Behavioral CVD Prevention Using Informatics
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Conditions studied: Health Behavior
In brief
Overweight/obesity is strongly linked to mortality from multiple chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity-related cancers.The successful management of overweight/obesity requires management of nutrition and physical activity over time. For racial/ethnic minority and low-income populations, who face both higher prevalence of obesity and chronic diseases compared to others, interventions promoting behavioral change are a national health priority. From the available range of behavioral change intervention strategies, there is a growing knowledge base that documents the efficacy of peer support interventions for improving self-care, quality of life, and behavioral change. In this study, the investigators will examine the following research question: What is the preliminary efficacy and degree of implementation and acceptability of an intervention approach in which peer counselors provide evidenced-based counseling about nutrition and physical activity behaviors for weight management to public housing residents using a computer-assisted program called CuesWeight?
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02752464
- Run by
- Boston Medical Center
- People needed
- 105
- Starts
- 2016-09-14
- Expected to finish
- 2018-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-07-02
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Willing to wear an accelerometer
- 18-65 years old
- Public housing resident with no plans to move in next 6 months
- Body mass index ≥25
- Open to making changes to diet \& physical activity habits
You may not qualify if…
- Currently enrolled in a comprehensive weight loss program or a research study whose primary outcome is weight loss
- Primary language spoken is a language other than Spanish or English
- Not willing to participate in study protocols, including wearing the accelerometer, not willing to have study staff send text messages
Where it is running
- Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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