Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2020
A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Community-Based Intervention Among African-American Adults: Effects on Dietary and Physical Activity Outcomes.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02707432 (Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Rural Communities in North Carolina), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Rural Communities in North Carolina
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social and Religious Networks with Respect to the Health Behaviors of African American Women: A Systematic Review.Journal of religion and health · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Literature on the Representation of Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in Clinical Nutrition Interventions.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Household Social Support and Undermining in Dietary Change.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Trial
- Harnessing technology and gamification to increase adult physical activity: a cluster randomized controlled trial of the Columbia Moves pilot.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Trial
- Understanding healthy eating and physical activity community-centred behaviour change interventions for underserved populations: A mixed methods rapid review.British journal of health psychology · 2026Review
- Engagement of African American Women With Fitness Trackers and Mobile Technology for Shared Physical Activity Goals: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Factors influencing evidence-based cardiovascular disease prevention programming in rural African American communities: a community-engaged concept mapping study.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Social networks as facilitators and barriers to behavior change among U.S. South Asian adult participants of a culturally adapted, group lifestyle intervention.Patient education and counseling · 2025Article
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- The significant places of African American adults and their perceived influence on cardiovascular disease risk behaviors.BMC public health · 2021Article
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Evidence of the effectiveness of community-based lifestyle behavior change interventions among African-American adults is mixed. We implemented a behavioral lifestyle change intervention, Heart Matters, in two rural counties in North Carolina with African-American adults. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of Heart Matters on dietary and physical activity behaviors, self-efficacy, and social support. We used a cluster randomized controlled trial to compare Heart Matters to a delayed intervention control group after 6 months. A total of 143 African-American participants were recruited and 108 completed 6-month follow-up assessments (75.5%). We used mixed regression models to evaluate changes in outcomes from baseline to 6-month follow-up. The intervention had a significant positive effect on self-reported scores of encouragement of healthy eating, resulting in an increase in social support from family of 6.11 units (95% CI [1.99, 10.22]) (p < .01). However, intervention participants also had an increase in discouragement of healthy eating compared to controls of 5.59 units (95% CI [1.46, 9.73]) among family (p < .01). There were no significant differences in changes in dietary behaviors. Intervention participants had increased odds (OR = 2.86, 95% CI [1.18, 6.93]) of increased frequency of vigorous activity for at least 20 min per week compared to control participants (p < .05). Individual and group lifestyle behavior counseling can have a role in promoting physical activity levels among rural African-American adults, but more research is needed to identify the best strategies to bolster effectiveness and influence dietary change. Trial Registration: Clinical Trials, NCT02707432. Registered 13 March 2016.
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