Better Me Within Trial to Improve Lifestyle Behaviors in African Americans

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Pre-diabetes

In brief

This study describes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to design a novel faith-enhancement to the diabetes prevention program (DPP) for AA women. A long-standing CBPR partnership designed the faith-enhancement from focus group data. The faith components were specifically linked to weekly DPP learning objectives to strategically emphasize behavioral skills with religious principles. Using a CBPR approach, the Better Me Within trial was able to enroll 12 churches, screen 333 AA women, and randomize 221 after collection of objective eligibility measures. A prospective, randomized, nested by church, design was used to evaluate the faith-enhanced DPP as compared to a standard DPP on weight, diabetes and cardiovascular risk, over a 16-week intervention and 10-month follow up.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04082702

Run by

Baylor Research Institute

People needed

221

Starts

2013-02-22

Expected to finish

2017-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-12-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Identify as African-American
• Female
• 18 years of age or older
• Parishioner at enrolled church
• Overweight or obese
• Willingness to participate in a 10-month study.

You may not qualify if…

• Currently attending a weight loss program
• Diagnosed with diabetes
• Medical condition that interfered with physical activity or dietary changes
• Plans to move in the next 10 months.

Where it is running

• UNT Health Science Center — Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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