scholarly journals Environmental Intervention as a Therapy for Adverse Programming by Ancestral Stress

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Keiko McCreary ◽  
Zachary T. Erickson ◽  
YongXin Hao ◽  
Yaroslav Ilnytskyy ◽  
Igor Kovalchuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
Ancestral Stress

Neural and Environmental Modulation of Motivation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Influence ◽  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
Argument Proceeds ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Moral Difference ◽  
Do So

Interventions that modify a person’s motivations through chemically or physically influencing the brain seem morally objectionable, at least when they are performed nonconsensually. This chapter raises a puzzle for attempts to explain their objectionability. It first seeks to show that the objectionability of such interventions must be explained at least in part by reference to the sort of mental interference that they involve. It then argues that it is difficult to furnish an explanation of this sort. The difficulty is that these interventions seem no more objectionable, in terms of the kind of mental interference that they involve, than certain forms of environmental influence that many would regard as morally innocuous. The argument proceeds by comparing a particular neurointervention with a comparable environmental intervention. The author argues, first, that the two dominant explanations for the objectionability of the neurointervention apply equally to the environmental intervention, and second, that the descriptive difference between the environmental intervention and the neurointervention that most plausibly grounds the putative moral difference in fact fails to do so. The author concludes by presenting a trilemma that falls out of the argument.

Environmental intervention: The monitoring Paradigm

1982 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-319
Author(s):  
Trevor Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Intervention

Abstract P115: Effect of an Environmental Intervention on the Nutrient Content of Food Served at Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centers: Results From the ACHIEVE Trial

Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 131 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany F Ho ◽  
Joseph V Gennusa ◽  
Cheryl Anderson ◽  
Arlene Dalcin ◽  
Lawrence J Appel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Behavioral Weight Loss ◽  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs

Introduction: Institutions that serve on-site meals provide an unrealized opportunity to improve health on a broad scale, especially for underserved populations. Psychiatric rehabilitation programs commonly serve meals to adults with serious mental illness (SMI; schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), a population with a markedly increased prevalence of obesity and high risk of cardiovascular disease mortality. In the context of a behavioral weight-loss trial incorporating weight management counseling for persons with SMI, we delivered an environmental-level intervention, focused on the food environment. Hypothesis: We hypothesized the environmental intervention would reduce the overall calories served at the psychiatric rehabilitation program study sites. Methods: We partnered with kitchen supervisors to reduce calories and improve the nutritional quality of meals served at psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Intervention staff met with kitchen staff at the beginning and followed up quarterly to assess progress and to reinforce key nutritional messages. Environmental interventions included decreasing sugar sweetened beverages, increasing whole grains, and reducing saturated fat in meals. Breakfast and lunch menus were collected at baseline and 18 months after intervention. We calculated mean (SD) total energy and nutrient content of each meal. Results: Ten psychiatric rehabilitation programs participated. Eight sites served breakfast and all sites served lunch. Compared to baseline, average breakfast calories decreased significantly after 18-months from 568.4 to 457.1 (p=0.0048) and average lunch calories decreased from 729.4 to 623.8 (p<0.0001). Saturated fat in breakfast decreased by 1.9g (p=0.015) and 1.8g for lunch (p=0.0061). Total sugars at breakfast decreased from 53.3g to 40.1g (p=0.0008) and at lunch from 38.9g to 33.7g (p=0.004). Sodium was not significantly changed for breakfast (713.5mg to 557.3mg, p=0.148) but decreased by 412.4mg (1527.4mg to 1115.1mg, p=0.0008) for lunch. Conclusions: The environmental intervention implemented at psychiatric rehabilitation programs successfully reduced the amount of calories, saturated fat, sugars, and sodium served. This study suggests that modifying the food environment at psychiatric rehabilitation programs is feasible. Such programs can likely be applied to other institutions that serve on-site meals, and may be especially important in preventing cardiovascular disease in other underserved populations.

The Effectiveness of Equipment Provisions on Rural Middle School Students’ Physical Activity During Lunch Recess

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-295
Author(s):  
Hyeonho Yu ◽  
Pamela H. Kulinna ◽  
Shannon C. Mulhearn
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Baseline Phase ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Eighth Grade Students

Background: Environmental provisions can boost students’ discretionary participation in physical activity (PA) during lunchtime at school. This study investigated the effectiveness of providing PA equipment as an environmental intervention on middle school students’ PA levels and stakeholders’ perceptions of the effectiveness of equipment provisions during school lunch recess. Methods: A baseline–intervention research design was used in this study with a first baseline phase followed by an intervention phase (ie, equipment provision phase). A total of 514 students at 2 middle schools (school 1 and school 2) in a rural area of the western United States were observed directly using the System for Observing Play and Leisure Activity in Youth instrument. Interviews were conducted with stakeholders. Paired-sample t tests and visual analysis were conducted to explore differences in PA levels by gender, and common comparison (with trustworthiness measures) was used with the interview data. Results: The overall percentage of moderate to vigorous PA levels was increased in both schools (ranging from 8.0% to 24.0%). In school 2, there was a significant difference in seventh- and eighth-grade students’ moderate to vigorous PA levels from the baseline. Three major themes were identified: (1) unmotivated, (2) unequipped, and (3) unquestionable changes (with students becoming more active). Conclusions: Environmental supports (access, equipment, and supervision) significantly and positively influenced middle school students’ lunchtime PA levels.

scholarly journals Solving Environmental Problems Together? The Roles of Value Orientations and Trust in the State in Environmental Policy Support among Swedish Undergraduate Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Harring ◽  
Tomas Torbjörnsson ◽  
Cecilia Lundholm
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
The State ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
Environmental Policy Instruments ◽  
Personal Norms

This paper explores whether value orientation (VO) and trust in the state (TIS) are linked to support for environmental intervention and steering among Swedish students in economics, law, and political science. Furthermore, we considered whether environmental personal norms mediate the link between VO and support for environmental policy instruments and finally, whether TIS moderates the link between environmental personal norms and support for environmental policy instruments, testing this on a sample of over 800 Swedish students. We found a positive link between both a self-transcendence VO and TIS on environmental policy support; however, we cannot confirm a moderating effect of TIS on the relation between environmental personal norms and policy support. Furthermore, left-wing students displayed stronger support for environmental intervention. We conclude that more knowledge on programme-specific characteristics regarding environmental values, beliefs, and attitudes among freshman students can enhance sustainability teaching intended to develop the students’ critical and reflective capabilities.

Home environmental intervention in inner-city asthma: a randomized controlled clinical trial

2005 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 518-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peyton A. Eggleston ◽  
Arlene Butz ◽  
Cynthia Rand ◽  
Jean Curtin-Brosnan ◽  
Sukon Kanchanaraksa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals A Community Based Participatory Approach to Training Young Adults to Design and Implement a Social Marketing Framed Lifestyle Intervention on Their College Campus

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Olfert ◽  
Makenzie Barr ◽  
Kristin Riggsbee ◽  
Kendra Kattelmann ◽  
Krista Leischner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Lifestyle Intervention ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
Community Based

Background: Using a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach may increase the likelihood of relevance and acceptability of the designed intervention, especially on a college campus. Furthermore, recruiting and training college students to design a social marketing framed healthy lifestyle intervention for their peers will allow the intervention to be tailored to the needs of the campus. Objectives: To describe the process of online-course training college students to develop a campus-based, social marketing health promotion intervention. Methods: Four universities recruited current college students (18+ y.o.) to develop a social marketing and environmental intervention (SMEI), which was completed during a 16-week, online/in-person hybrid semester course. Researchers and Extension professionals trained students to design 24 weeks of intervention events that would be implemented the upcoming year. Results: Seventy-eight students enrolled in the study and social marketing and environmental intervention course among the four intervention states (Florida = 30, South Dakota = 8, Tennessee = 13, West Virginia = 27); students were predominately Caucasian (65.8%), females (84.0%), and sophomore status in college (64.9%). Throughout the semester, students assessed their campus environments, set priorities, and developed weekly events and resources needed to implement the intervention on their campuses. By the end of the semester, with researcher support, students had designed 24 weeks of intervention events (marketing, recruiting, and implementation) focusing on nutrition/food/diet, physical activity, stress management, sleep, and time management. These events and resources were catalogued into a digital toolkit of instructions and activities for each week of intervention events. Conclusion: Using a Community-Based Participatory Research approach with college students interested in health allows for the development of an intervention that stems from grass roots efforts and is tailored to the acceptability and needs of their peers.

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