The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance): A faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach

被引：112

作者：

Kim, Karen Hye-Cheon ^{[1
]}

Linnan, Laura ^{[2
]}

Campbell, Marci Kramish ^{[2
]}

Brooks, Christine ^{[3
]}

Koenig, Harold G. ^{[4
]}

Wiesen, Christopher ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Arkansas Med Sci, Little Rock, AR 72205 USA

[2] Univ N Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA

[3] Joint Orange Chatham Communities Act, Chapel Hill, NC USA

[4] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Durham, NC USA

来源：

HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR | 2008年 / 35卷 / 05期

关键词：

community-based participatory research; weight loss; churches; African American; obesity;

D O I：

10.1177/1090198106291985

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Despite multidisciplinary efforts to control the nation's obesity epidemic, obesity has persisted as one of the U.S.'s top public health problems, particularly among African Americans. Innovative approaches to address obesity that are sensitive to the unique issues of African Americans are needed. Thus, a faith-based weight-loss intervention using a community-based participatory research approach was developed, implemented, and evaluated with a rural African American faith community. A two-group, quasi-experimental, delayed intervention design was used, with church as the unit of assignment (treatment n = 2, control n = 2) and individual as the unit of observation (treatment n = 36, control n = 37). Weekly small groups led by trained community members met for 8 weeks and emphasized healthy nutrition, physical activity, and faith's connection with health. The mean weight loss of the treatment group was 3.60 +/- 0.64 lbs. compared to the 0.59 +/- 0.59-lb loss of the control group.

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页码：634 / 650

页数：17