Healthy Harlem had some positive impacts on other measures of student self-efficacy and social support¶
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q2 i? The program had some positive impacts on measures of self-efficacy and social support beyond the sustained nutrition and physical-activity gains. → Mabli 2017
Evidence¶
Mabli 2017¶
Mabli, J., Bleeker, M., & Fox, M. K. (2017). The Impact of Healthy Harlem on the Prevalence of Child Overweight and Obesity and Contributing Factors: Interim Evaluation Report. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-impact-of-healthy-harlem-on-the-prevalence-of-child-overweight-and-obesity-and-contributing
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The evaluation's key findings state the program "Had some positive impacts on other measures of self-efficacy and social support." The hedged wording indicates impacts on some, not all, measures; no statistics are printed in the available text.
"Had some positive impacts on other measures of self-efficacy and social support."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Social Supports — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Healthy Harlem increased students' nutrition knowledge and physical-activity self-efficacy, with gains sustained over three years — related
- Healthy Harlem generally increased students' fitness levels, with variation by gender — related
- Overweight or obese students who participated in Get Fit and Prevention had large and statistically significant increases in PACER laps two and three years later — related
- Increases in the percentage of students in the Harlem Fitness Zone were generally larger for boys than for girls — related
- The percentage of students in the targeted Harlem Fitness Zone was significantly greater after two and three years of participation than at baseline — related
- Among students overweight or obese at baseline who received both Get Fit and Prevention, BMI z-scores and overweight/obesity prevalence were reduced — related
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Healthy Harlem had some positive impacts on other measures of student self-efficacy and social support |
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Healthy Harlem had some positive impacts on other measures of student self-efficacy and social support |
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2017 |
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2026-10-08 |
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