Hannah Lane|Kathleen Porter|Erin Hecht|Priscilla Harris|Vivica I. Kraak|Jamie Zoellner
Kids SIP<i>smart</i>ER: A Feasibility Study to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Middle School Youth in Central Appalachia
University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Virginia|University of Virginia|Appalachian School of Law|Virginia Tech|University of Virginia
purpose test feasibility kids sip smarter schoolbased intervention reduce consumption sugarsweetened beverages ssbs design matchedcontact randomized crossover study mixedmethods analysis setting one middle school rural appalachian virginia participants seventyfour sixth seventh graders 5 classrooms received kids sip smarter random order 2 intervention periods feasibility outcomes assessed among 2 teachers intervention kids sip smarter consisted 6 lessons grounded theory planned behavior media literacy public health literacy aimed improve individual ssb behaviors understanding media literacy prevalent regional disparities matchedcontact intervention promoted physical activity measures beverage intake questionnaire15 ssb consumption validated theory questionnaires feasibility questionnaires student teacher student focus groups teacher interviews process data eg attendance analysis repeated measures analysis variances across 3 time points descriptive statistics deductive analysis qualitative data results first intervention period students receiving kids sip smarter n 43 significantly reduced ssbs 11 ouncesday p 01 improved media p lt 001 public health literacy p lt 01 understanding however media literacy showed betweengroup differences p lt 01 students teachers found kids sip smarter acceptable indemand practical implementable within existing resources conclusion kids sip smarter feasible underresourced rural school setting results inform development largescale testing kids sip smarter reduce ssbs among rural adolescents