1. Diabetes prevention in a faith-based setting: results of translational research.
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Boltri JM, Davis-Smith YM, Seale JP, Shellenberger S, Okosun IS, and Cornelius ME
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- Adult, Exercise physiology, Female, Glucose Tolerance Test, Health Promotion methods, Humans, Male, Mass Screening methods, Middle Aged, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Pilot Projects, Prediabetic State ethnology, Program Evaluation, Southeastern United States, United States epidemiology, Urban Health, Weight Loss physiology, Black or African American, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ethnology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 prevention & control, Health Promotion organization & administration, Mass Screening organization & administration, Prediabetic State diagnosis, Protestantism, Religion and Medicine
- Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this study was to translate the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) into a church-based setting., Methods: The lifestyle arm of the NIH-DPP was implemented in an African American Baptist church. Church members 18 years or older completed a risk screen during Sunday service followed by fasting glucose (FG) testing at the church during the week. Persons with prediabetes participated in a 16-session DPP conducted over 4 months. Participation rates, height, weight, blood pressure (BP) and FG were followed for 12 months post-intervention. Fifty participants completed the risk screen, 26 were at risk for diabetes, 16 of 26 received FG testing, and 8 had prediabetes (FG = 100- 125 mg/dL)., Results: The mean participation rate was 10.4 (65%) sessions. Following the intervention, weight, systolic and diastolic BP, and FG decreased by 7.5 lb (3.6%), 16 mm Hg (11.7%), 12 mm Hg (14.0%), and 5 mg/dL (4.8%), respectively (P < .05). In comparison with baseline, significant reductions were evident at 6 and 12 months postintervention for all endpoints., Conclusions: This study demonstrated successful translation of the 16-session NIH-DPP into a church-based setting. Future studies should test this intervention in churches of different sizes and denominations.
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- 2008
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