Healthy Body Healthy Souls in the Marshallese Population

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Weight Loss, Pre Diabetes, Overweight and Obesity

In brief

The primary aim is to pilot test a weight-loss intervention for Marshallese adults, referred to throughout as Healthy Bodies Healthy Souls (HBHS). The HBHS intervention includes the Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Intervention (WORD DPP) implemented at the individual level, with the additional enhancement of working with Marshallese churches to implement church-level changes to support the individual behavioral intervention of the WORD DPP. We will then compare changes in outcomes with participants in the churches who were exposed to the policy changes but did not participate in the WORD DPP, and with those enrolled in a separate DPP trial who participated in the WORD DPP but were not exposed to church-level policy changes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03377244

Run by

University of Arkansas

People needed

102

Starts

2018-09-30

Expected to finish

2019-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2021-01-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self-reported Marshallese
• 18 years of age or older
• To participate in the DPP-LI, have a body mass index (BMI) of ≥25 kg/m\^2

You may not qualify if…

• A clinically significant medical condition likely to impact weight (cancer, HIV/AIDS, etc.)
• Currently pregnant or breastfeeding an infant who is 6 months old or younger.
• Have any condition that makes it unlikely that the participant will be able to follow the protocol, such as terminal illness, plans to move out of the area within 6 months, and inability to finish the intervention, etc.

Where it is running

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest — Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

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