Faith-Based Initiative to Promote Health in Appalachia

Mark Dignan, PhD

Status

Completed

Conditions

Obesity

Cancer

Treatments

Behavioral: Walk by Faith

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02121691

NCI-2013-01400 (Other Identifier)

2012-085

Details and patient eligibility

About

The project will target two behavioral causes of obesity: a sedentary lifestyle and an unhealthy diet. The goal is to test a faith-based intervention among men and women who are members of participating Appalachian churches.

The primary hypothesis being tested in this project is: The change in body mass index from baseline to one year follow-up in intervention churches will be greater than among comparison churches, such that the differential change will be negative on average.

Enrollment

669 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age 18 or older
Member of the participating church who has attended services at least 4 times in the past 2 months
resident of an Appalachia county
Able bodied (no contraindications to physical activity and no dietary restrictions that are part of a medically prescribed diet for weight loss or formal weight loss program)
Able to read and write in English
Have a BMI indicating that they are overweight (BMI > or = 25.0, assessed during biometric measurement)
Under 400 pounds (per self-report and confirmed during biometric measurement)
Not planning to move out of the area within the next year
Does not reside in nursing facility or residential home
If female, is not pregnant, breastfeeding or less than 9 months post-partum and does not intend to become pregnant during the study
Able to provide informed consent.