ReviewCurrent obesity reports2017
Faith-Based Institutions as Venues for Obesity Prevention.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- How effective are church-based weight-loss interventions among Black adults? A systematic review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of church-based interventions to improve cardiovascular disease risk factors.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Factors Influencing Pregnancy and Postpartum Weight Management in Women of African and Caribbean Ancestry Living in High Income Countries: Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis Using a Behavioral Change Theoretical Model.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Church-based interventions to address obesity among African Americans and Latinos in the United States: a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Better Me Within Randomized Trial: Faith-Based Diabetes Prevention Program for Weight Loss in African American Women.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2021Trial
- The WORD: Outcomes of a Behavioral Weight Loss Maintenance Effectiveness Trial in Rural Black Adults of Faith.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Health for Hearts United Longitudinal Trial: Improving Dietary Behaviors in Older African Americans.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Trial
- Longitudinal Changes in Allostatic Load during a Randomized Church-based, Lifestyle Intervention in African American Women.Ethnicity & disease · 2019Trial
- Faith, Activity, and Nutrition Randomized Dissemination and Implementation Study: Countywide Adoption, Reach, and Effectiveness.American journal of preventive medicine · 2018Trial
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- "Does Religious Service Attendance Modify the Relationship between Everyday Discrimination and Risk of Obesity? Results from the Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health".Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of the Project Faith Influencing Transformation Intervention in Faith-Based Settings.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2024Article
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- Cardiovascular health promotion: A systematic review involving effectiveness of faith-based institutions in facilitating maintenance of normal blood pressure.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Dissemination trial for Health for Hearts United: Model development, preliminary outcomes and lessons learned.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Targeted faith-based and faith-placed interventions for noncommunicable disease prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Understanding Health Priorities, Behaviors, and Service Utilization Among Brazilian Immigrant Women: Implications for Designing Community-Based Interventions.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Assessing Health Needs in African American Churches: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Community health advisors assessing adherence to national cancer screening guidelines among African Americans in South Los Angeles.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Implementation costs of a community health worker delivered weight loss intervention in black churches serving underserved communities.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe aim of this current narrative review is to critique the scope and value of recent studies with a focus on obesity-related health promotion in faith organizations. RECENT
findingsElectronic database searches, scanning of the reference lists of identified articles, and hand searching of journals for articles written in English and published in 2013-2016 revealed 16 studies. Half of the studies involved African-Americans, in churches and with predominantly female participants. Research among other ethnic groups was more likely to be exploratory. All of the 11 studies reporting the impact of programmes on weight-related measures showed favourable outcomes. However, due to study limitations (small sample size, short duration, attrition), significant unbiased effects cannot yet be concluded for most of the interventions reviewed. Study strengths included application of theory in community engagement and detailed description of cultural tailoring. Faith organizations show promise as settings for obesity prevention among high-risk groups, particularly African-Americans. Support for progressing formative work to adequately powered, randomized controlled trials is vital. Wider involvement of diverse faith settings and targeting obesity in men and childhood would be valuable developments.
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