This intervention will update part of the CISRC tailored print intervention for fruit and vegetable consumption for a wider audience.

cancer prevention, diet, nutrition, fruit and vegetable consumption, exercise, physical activity, expert tailored

1. Adapt tailored materials originally produced for a National Cancer Institute project to improve cultural relevance and intervention methods to be able to appeal, reach, and enhance behavior change in a broader population.
2. Provide production printing of tailored materials for the study.

300 parents of upper elementary school students in Pontiac Michigan.

Take the Pledge II adapts and modifies a previously funded program to a more culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged population through engaging them to "Take the Pledge" to eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day and increase physical activity. The focus of adaptation is to improve cultural relevance and intervention methods to be able to appeal, reach and enhance behavior change in a broader population.

The intervention population will be those who agree to "Take the Pledge" to change food and exercise habits. Participants will be drawn from the parents of upper elementary school children in two Pontiac schools, the Pontiac church and community population and participants in the Health Division's Women, Infant and Children Supplemental Food Program.

Based on data collected from the participants during phone interviews, each participant will receive 3 mailings individually tailored to their barriers and beliefs about fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity.

• 1 booklet
• 2 newsletters

Additionally, two pamphlets on physical activity will be sent to participants with the newsletters.

• Walking... A Step in the Right Direction (newsletter 1)
• The Activity Pyramid (newsletter 2)

Contact M. Jean B. Egan for any questions you have regarding this study's findings.