The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) is a multisite intervention study designed to test a school-based cardiovascular health promotion program in third-fifth grade students.
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Does a school-based cardiovascular health promotion program improve cardiovascular health behaviors in third-fifth grade students?
The CATCH study provides a comprehensive framework and rationale for school-based cardiovascular health promotion targeting multiple behaviors in elementary school students.
The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) is a multisite intervention research study that builds on significant progress made in school health education research in the 1980s. The study has three phases: Phase I deals with study design, intervention, and measurement development, Phase II involves the main trial in 96 schools in four states, and Phase III focuses on analysis. The intervention program targets third-fifth grade students and focuses on multiple cardiovascular health behaviors, including eating habits, physical activity, and cigarette smoking. Classroom curricula, school environmental change, and family involvement programs are developed for each grade level and behavioral focus. This paper describes Phase II of CATCH with a rationale for cardiovascular health promotion with youth. The process of change that appears to be necessary for school-based health promotion and that will be tested in CATCH are presented as a framework to guide these efforts.
Perry et al. (Mon,) conducted a rct in Cardiovascular health. School-based cardiovascular health promotion program was evaluated on Cardiovascular health behaviors (eating habits, physical activity, and cigarette smoking). The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) is a multisite intervention study designed to test a school-based cardiovascular health promotion program in third-fifth grade students.