TY - JOUR
T1 - Describing a Public-health Summer Camp for Underserved Children
T2 - Healthy 2B Me
AU - Gachupin, Francine C.
AU - Morehouse, Laura
AU - Bergier, Nicole
AU - Thomson, Cynthia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/5/4
Y1 - 2019/5/4
N2 - Healthy 2B Me aims to educate and empower underserved children ages seven to 11 years old to improve their health and well-being through a supportive, educational and entertaining public health-themed summer day camp. Qualitative data collected through camper exit slips, final posters/presentations, and parent surveys were analyzed to identify salient themes demonstrating the impact of camp participation on children's health. Both camper and parent responses suggested improvements in participant knowledge, attitude and behavior in relation to diet, physical activity, sun safety, hand washing, smoking and kindness. This article describes how the Healthy 2B Me camp contributes to our understanding of how to design and assess a health-themed, positive youth-development summer camp for underserved children.
AB - Healthy 2B Me aims to educate and empower underserved children ages seven to 11 years old to improve their health and well-being through a supportive, educational and entertaining public health-themed summer day camp. Qualitative data collected through camper exit slips, final posters/presentations, and parent surveys were analyzed to identify salient themes demonstrating the impact of camp participation on children's health. Both camper and parent responses suggested improvements in participant knowledge, attitude and behavior in relation to diet, physical activity, sun safety, hand washing, smoking and kindness. This article describes how the Healthy 2B Me camp contributes to our understanding of how to design and assess a health-themed, positive youth-development summer camp for underserved children.
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U2 - 10.1080/07303084.2019.1568934
DO - 10.1080/07303084.2019.1568934
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064014201
SN - 0730-3084
VL - 90
SP - 39
EP - 51
JO - Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
JF - Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
IS - 4
ER -