Prolonged school closures are one of the most disruptive forces in COVID-19 era. School have upended life for children and families, educators been forced to determine how provide distance learning. Schools also an essential source nonacademic supports way health mental services, food assistance, obesity prevention, intervention cases homelessness maltreatment. This article focuses on physical emotional toll resulting from withdrawal that students rely on. The pandemic is shining a spotlight...

Parents play a critical role in facilitating children's physical activity, as they are an important source of modeling and support. While Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers have explored exergame design for children or adults separately, open area work is identifying guidelines family exergames. One question that increasingly posed is, how can exergames be designed to avoid potential negative consequences competition? To address these questions we Spaceship Launch, parents kids...

Physical activity (PA) is critical for reducing the risk of obesity, a prevalent health concern that burdens low-socioeconomic status (SES) households. While self-tracking apps can increase PA, encouraging app engagement remains challenge, thus limiting app's efficacy. To understand how to better support caregiver's motivation use family apps, we designed and evaluated Storywell?a mobile promoting PA. Guided by Self-Determination Theory, Storywell provides social rewards (e.g., storybooks...

Abstract Background Although the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Short Form (DASS-21) was developed for adults, its authors noted no compelling reasons to not use measure with youth as young 12 years. Despite increasingly widespread youth, psychometric evidence in support of this population needs be investigated fully understand utility. Objective The goal paper conduct a systematic review identify and appraise properties when used populations. Methods Following Preferred Reporting Items...

Objective This study examined the longitudinal effects of a school-based program on kindergarten and first grade children's fruit vegetable (F&V) consumption. Methods The included lunchroom, classroom, school-wide, family components. primary dependent variable, F&V consumed at lunch, was assessed using weighed plate waste. Hierarchical linear models were used to analyze differences between intervention control groups account for repeated measurements. Results Children in experimental group...

Wearable activity trackers can encourage physical (PA)-a behavior critical for preventing obesity and reducing the risks of chronic diseases. However, prior work has rarely explored how these tools leverage family support or help people think about strategies being active-wo factors necessary achieving regular PA. In this 2-month qualitative study, we investigated PA tracking practices amongst 14 families living in low-income neighborhoods, where is prevalent. We characterize social...

Low-socioeconomic status (SES) families face increased barriers to physical activity (PA)-a behavior critical for reducing and preventing chronic disease. Research has explored how wearable PA trackers can encourage activity, the adoption of such is driven by people's emotions social needs. However, more work needed understand are perceived adopted low-SES families, where may be deprioritized due economic stresses, limited resources, crime. Accordingly, we conducted a two-month, in-depth...

Culturally informed design for virtual agents has been shown to positively impact health outcomes when tailored target audiences. We present a participatory methodology culturally tailoring agents. Investigators worked with key informants from our population, members of predominantly Black church communities, culturally-relevant and sensitive agent promotion interventions. In the first session, designed assist them different aspects their lives, providing input on appearance functionality....

Physical activity (PA) is crucial for reducing the risk of obesity, an epidemic that disproportionately burdens families low-socioeconomic status (SES). While fitness tracking tools can increase PA awareness, more work needed to examine (1) how such help people benefit from their social environment, and (2) reflections enhance attitudes. We investigated support modeling self-modeling (through reflection), two critical processes in Social Cognitive Theory. developed StoryMap, a novel app...

Churches have historically played an important role in Black American communities, catalyzing the pursuit of aims such as social justice, community organization, and health promotion. However, researchers rarely examined how technology can support assets-based approach to these efforts, nor implications race, traditions, history when creating systems. Addressing this gap, we conducted research with two predominantly churches explore promotion design opportunities. We used photovoice, a...

This study describes Farm to Family (F2F), a program that facilitates access affordable produce among low-income families with preschool children. F2F was pilot tested in urban Head Start programs served as the conduit for weekly deliveries from local farm form of subsidized shares. A mixed-method evaluation used understand strengths and challenges model perspectives staff, assess family staff participation rates, examine families' perceptions program, explore short-term changes children's...

To examine changes in competitive foods (items sold à la carte lines, vending machines, and school stores that "compete" with meals) Massachusetts middle high schools before after implementation of a statewide nutrition law 2012.We photographed n = 10 782 beverages 36 districts 7 control state to determine availability compliance the at baseline (2012), 1 year (2013), 2 years (2014) policy (overall enrollment: 71 202 students). We examined trends over time.By 2014, 60% 79% were compliant....

The abrupt onset of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an unprecedented shift to remote schooling for students across United States and required many caregivers take a primary or secondary role as schoolteacher. goal this study was better understand caregivers' experiences from home during spring 2020 closures. Roughly 1,000 caregivers, majority whom were White, highly educated mothers, responded survey, documenting their children's daily learning providing insight into frequency perceived...

Despite widespread evidence-based treatments for addressing internalizing concerns, many youth do not demonstrate reliable or clinically meaningful improvement. Regular progress monitoring, consisting of measurement and feedback, offers the opportunity to improve outcomes in real time. The 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) has potential as a progress-monitoring tool concerns youth; however, limited psychometric data are available support this...

This article presents Healthy Kids, Futures, a multilevel initiative in Boston, Massachusetts, which brings major institutions' missions and resources together to address early childhood obesity prevention. Programming is designed facilitate healthy eating physical activity preschool children's home, school, community environments by engaging parents educators the places where they live, learn, play. describes how established interventions were implemented novel setting engage of children...

This study tested the Wellness Enhancing Physical Activity in Young Children (WE PLAY) program, a 4-week online preschool teacher training, on children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). In this cluster RCT, six Head Start preschools were randomized to an intervention and comparison group. Children's MVPA was measured using accelerometers at pre- posttest. The magnitude of difference between groups posttest small, but expected direction: Δ min/hour = 1.60, 95% CI [-0.97, 4.18],...