Exploring the Experience of Older Adults Volunteering with an Intergenerational Program to Prevent Childhood Obesity

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dc.contributor.authorWerner, Danilea
dc.contributor.authorTeufel, James
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Stephen L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-05T20:36:12Z
dc.date.available2021-05-05T20:36:12Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractOver the past three decades, obesity rates in the United States have increased dramatically among both children and adults. A variety of programs have been created to prevent and intervene in the obesity epidemic but few are intergenerational. This article explores volunteers' experience with an innovative childhood obesity prevention program called Active Generations. Active Generations benefits both children and seniors by utilizing older adult volunteers to implement a version of the evidence-based childhood obesity prevention program, CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) in out-of-school settings. Understanding that social and civic engagement maintains or improves the health of older adults, this article reviews the stories and preliminary experiences of older adults volunteering to help reverse the trend of childhood obesity.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWerner, D., Teufel, J., & Brown, S. (2011). Exploring the Experience of Older Adults Volunteering with an Intergenerational Program to Prevent Childhood Obesity. Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 9(1), 1–8.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1545-8717
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2971
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCalifornian Journal of Health Promotionen_US
dc.subjectolder adultsen_US
dc.subjectvolunteeringen_US
dc.subjectchildhood obesityen_US
dc.subjectintergenerational programen_US
dc.titleExploring the Experience of Older Adults Volunteering with an Intergenerational Program to Prevent Childhood Obesityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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