Solving the obesity epidemic: voices from the community
Solving the obesity epidemic: voices from the community
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DOI：
10.1111/nin.12054
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发表时间：
2014-09-01
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影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Lee, Rebecca E.
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作者：
Mama, Scherezade K.;Soltero, Erica G.;Lee, Rebecca E.
科学与社区：结束肥胖改善健康（S&C）旨在通过发展社区伙伴关系来减少休斯顿的肥胖，以确定研究重点并制定可持续的肥胖减少计划。伙伴关系成员从S&C活动中招募，并被邀请参加深入访谈，以深入了解肥胖患病率，原因和解决方案。成员（n = 22）完成了60-90分钟的深入访谈。访谈指南包括30个问题，涉及社区中紧迫的健康问题，健康问题和肥胖的潜在解决方案，以及环境如何影响社区中的肥胖和健康行为。受访者（n = 12名女性和10名男性）主要是西班牙裔/拉丁裔（n = 9）和非洲裔美国人（n = 7）。确定的常见问题是儿童肥胖、平衡健康饮食和缺乏体育活动。受访者认为肥胖是他们社区的一个主要问题，并认为获得优质食物和体育活动资源既是一个问题，也是一个解决方案。其他新出现的主题侧重于解决方案，包括提高认识和教育，协调各组织之间的努力，以及使用生态方法来防治肥胖。从这项研究中收集到的社区见解可用于增强为减少肥胖而开发的项目的相关性和可持续性，并为参与性研究和干预提出了可能的途径。
Science and Community: Ending Obesity Improving Health (S&C) aimed to reduce obesity in Houston by developing community partnerships to identify research priorities and develop a sustainable obesity reduction program. Partnership members were recruited from S&C events and invited to participate in in-depth interviews to gain insight into obesity prevalence, causes, and solutions. Members (n = 22) completed a 60-90-min in-depth interview. The interview guide consisted of 30 questions about pressing health problems in the community, potential solutions to health problems and obesity and how the environment has impacted obesity and health behaviors in the community. Interviewees (n = 12 women and 10 men) were mostly Hispanic/Latino (n = 9) and African American (n = 7). Common problems identified were childhood obesity, balancing a healthy diet and physical inactivity. Interviewees identified obesity as a major problem in their communities and cited access to quality food and physical activity resources as both a problem and a solution. Additional emergent themes focused on solutions, including increasing awareness and education, coordinated efforts among organizations and using an ecologic approach to combat obesity. Community insight gleaned from this study may be used to enhance relevance and sustainability of programs developed to reduce obesity and suggests possible avenues for participatory research and intervention.