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: 6627734
• 负责人: Melicia C Whitt-Glover
• 金额: $ 6.84万
• 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 2003-12-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6627734
• 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; weight gain

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Melicia Whitt博士，受过训练， 运动生理学和流行病学，在身体活动的子专业 (PA)流行病学 她目前正在从事博士后研究， 宾夕法尼亚大学（Penn），在那里她参与了一项飞行员体重 非裔美国人（AA）妇女的增益预防计划和一项辅助研究 AA妇女的PA测量方法。 惠特博士对 追求与PA相关的研究学术生涯，重点关注问题 与少数群体有关的问题，包括公共行政与健康之间的联系， PA决定因素，并了解项目的设计和实施， 增加PA，促进健康。 惠特博士最初的训练集中在 评估身体活动。 拟议的培训将提供 额外的接触和必要的经验，以支持职业生涯作为一个 独立和富有成效的研究人员在其他领域有关PA和将 重点分析观察和干预中PA的决定因素 设置，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）填写 与CVD流行病学相关的关键内容领域的知识差距 以及与出版和发行有关的方法。 培训 该计划将包括继续参与和分析几个 正在进行和即将进行的生活方式改变项目（例如，体重管理 AA计划;评估计划，以增加PA和健康 行为），开发，实施和分析独立的 基于教会的PA干预，手稿准备，额外的课程工作 在宾夕法尼亚大学，参加专业课程（例如，独立R 01提案 年5）。 Whitt博士将由Shiriki Kumanyika博士指导， 知名营养流行病学研究员，拥有以下方面的具体专业知识 在AA中进行生活方式行为改变干预。 她也将有一个 由PA决定因素领域的知名研究人员组成的咨询委员会， 统计数据、生活方式改变干预措施以及与遵守 行为改变 该奖项将在临床中心进行 流行病学和生物统计学（CCEB）在宾夕法尼亚大学医学院。 CCEB 教师包括M.D.和博士流行病学家和生物统计学家。 研究项目包括观察性研究和临床试验， 各种临床和公共卫生问题。 惠特医生可以 与教师通过课程和研讨会提供正式合作， CCEB。