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InShape

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

InShape is an intervention aimed at decreasing alcohol, tobacco and drug use and increasing health-related quality of life measures among college students. It was implemented in the fall of 2006, at a university in the Southwest US. After completing a brief behavioral screening, students received a tailored one-on-one consultation with scripted messages by a trained fitness specialist. The consultation was based on the Behavior-Image Model, which uses gain framed messages to illustrate how health promoting behaviors promote salient social and self-images, and loss framed messages to show how health risk behaviors interfere with image outcomes and achievement of health promoting habits. As an immediate follow up to the one-on-one consultation, In Shape participants received a one-page goal plan, which echoed the main points of the consultation. A later follow-up at three months evaluated health behaviors and quality of life outcomes.

Goal / Mission

To reduce drug abuse and increase positive mental and physical health outcomes among college students ages 18-25 years old.

Impact

Tailored health and wellness interventions may reduce risk factors facing college students, while perhaps improving their health-related quality of life.

Results / Accomplishments

A total of 303 college students were randomly assigned to either: (1) the InShape intervention or (2) to receive a fitness brochure as a control. Following the intervention or control, 283 students completed the post-intervention screening. Participants exposed to the brief intervention displayed improvements on alcohol consumption behaviors (p = 0.01), marijuana-use behaviors (p = 0.01), and health-related quality of life (p = 0.02), but not cigarette use, exercise, and nutrition behaviors compared to the control group. The results indicate that the InShape intervention appears to have decreased marijuana consumption, alcohol consumption and driving after drinking, as well as increased sleep and moderate exercise and improved health-related quality of life. In addition, effect sizes were typically two to four times larger for InShape intervention participants than control participants on measures where both groups improved over time.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Brief Programs for Health, LLC
Primary Contact
Chudley Edward Werch, PhD
3595 Forest Bend Terrace,
Jacksonville, Fl 32224
(904) 472-5022
cwerch@preventionpluswellness.com
http://preventionpluswellness.com
Topics
Health / Alcohol & Drug Use
Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders
Organization(s)
Brief Programs for Health, LLC
Source
SAMHSA's National Registry Evidence-based Programs and Practices
Date of publication
Oct 2008
Date of implementation
Oct 2006
For more details
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC290716...
Additional Audience
College Students

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An Evidence-Based Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures showing improvement in the outcome(s) of interest after the implementation of the program (i.e. increase in smoking cessation, not just the delivery of a smoking cessation program). The outcome measure(s) is/are compared at relevant time periods before and after the intervention or program implementation. Alternatively, the evaluation study compares the outcome(s) between an intervention group and an appropriate control group.
  3. The study is of peer-review quality and presents numbers in a scientific manner; measurements of precision and reliability are included (e.g. confidence intervals, standard errors), results from statistical tests show a significant difference or change in the outcome measure(s), and relevant point estimates and p-values are presented. Note: if the results from an evaluation of a program are presented in a scientific manner and the outcome measure is improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant, the practice is classified as effective and not evidence-based.
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