A REPLICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE KYB PROGRAM

生活方式被认为占发病率的相当大的比例 以及与冠心病（CHD）相关的过早死亡率。 许多 与心血管疾病风险相关的行为模式 开始于童年并延续到成年。 风险因素包括 吸烟，肥胖，缺乏锻炼，高盐饮食， 脂肪，尤其是胆固醇。 了解你的身体（KYB） 该计划旨在通过学校课程减少儿童患冠心病的风险 其中包括个人健康检查，并解决儿童的 态度和心理社会调节因素以及知识和行为。 自1979年以来，KYB计划一直在郊区白色人群中进行评估。 1970年出生的孩子。 这个纵向项目的目标是使用一个 PRECEED模型，以指导在2010年复制和评估KYB计划 大约1 400名4-6年级的种族混合城市儿童， 社会经济地位。 研究设计中包括对以下方面的评价： 提供个人实验室以及其他 在“健康护照”上为每个孩子提供健康检查值。“努力 将降低个性化健康检查的成本， 招募和培训志愿者。 该项目计划为5 年 研究小组包括健康教育工作者，儿科医生， 发展心理学家，医学人类学家，生物统计学家， 和医学社会学家

Lifestyle is believed to account for a considerable proportion of morbidity and premature mortality associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). Many of the behavior patterns associated with risk of cardiovascular disease begin in childhood and are carried into adulthood. Risk-factors include smoking cigarttes, obesity, lack of exercise, and a diet high in salt and fats, especially choloesterol. The goal of the Know Your Body (KYB) program is to reduce children's risk of CHD through a school curriculum which includes personal health screening, and addresses children's attitudes and psychosocial moderators as well as knowledge and behavior. The KYB program has been evaluated since 1979 in a cohort of white suburban children born in 1970. The goal of this longitudinal project is to use a PRECEED model to guide a replication and evaluation of the KYB program in about 1400 ethnically mixed urban children grades 4-6, stratefied by socioeconomic status. Included in the research design is an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of providing personal laboratory as well as other health screening values to each child on a "Health Passport." An effort will be made to reduce the cost of personnalized health screening by recruiting and training volunteers. The project is planned for five years. The research team includes health educators, pediatricians, a developmental psychologist, a medical anthoropologist, a biostatistician, and a medical sociologist.