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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Kim M. Gans, PhD, MPH1, Patricia M Risica, DrPH, RD1, Thomas M. Lasater, PhD1, and Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH2. (1) Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, 1 Hoppin St., Coro 4-West, Providence, RI 02903, 401-793-8318, Kim_Gans@brown.edu, (2) Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 8th Floor Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia PA, PA 19104-6021
SisterTalk is a five-year grant funded by the National Cancer Institute to develop, deliver and evaluate a weight control program for Black women in Boston via “live” cable television. In the first phase of the project, we conducted extensive qualitative research to determine how to design the intervention program so that it was culturally appropriate. The intervention includes 12 weekly hour-long shows broadcast live on a “pay-per-view” cable TV channel and then four monthly booster shows mailed to the participants on video. Participants also receive accompanying mailed written materials. Black nutritionists, exercise physiologists and social workers present the TV intervention, which focuses on nutrition education, physical activity and behavior modification. A total of 451 Black women enrolled in the SisterTalk study.
The effectiveness of the intervention is being tested using a 2x2 factorial design with a fifth wait-list comparison group. The intervention factors being tested are: active or passive participation (ability to participate in the live broadcasts by telephone/studio audience, or not); and social support or no support (receive weekly problem solving calls from community outreach educators, or not). Measures of dietary intake, physical activity, anthropometrics and psychosocial variables were conducted at baseline, and are being repeated 3 months, 8 months and 1 year later. This presentation will discuss the baseline correlates of BMI including dietary behaviors, physical activity, and psychosocial factors such as stage of change, stress, body image, attitudes, etc. The implications of these findings on the development of future weight control programs will be also discussed.
Learning Objectives: Attendees of this session will be able to
Keywords: Weight Management, African American
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None.
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.