ArticleBMC psychiatry2024
Improving mental health in black men through a 24-week community-based lifestyle change intervention: the black impact program.
Article in BMC psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04787978 (Creating Healthier Communities Through Meaningful Partnerships), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Creating Healthier Communities Through Meaningful Partnerships: A Model From the National African American Male Wellness Initiative - OSU Partnership
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of healthy lifestyle, depression with all-cause or cardiovascular mortality modified by metabolic syndrome among individuals: evidence from US NHANES and UK biobank cohort studies.Nutrition & metabolism · 2026Article
- Design of Black Impact: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Mechanisms Underlying Psychosocial Stress Reduction in a Cardiovascular Health Intervention.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Is to persevere dangerous for brain health? Effect of active coping and grit on subjective cognitive decline in Black American males.Alzheimer's & dementia. Behavior & socioeconomics of aging · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPoor mental health is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among Black men in the United States. Efforts to improve mental health among Black men have been hampered by a lack of access and utilization of mental health services. Physical activity and social networks have been shown to improve mental health. Thus, we examined the effect of a community team-based physical activity, health education and social needs intervention among Black men on mental health over 24 weeks.
methodsBlack adult males (n = 74) from a large Midwestern city participated in Black Impact, a 24-week community-based lifestyle change program adapted from the Diabetes Prevention Program and American Heart Association's (AHA) Check, Change, Control Blood Pressure Self-Management Program, which incorporates AHA's Life's Simple 7 (LS7) framework. Measures of mental health including the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Patient Health Questionnaire 2-question depression screener (PHQ-2), and Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) were completed at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks. The change in mental health scores from baseline to 12 and 24 weeks were evaluated using linear mixed-effects models adjusting for age, education, and income. The change in cardiovascular health scores, defined as objective metrics of LS7 (LS5 [blood pressure, total cholesterol, fasting glucose, body mass index and smoking]), by baseline mental health were evaluated using linear mixed-effects models with an interaction term (time*baseline mental health variable) and a random intercept for each participant.
resultsAmong 71 Black men (mean age 51, 85% employed) at 24 weeks, CES-D scores decreased from 10.54 to 7.90 (-2.64, 95%CI:-4.74, -0.55), PHQ-2 decreased from 1.04 to 0.63 (-0.41, 95%CI: -0.75, -0.07), and PSS-10 decreased from 14.62 to 12.91 (-1.71, 95%CI: -3.53, 0.12). A 1-unit higher CES-D at baseline was associated with less improvement in LS5 scores by -0.04 (95%CI: -0.076, -0.005) and - 0.032 (95%CI:-0.067, 0.003) units at week 12 and 24, respectively, with similar findings for PSS.
conclusionsThe Black Impact community-based lifestyle program has the potential to reduce depressive symptoms and stress in Black men. There is a dire need for larger, randomized studies to test the impact of Black Impact on mental health in Black men to advance health equity.
trial registrationRetrospectively Registered, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04787978.
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