Kathleen Shimomura Morgan, M'Ed, DTR

1
Kathleen Shimomura Morgan, M.Ed, DTR Rutgers
Cooperative Research Extension Rutgers, The
State University of NJ
2
Why Teach Osteoporosis Prevention in Middle
School?

• Osteoporosis is a pediatric disease with a
  geriatric outcome
• By age 18, most bone mass is built, puberty is
  critical!
• Youth are not physically active 1 hour each day,
  nor do they consume the 4 servings of calcium
  foods that they need to reduce osteoporosis risk
  in later years.

3

• Research based osteoporosis curriculum targeted
  to 7th 8th grades.
• Focus groups with teachers and students.
• Pilot and Field Tested with 65 teachers in 11
  schools.
• Revisions made based on teacher and student
  comments.

4

• Curriculum covers 4 disciplines
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Health
• Life Science
• Physical Education
• Twelve Lessons - (3) in each discipline

5

• Lessons are highly interactive as students
  requested.
• Each lesson is based on five main handouts.
• Each lesson encourages one hour of physical
  activity daily and consumption of four servings
  of calcium rich foods.

6

• Program Development
• Area Covered
• Time Required
• Materials/Handouts
• Knowledge Objectives
• Behavioral Objectives
• Skills Used
• New Term

7
(No Transcript)
8
(No Transcript)
9
(No Transcript)
10
(No Transcript)
11
(No Transcript)
12

• Family and Consumer Sciences Lessons
• Calcium Detective - Students examine the amount
  of calcium in common recipes (e.g. nachos).
  Students explore how they can make dishes higher
  in calcium. They receive points for each
  additional milligram of calcium they add to their
  recipe, which the prepare and eat.

13

• Life Science Lessons
• Digest This - Students gain problem-solving,
  decision-making and inquiry skills. Students
  follow the calcium from their food to their bones
  as they explore how the body absorbs nutrients
  and sends them where they need to go. This
  lesson concludes with a fun game of Calcium
  Pursuit.

14

• Health Lessons
• Magazine Editor- Students are magazine editors
  that create their magazine to inform peers,
  friends or family on how important it is to
  consume at least four calcium rich foods a day
  and to do at least one hour of physical activity
  daily.

15

• Physical Education Lessons
• Skip Your Way to Healthier Bones Jumping rope
  takes on a whole new meaning as students utilize
  jumping, balance, fine motor coordination, team
  work skills and develop their own jump rope
  rhymes about the strengthening effect that
  physical activity has on their bones.

16

• Impact of Field Test Results
• Control group n543, experimental group n451
• ANOVA showed the differences between the control
  and experimental groups who received between 1-9
  lessons pre and post intervention were
  statistically significant.

17

• Success has been demonstrated in the classroom.
• JSYB can also be utilized in 4-H Youth
  Development and after school programs and other
  areas of youth education.

18

• Co-Author Dr. Deborah Palmer Keenan
• Funding for JSYB
• New Jersey Department of Health and Senior
  Services
• Osteoporosis Business Coalition
• New Jersey Food Stamp Education Program

19

• Thank You
• Kathleen Shimomura Morgan
• Morgan_at_rcre.rutgers.edu
• For more information visit http//lancaster.unl.e
  du/food/sne.htm