELO Model to Develop the Children’s Healthy Living Program Multilevel Intervention to Promote Obesity Preventing Behaviors for Young Children in the US-Affiliated Pacific Region. Childhood Obesity, 10, 474-481. Novotny, R., Fialkowski, M. K., Areta A. A. R., Bersamin, A., Braun, K., DeBaryshe, B., Deenik, J., Dunn, M., Hollyer, J., Kim, J., Leon Guerrero, R., Nigg, C. R., Takahashi, R., & Wilkens, L. R. (2013). The Pacific Way to Child Wellness: The Children’s Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations of the Pacific Region (CHL). Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 72, 406-408. Wilkens, L. R., Novotny, R., Fialkowski, M. K., Boushey, C. J., Nigg, C., Paulino, Y., Leon Guerrero, R., Bersamin, A., Vargo, D., & Deenik, J. (2013). Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific Region: Rationale and Design of a Community Randomized Trial to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity. BMC Public Health. 944. |