Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2015
The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance): design of a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of an evidence-based weight loss and maintenance intervention translated for a faith-based, rural, African American population using a community-based participatory approach.
Trial report in Contemporary clinical trials, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03027791 (Sodium Healthy Living Project), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding the impact of rural weight loss interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- An Intermittent Fasting Intervention for Black Adults Can Be Feasibly Implemented in Black Churches: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Trial
- Reach and Adoption of a Randomized Weight Loss Maintenance Trial in Rural African Americans of Faith: The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance).American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2019Trial
- The feasibility of a binge eating intervention in Black women with obesity.Eating behaviors · 2018Trial
- Reducing depressive symptoms through behavioral activation in churches: A Hybrid-2 randomized effectiveness-implementation design.Contemporary clinical trials · 2018Trial
- Changes in social support over time in a faith-based physical activity intervention.Health education research · 2017Trial
- A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Diabetes Prevention Program Interventions for Overweight/Obese Marshallese Adults.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingTrial
- Intersectoral interventions for people living with obesity: a scoping review and bibliometric analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Involving community members in designing behavioural weight management programmes: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Description of a cruciferous vegetable intervention trial to test the efficacy of a maintenance component to reduce bladder cancer recurrence and progression.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Navigating process evaluation in co-creation: a Health CASCADE scoping review of used frameworks and assessed components.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Application of Health Belief Model to Assess Predictors of Weight Management Behaviour Intention Among Civil Servants in Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Article
- A Narrative Review of Ethnic Minority Studies for Faith-Based Health Promotion Interventions with Special Reference to the Contemporary Christian Nurse.Journal of religion and health · 2021Review
- Our Bodies are Temples: Health Programming in Christian Church Communities.Journal of religion and health · 2020Article
- Implementation costs of a community health worker delivered weight loss intervention in black churches serving underserved communities.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Study protocol for a multilevel diabetes prevention program for Marshallese Pacific Islanders in faith-based organizations.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2020Article
- Preventing cardiovascular disease: Participant perspectives of the FAITH! Program.Journal of health psychology · 2019Article
- How stakeholder engagement influenced a randomized comparative effectiveness trial testing two Diabetes Prevention Program interventions in a Marshallese Pacific Islander Community.Journal of translational medicine · 2019Article
- Perspective: A Call for Precision in Faith-based Initiatives Promoting Health among African Americans.Ethnicity & disease · 2019Article
- Best Practices for Community-Engaged Research with Pacific Islander Communities in the US and USAPI: A Scoping Review.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe positive effects of weight loss on obesity-related risk factors diminish unless weight loss is maintained. Yet little work has focused on the translation of evidence-based weight loss interventions with the aim of sustaining weight loss in underserved populations. Using a community-based participatory approach (CBPR) that engages the strong faith-based social infrastructure characteristic of rural African American communities is a promising way to sustain weight loss in African Americans, who bear a disproportionate burden of the obesity epidemic.
objectivesLed by a collaborative community-academic partnership, The WORD aims to change dietary and physical activity behaviors to produce and maintain weight loss in rural, African American adults of faith.
designThe WORD is a randomized controlled trial with 450 participants nested within 30 churches. All churches will receive a 16-session core weight loss intervention. Half of the churches will be randomized to receive an additional 12-session maintenance component.
methodsThe WORD is a cultural adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program, whereby small groups will be led by trained church members. Participants will be assessed at baseline, 6, 12, and 18 months. A detailed cost-effectiveness and process evaluation will be included. SUMMARY: The WORD aims to sustain weight loss in rural African Americans. The utilization of a CBPR approach and the engagement of the faith-based social infrastructure of African American communities will maximize the intervention's sustainability. Unique aspects of this trial include the focus on weight loss maintenance and the use of a faith-based CBPR approach in translating evidence-based obesity interventions.
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