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标题：Exploring the Experience of Older Adults Volunteering with an Intergenerational Program to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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作者：Danilea Werner ; James Teufel ; Stephen Brown 等
期刊名称：Californian Journal of Health Promotion
电子版ISSN：1545-8725
出版年度：2011
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：1-8
出版社：Californian Journal of Health Promotion
摘要：Over 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
关键词：older adults; volunteering; childhood obesity; intergenerational program