A REPLICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE KYB PROGRAM

据信，生活方式在发病率中占相当大比例。 和与冠心病(CHD)相关的过早死亡。许多 与心血管疾病风险相关的行为模式 从童年开始，一直带到成年。风险因素包括 抽雪茄，肥胖，缺乏锻炼，以及高盐和高盐饮食 脂肪，尤指胆固醇。了解你的身体的目标(KYB) 该计划旨在通过学校课程降低儿童患先天性心脏病的风险 它包括个人健康检查，并解决了儿童的 态度和心理社会调节者以及知识和行为。 KYB计划自1979年以来一直在一群白人郊区进行评估 1970年出生的孩子。这个纵向项目的目标是使用一个 指导复制和评估KYB计划的先行模型 大约1400名4-6年级的城市混血儿童，按 社会经济地位。研究设计中包括对 提供个人实验室以及其他服务的成本效益 在“健康护照”上为每个儿童提供健康筛查值。一种努力 将通过以下方式降低个性化健康筛查的成本 招募和培训志愿者。这项工程计划进行五年。 好几年了。研究团队包括健康教育者、儿科医生、 发展心理学家，医学解剖学家，生物统计学家， 还有一位医学社会学家。

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.