Time to change! Using the transition from school to university to promote healthy lifestyle habits in young people

是时候改变了！

• 批准号: MR/J000450/1
• 负责人: Paul Norman
• 金额: $ 47.18万
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FJ000450%2F1
• 关键词: Time; change; Using; transition; university

Eating healthily, exercising, drinking sensibly and not smoking are known to reduce the risk of developing serious diseases and conditions such as cancer, heart and circulatory disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, few young people engage in these health behaviours to a level that reduces their risk of developing such health problems. Unfortunately, the habits acquired in early adulthood can often persist and have a detrimental effect on health in middle and later adulthood. Moreover, some of the risky behaviours displayed by young people, such as binge drinking, can have immediate negative health and social problems, including accidents, injuries, physical violence and sexual risk taking. Consequently, interventions targeted at this age group may be particularly beneficial in producing both short-term and long-term benefits to health. Researchers, practitioners, and policy makers alike seek ways of encouraging young people to adopt healthier lifestyle habits. The current research proposes a new intervention, combining three behaviour change techniques from health psychology, that is delivered during the transition from school to university using the latest digital technologies to produce changes in the health behaviours of young people. The intervention is novel in three ways. (1) The intervention combines three techniques from health psychology to (i) ensure that the health messages are not dismissed without being considered (through a self-affirmation task), (ii) develop health messages that target the most important predictors (e.g., beliefs) of each behaviour (based on a widely-used model of health behaviour, the theory of planned behaviour), and (iii) ensure that people's good intentions are translated into behaviour (through the use of planning tasks). (2) The intervention will be delivered during the transition from school to university (i.e., from one month before to one month after starting university). Many young people make this move each year. Such life transitions are critical (or "teachable") moments to intervene as people's beliefs and behaviour are in a state of flux (and are therefore easier to influence) due to the major changes to their social environments. (3) The latest digital technologies (e.g., internet, smartphones), that are part of students' social worlds, will be used to deliver the intervention. This will ensure that the intervention is interactive and engaging to students. All new students (approximately 4,000) to a large city university will be invited to take part in the research. Half will be allocated to the intervention group and half to a control group. All participants will complete online questionnaires assessing their health beliefs and behaviour one month before starting university as well as one and six months after being at university. We will conduct analyses to see whether those in the intervention group adopt more health behaviours (e.g., eat more fruit and vegetables, exercise more, drink less, smoke less) as a result of the intervention. If successful the project will enhance our knowledge of how to promote healthy lifestyle habits in young people. It will therefore create a lasting legacy in terms of best practices to help students develop healthy lifestyle habits when they start university and the technological means to deliver the intervention to all new students in the future.

众所周知，健康饮食、锻炼、合理饮酒和不吸烟可以降低罹患癌症、心脏和循环系统疾病、肥胖症和2型糖尿病等严重疾病和状况的风险。然而，很少有年轻人从事这些健康行为，达到降低他们患上此类健康问题的风险的水平。不幸的是，在成年早期养成的习惯往往会持续下去，并对成年中期和成年后期的健康产生有害影响。此外，年轻人表现出的一些危险行为，如酗酒，可能会立即产生负面的健康和社会问题，包括事故、伤害、身体暴力和性风险。因此，针对这一年龄段的干预措施在产生短期和长期健康益处方面可能特别有益。研究人员、从业者和政策制定者都在寻找鼓励年轻人养成更健康的生活习惯的方法。目前的研究提出了一种新的干预措施，结合了健康心理学的三种行为改变技术，在从学校到大学的过渡过程中使用最新的数字技术来改变年轻人的健康行为。这种干预在三个方面都是新奇的。(1)干预结合了健康心理学的三种技术，以(I)确保健康信息不被忽视(通过自我肯定任务)，(Ii)制定针对每种行为最重要的预测因素(例如，信念)的健康信息(基于广泛使用的健康行为模型，计划行为理论)，以及(Iii)确保将人们的良好意图转化为行为(通过使用计划任务)。(2)干预措施将在从学校过渡到大学期间(即从上大学前一个月到上大学后一个月)进行。每年，许多年轻人都会做出这样的举动。由于社会环境的重大变化，人们的信仰和行为处于一种不断变化的状态(因此更容易受到影响)，这样的人生转变是进行干预的关键(或“可教”的)时刻。(3)作为学生社交世界一部分的最新数字技术(如互联网、智能手机)将被用于提供干预。这将确保干预是互动的，并吸引学生。一所大型城市大学的所有新生(约4000人)都将被邀请参加这项研究。一半将分配给干预组，一半分配给控制组。所有参与者都将在上大学前一个月以及上大学后的一个月和六个月后完成在线问卷调查，评估他们的健康信念和行为。我们将进行分析，看看干预组的人是否因为干预而采取了更多的健康行为(例如，多吃水果和蔬菜、多锻炼、少喝酒、少吸烟)。如果成功，该项目将加强我们对如何在年轻人中促进健康生活方式习惯的了解。因此，它将在最佳做法方面创造持久的遗产，帮助学生在开始上大学时养成健康的生活方式习惯，并为未来所有新生提供干预的技术手段。

项目成果

A theory-based online intervention to promote health behaviour in new university students: One-month follow-up data

基于理论的在线干预促进新生健康行为：一个月的随访数据

• 发表时间: 2013
• 期刊: PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH
• 影响因子: 3.3
• 作者: Norman Paul

A theory-based online health behavior intervention for new university students: study protocol.

• DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-107
• 发表时间: 2013-02-05
• 期刊: BMC public health
• 影响因子: 4.5
• 作者: Epton T;Norman P;Sheeran P;Harris PR;Webb TL;Ciravegna F;Brennan A;Meier P;Julious SA;Naughton D;Petroczi A;Dadzie AS;Kruger J
• 通讯作者: Kruger J

Development of a theory- and empirically-based health behaviour intervention for new university students

为新生大学生制定基于理论和实证的健康行为干预措施

• 发表时间: 2013
• 期刊: PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH
• 影响因子: 3.3
• 作者: Epton Tracy

The cost-effectiveness of an updated theory-based online health behavior intervention for new university students: U@Uni2 English

针对新生的基于理论的最新在线健康行为干预的成本效益：U@Uni2 English

• DOI: 10.5897/jphe2016.0833
• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology
• 作者: Chloe T

A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni): results from a randomised controlled trial.

• DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-563
• 发表时间: 2014-06-05
• 期刊: BMC public health
• 影响因子: 4.5
• 作者: Epton T;Norman P;Dadzie AS;Harris PR;Webb TL;Sheeran P;Julious SA;Ciravegna F;Brennan A;Meier PS;Naughton D;Petroczi A;Kruger J;Shah I
• 通讯作者: Shah I