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Trial reportJournal of aging and health2015

Buenos hábitos alimenticios para una buena salud : evaluation of a nutrition education program to improve heart health and brain health in Latinas.

Poorni G Otilingam, Margaret Gatz, Elizabeth Tello, Antonio Jose Escobar, Aviva Goldstein, Mina Torres, Rohit Varma

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Trial report in Journal of aging and health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Poorni G OtilingamPacific Anxiety Group, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Margaret GatzUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA poorni.otingam.phd@gmail.com gatz@usc.edu.
Elizabeth TelloChildren's Bureau, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Antonio Jose EscobarUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Aviva GoldsteinBorrego Health, San Diego, CA, USA.
Mina TorresUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Rohit VarmaUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
University of Southern California · USChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · US

Funding

VASCULAR RISK AND COGNITIVE STATUS IN A LATINO POPULATIONP50AG005142 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ARANDA, MARIA P. · 1985 to 2019
$41.0M
LOS ANGELES LATINO EYE STUDYU10EY011753 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI VARMA, ROHIT · 1998 to 2014
$35.6M
Research Training Program in Geriatric Neuropsychiatry for Medical StudentsR25MH071544 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JESTE, DILIP V. · 2004 to 2013
$2.5M
Social Marketing and Dementia Care in Ethnic EldersF31AG021879 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI OTILINGAM, POORNI G · 2003 to 2005
$121k
NEI NIH HHS U10EY11753NIA NIH HHS F31 AG021879NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005142NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH071544NIMH NIH HHS R25MH071544
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe goal of this research was to evaluate nutrition education targeting Latinas, a group at particular risk of obesity and diabetes, which predict to later life cardiovascular disease and dementia.

methodCulturally tailored, theory-based nutrition education was provided to Mexican origin Latinas aged 48 to 84. The randomized design compared participants in workshops incorporating the connection between dietary fat and brain health, participants in workshops focusing only on dietary fat and heart health, a waitlist control group, and a posttest only control group.

resultsAmong those assigned to either intervention, there was statistically significant gain in health literacy, knowledge about dietary fat, and behaviors to reduce dietary fat compared with waitlist control. There was no difference in outcomes between those given the module about diet and brain health and those not provided that module. DISCUSSION: A program to encourage dietary fat modification in Latinas proved feasible and modestly effective.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overCardiovascular DiseasesDementiaDietDietary FatsFemaleHealth EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth LiteracyHispanic or LatinoHumansMiddle AgedNutritional SciencesProgram EvaluationDietary Fatscommunity-based participatory researchdiabetesLatinoobesityoutcomes evaluation

Identifiers

PMID25231884
PMCPMC4450745
OpenAlexW1983095075

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