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Testing the Feasibility and Potential Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Pilot Program in Urban School Youth
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) could be effective in engaging children and reducing childhood obesity risk. The purpose of this study was to test feasibility, fidelity, and potential impact of a pilot MBI in urban school youth. A two-group quasi-experimental study was conducted in a Harlem,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8950248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35329150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063464 |
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author | Krebs, Sabrina Moak, Emily Muhammadi, Shakiba Forbes, David Yeh, Ming-Chin Leung, May May |
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description | Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) could be effective in engaging children and reducing childhood obesity risk. The purpose of this study was to test feasibility, fidelity, and potential impact of a pilot MBI in urban school youth. A two-group quasi-experimental study was conducted in a Harlem, New York school. Participants comprised 51 students (ages 9–12, 54% female, 85% African American/Black). The experimental (E) group (n = 26) participated in a nine-session pilot MBI. Sessions were 90 min and offered weekly as part of afterschool programming. Children only attending during the school day comprised the control (C) group (n = 25). Process evaluation (e.g., fidelity, reach) was performed. Interviews with the E group were conducted to determine program acceptability. Mindful eating and resilience measures were collected at baseline and post-intervention. Intervention feasibility was high as the retention rate was 100% and fidelity was good as nine out of ten sessions were implemented. Relative to baseline, significant improvements were observed in the C group compared to the E group in the resilience composite score (p = 0.01) and its confidence domain (p = 0.01). A MBI may provide a unique opportunity to engage youth. However, further research is warranted to determine if a MBI could promote health in urban, school-age children. |
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spelling | pubmed-89502482022-03-26 Testing the Feasibility and Potential Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Pilot Program in Urban School Youth Krebs, Sabrina Moak, Emily Muhammadi, Shakiba Forbes, David Yeh, Ming-Chin Leung, May May Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) could be effective in engaging children and reducing childhood obesity risk. The purpose of this study was to test feasibility, fidelity, and potential impact of a pilot MBI in urban school youth. A two-group quasi-experimental study was conducted in a Harlem, New York school. Participants comprised 51 students (ages 9–12, 54% female, 85% African American/Black). The experimental (E) group (n = 26) participated in a nine-session pilot MBI. Sessions were 90 min and offered weekly as part of afterschool programming. Children only attending during the school day comprised the control (C) group (n = 25). Process evaluation (e.g., fidelity, reach) was performed. Interviews with the E group were conducted to determine program acceptability. Mindful eating and resilience measures were collected at baseline and post-intervention. Intervention feasibility was high as the retention rate was 100% and fidelity was good as nine out of ten sessions were implemented. Relative to baseline, significant improvements were observed in the C group compared to the E group in the resilience composite score (p = 0.01) and its confidence domain (p = 0.01). A MBI may provide a unique opportunity to engage youth. However, further research is warranted to determine if a MBI could promote health in urban, school-age children. MDPI 2022-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8950248/ /pubmed/35329150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063464 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Krebs, Sabrina Moak, Emily Muhammadi, Shakiba Forbes, David Yeh, Ming-Chin Leung, May May Testing the Feasibility and Potential Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Pilot Program in Urban School Youth |
title | Testing the Feasibility and Potential Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Pilot Program in Urban School Youth |
title_full | Testing the Feasibility and Potential Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Pilot Program in Urban School Youth |
title_fullStr | Testing the Feasibility and Potential Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Pilot Program in Urban School Youth |
title_full_unstemmed | Testing the Feasibility and Potential Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Pilot Program in Urban School Youth |
title_short | Testing the Feasibility and Potential Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Pilot Program in Urban School Youth |
title_sort | testing the feasibility and potential impact of a mindfulness-based pilot program in urban school youth |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8950248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35329150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063464 |
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