The Importance of Self-Monitoring for Behavior Change in Youth: Findings from the SWITCH School Wellness Feasibility Study.

School Wellness Integration Targeting Child Health (SWITCH) is a school wellness implementation initiative focused on building capacity for schools to plan and coordinate wellness programming. Grounded in Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), the purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of the web-based, self-regulation system on physical activity (PA) behavior outcomes. At pre-test and post-test, students in SWITCH schools ( = 8) completed the online Youth Activity Profile (YAP) to assess PA and sedentary behavior (SB).

Feasibility study of the SWITCH implementation process for enhancing school wellness.

Background: There is a need to identify strategies that enhance the implementation of evidence-based school wellness intervention programs in real-world settings. The present study evaluates the feasibility of empowering school wellness leaders to deliver an evidence-based, childhood obesity-prevention program called Switch ™. We specifically evaluated the feasibility of a new implementation framework, based on the robust Healthy Youth Places framework, to increase capacity of school leaders to lead school wellness programming.