Trial reportAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2021
Better Me Within Randomized Trial: Faith-Based Diabetes Prevention Program for Weight Loss in African American Women.
Trial report in American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06907524 (Community-Based Preventative Cardiometabolic Screening and Health Coaching- A Prospective Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Community-Based Preventative Cardiometabolic Screening and Health Coaching- A Prospective Study
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Narrative Review of Recent Obesity Interventions with Black Women in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Pooled it
- How effective are church-based weight-loss interventions among Black adults? A systematic review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- Community-Based, Cluster-Randomized Pilot Trial of a Cardiovascular Mobile Health Intervention: Preliminary Findings of the FAITH! Trial.Circulation · 2022Trial
- Reducing metabolic syndrome through a community-based lifestyle intervention in African American women.Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 2020Trial
- Feasibility and acceptability of a stress-management behavioral weight loss intervention for Black breast cancer survivors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Involving community members in designing behavioural weight management programmes: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Religious leaders as partners in diabetes self-care promotion: opportunities and challenges from Imams' perspectives in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Black Pastors as Change Agents Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination in South Carolina: Application of Diffusion of Innovations Theory.American journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Diabetic Kidney Disease Prevention Care Model Development.Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2024Article
- A pilot community-based Diabetes Prevention and Management Program for adults with diabetes and prediabetes.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2024Article
- Community-Based Interventions to Address Disparities in Cardiometabolic Diseases Among Minoritized Racial and Ethnic Groups.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2023Review
- What's theory got to do with it: measuring effects of theory on lifestyle behaviors and weight in the Better Me Within Randomized Trial.American journal of health education · 2023Article
- Equity in Medical Care for People Living With Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2022Article
- Patient-Reported Experiences of Medication Adherence at a Community-Based HIV Clinic, Ghana.Journal of patient experience · 2022Article
- Rethinking the Goals of Diabetes Prevention Programs.Diabetes care · 2021Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposePrevious DPP translations in African American women have been suboptimal. This trial evaluated a community-based participatory research developed faith-based diabetes prevention program (DPP) to improve weight loss in African American women.
designThis cluster randomized trial allocated churches to faith-based (FDPP) or standard (SDPP) DPP interventions. Setting. African American churches. Subjects. Eleven churches with 221 African American women (aged 48.8 ± 11.2 years, BMI = 36.7 ± 8.4) received the FDPP (n = 6) or SDPP (n = 5) intervention.
interventionFDPP incorporated 5 faith-based components, including pastor involvement, into the standard DPP curriculum. The SDPP used the standard DPP curriculum. Lay health leaders facilitated interventions at church sites. MEASURES: Weight and biometrics were collected by blinded staff at baseline, 4- and 10-months. ANALYSIS: A multilevel hierarchical regression model compared the FDPP and SDPP groups on outcomes.
resultsFDPP and SDPP churches significantly lost weight at 10-months (overall -2.6%, p < .01). Women in FDPP churches who attended at least 15 sessions lost an additional 6.1 pounds at 4-months compared to SDPP corresponding to a 5.8% reduction at 10-months (p < .05). Both groups had significant improvements in health behaviors and biometrics.
conclusionsFaith-based and standard DPP interventions led by lay health leaders successfully improved weight, health behaviors, and chronic disease risk. However, the faith-based DPP when fully implemented met the CDC's recommendation for weight loss for diabetes prevention in African American women.
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