Trial reportAmerican journal of preventive medicine2020
Health for Hearts United Longitudinal Trial: Improving Dietary Behaviors in Older African Americans.
Trial report in American journal of preventive medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- "Sometimes it's the bullying": an exploratory qualitative study of church leaders' perceptions of dietary health of black American children and youth.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- Identifying Variation in Physical Health Behaviors and Depressive Symptoms among Religiosity Clusters of African American Adults in the United States.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- An Examination of Culturally Relevant Health Messages in African-American Churches.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Community-Based Interventions to Address Disparities in Cardiometabolic Diseases Among Minoritized Racial and Ethnic Groups.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2023Review
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- Dissemination trial for Health for Hearts United: Model development, preliminary outcomes and lessons learned.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
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- Community-Based Participatory Research to Improve Cardiovascular Health Among US Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups.Current epidemiology reports · 2022Review
- Sex and Body Circumferences Associated with Serum Leptin in African American Adults.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionChurch-based interventions have been shown to improve the dietary health of underserved populations, yet few studies have examined sustainability of health behavior change over time. This paper examines dietary outcomes over a 24-month period (baseline and 6, 18, and 24 months) for fruit and vegetable and fat consumption behaviors of African-American participants in the Health for Hearts United church-based intervention in North Florida. STUDY
designThis quasi-experimental, longitudinal trial was conducted from 2009 to 2012. Data were analyzed in 2018. SETTING/
participantsSix churches in a 2-county area (3 treatment, 3 comparison) were selected for the study using community-based participatory research approaches. Participants were African-American adults (aged ≥45 years; n=211 at baseline) randomly selected from the churches, stratified by age and sex.
interventionHealth for Hearts United intervention was developed by the 3 treatment churches. The 18-month intervention was implemented in 3 6-month phases, framed around 3 conceptual components, which included 4 types of programs and 4 key messages.
main outcome measuresFruit and vegetable consumption was assessed using a single item (fruit and vegetable intake) and the National Cancer Institute Fruit and Vegetable Screener. Fat consumption was determined using a single item (fat intake) and the National Cancer Institute Fat Screener. Background characteristics included age, sex, educational level, and marital status.
resultsSignificant time effects only were found for daily fruit and vegetable intake (p<0.001), fat intake (p<0.001), and the Fat Screener (p<0.001) with dietary improvements in both treatment and comparison groups across the intervention phases. Fruit and Vegetable Screener results showed that time (p<0.001) and the interaction between time and treatment (p<0.01) were significant, with increases in fruit and vegetable consumption over time for both the treatment and comparison groups and with the increase differing between groups. Post hoc analysis revealed that the treatment group had greater increases in fruit and vegetable consumption than the comparison group between Phases 1 and 3 (p=0.03).
conclusionsDietary behaviors of mid-life and older African Americans can be improved and sustained over 24 months using a church-based heart health intervention, with similar improvements noted for both comparison and treatment participants.
trial registrationThis study is registered at www.clinicaltrials.govNCT03339050.
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