Trial reportHealth education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education2015
Effectiveness of a walking group intervention to promote physical activity and cardiovascular health in predominantly non-Hispanic black and Hispanic urban neighborhoods: findings from the walk your heart to health intervention.
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- Do multiple community-based interventions on health promotion tackle health inequalities?International journal for equity in health · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Community-Based Health Promotion Interventions in Urban Areas: A Systematic Review.Journal of community health · 2020Pooled it
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- Physical activity change after a promotora-led intervention in low-income Mexican American women residing in South Texas.BMC public health · 2019Trial
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- Transitioning from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to the updated CFIR for quantitative measurement of influences on implementation outcomes in a faith-based walking intervention.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- Greater Hypertension Risk among Foreign-born Adults: Examining the Roles of Language, Nativity, and Neighborhood Deprivation in an Ethnoracially Diverse U.S. Sample.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Diversity and Representation in Cardiovascular Research: Evidence Gaps, Emerging Models, and Policy Implications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- Residents' perspectives on a resident-centered neighborhood approach to support health: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Ageing Trajectories: Exposome-Driven Pathobiological Mechanisms and Implications for Prevention from Blue Zones and Italian Longevity Hotspots Such as Cilento and Sicilian Mountain Villages.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Insights for dementia risk reduction among lower SES adults in OECD countries: scoping review of interventions targeting multiple common health risk factors.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Hypertension Management to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities: Clinical and Community-Based Interventions.Current cardiovascular risk reports · 2024Article
- Mexican-origin women's individual and collective strategies to access and share health-promoting resources in the context of exclusionary immigration and immigrant policies.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Racial and Gender Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Atrial Fibrillation.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- A natural experiment to determine if FitEx works: Impact of a statewide walking program.Translational behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Community-Based Interventions to Address Disparities in Cardiometabolic Diseases Among Minoritized Racial and Ethnic Groups.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Walk Your Heart to Health (WYHH) intervention, one component of the multilevel Community Approaches to Cardiovascular Health: Pathways to Heart Health (CATCH:PATH) intervention designed to promote physical activity and reduce cardiovascular risk among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic residents of Detroit, Michigan. The study was designed and implemented using a community-based participatory research approach that actively engaged community residents, health service providers and academic researchers. It was implemented between 2009 and 2012.
methodWYHH was a 32-week community health promoter-facilitated walking group intervention. Groups met three times per week at community-based or faith-based organizations, and walked for 45 to 90 minutes (increasing over time). The study used a cluster randomized control design to evaluate effectiveness of WYHH, with participants randomized into intervention or lagged intervention (control) groups. Psychosocial, clinical, and anthropometric data were collected at baseline, 8, and 32 weeks, and pedometer step data tracked using uploadable peisoelectric pedometers.
resultsParticipants in the intervention group increased steps significantly more during the initial 8-week intervention period, compared with the control group (β = 2004.5, p = .000). Increases in physical activity were associated with reductions in systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, waist circumference and body mass index at 8 weeks, and maintained at 32 weeks.
conclusionThe WYHH community health promoter-facilitated walking group intervention was associated with significant reductions in multiple indicators of cardiovascular risk among predominantly Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black participants in a low-to-moderate income urban community. Such interventions can contribute to reductions in racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in cardiovascular mortality.
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