The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance): A faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach
The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance): A faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach
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DOI：
10.1177/1090198106291985
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发表时间：
2008-10-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Wiesen, Christopher
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作者：
Kim, Karen Hye-Cheon;Linnan, Laura;Wiesen, Christopher
尽管多学科努力控制全国的肥胖流行，但肥胖仍然是美国的主要疾病之一这是美国最主要的公共健康问题，尤其是在非裔美国人中。需要创新的方法来解决非裔美国人的独特问题。因此，采用基于社区的参与性研究方法的基于信仰的减肥干预被开发、实施，并与农村非洲裔美国人信仰社区进行了评估。采用两组准实验延迟干预设计，以教会为分配单位（治疗组n = 2，对照组n = 2），个人为观察单位（治疗组n = 36，对照组n = 37）。每周由训练有素的社区成员领导的小组进行为期8周的会议，强调健康的营养、体育活动和信仰与健康的联系。治疗组平均体重减轻3.60±0.64磅。与对照组的0.59 +/- 0.59磅的损失相比。
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.