A Church-Based Intervention To Increase Physical Activi*

以教会为基础的增加身体活动的干预措施*

• 批准号: 6492199
• 负责人: Melicia C Whitt-Glover
• 金额: $ 12.34万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-10 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6492199
• 关键词: African American; behavioral /social science research tag; body physical activity; clinical research; education evaluation /planning; female; health behavior; health education; human subject; lifestyle; religion; social group process; weight control

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's abstract) The candidate, Melicia Whitt, Ph.D., is trained in Exercise Physiology and Epidemiology, with a subspecialty in physical activity (PA) epidemiology. She is currently engaged in a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), where she is involved in a pilot weight gain prevention program for African American (AA) women and an ancillary study of PA measurement methods among AA women. Dr. Whitt has a strong interest in pursuing an academic career in research related to PA with a focus on issues related to minority populations, including associations between PA and health, PA determinants, and understanding the design and conduct of programs to increase PA and promote health. Dr. Whitt's initial training focused on the assessment of physical activity. The proposed training will provide the additional exposure and experience necessary to support a career as an independent and productive researcher in other areas related to PA and will focus on analyses of determinants of PA in both observational and intervention settings, and the design, conduct, and behavioral outcomes of PA interventions. The specific aims of the training program are: 1) to fill in gaps in knowledge of critical content areas related to the epidemiology of CVD and approaches to related to publication and grantsmanship. The training program will include continued participation in and analysis of several ongoing and pending lifestyle change projects (e.g., weight management programs for AAs; evaluation of programs to increase PA and healthy behaviors), development, implementation, and analysis of an independent church-based PA intervention, manuscript preparation, additional course work at Penn, attendance at specialty courses (e.g., independent R01 proposal during year 5). Dr. Whitt will be mentored by Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika, an established nutrition epidemiology researcher with specific expertise in lifestyle behavior change interventions among AAs. She will also have an advisory committee of established researchers in the areas of PA determinants, statistics, lifestyle change interventions, and issues related to adherence to behavioral change. This award will be carried out in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) at the Penn School of Medicine. CCEB faculty includes M.D. and Ph.D. epidemiologists and biostatisticians. Research programs include observational studies and clinical trials addressing diverse clinical and public health problems. Dr. Whitt will be able to collaborate formally with faculty through courses and seminars offered by the CCEB.

描述 (申请人摘要)候选人梅丽西亚·惠特博士接受过 运动生理学和流行病学，辅修体力活动 (Pa)流行病学。她目前在哈佛大学从事博士后研究。 宾夕法尼亚大学(宾夕法尼亚大学)，在那里她参与了一项飞行员举重 针对非裔美国人(AA)妇女的增益预防计划和一项辅助研究 对再生障碍性贫血妇女PA测量方法的研究。惠特博士对 在与PA相关的研究中追求学术生涯，专注于问题 与少数群体有关，包括PA与健康之间的联系， PA决定因素，并了解计划的设计和实施 增加PA，促进健康。惠特博士最初的训练重点是 体力活动的评估。拟议的培训将提供 额外的曝光率和经验是支持职业生涯所必需的 在与PA和Will相关的其他领域中独立和富有成效的研究人员 从观察性和干预性两方面重点分析PA的决定因素 环境，以及PA的设计、行为和行为结果 干预措施。培训计划的具体目标是：1)填报 与心血管疾病流行病学有关的关键内容领域的知识差距 以及与出版和授权有关的方法。培训 该计划将包括继续参与和分析以下几项 正在进行和即将实施的生活方式改变项目(例如，体重管理 AAS计划；增加PA和健康的计划的评估 行为)、开发、实现和分析独立的 以教会为基础的PA干预、手稿准备、额外的课程作业 在宾夕法尼亚大学，参加专业课程(例如，独立的R01提案 在第5年)。惠特博士将由熊谷志树博士指导，他是 资深营养流行病学研究员，具有以下方面的专门知识 美国戒酒协会生活方式行为改变干预研究。她还将有一个 PA决定因素领域的知名研究人员咨询委员会， 统计数据、改变生活方式的干预措施以及与遵守 行为上的改变。这一奖项将在临床中心进行 宾夕法尼亚医学院流行病学和生物统计学(CCEB)。CCEB 教职员工包括医学博士、流行病学家和生物统计学家。 研究计划包括观察性研究和临床试验 各种临床和公共卫生问题。惠特博士将能够 通过提供的课程和研讨会与教师正式合作 Cceb。