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Common design elements of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS).

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Rochon, J; Klesges, RC; Story, M; Robinson, TN; Baranowski, T; Obarzanek, E; Mitchell, M
Published in: Ethn Dis
2003

The Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS) was a multi-center research program created for the purpose of testing interventions designed to prevent excess weight gain by African-American girls, as they enter and proceed through puberty. However, GEMS was not a "multi-center clinical trial" in the usual sense. Although these studies applied similar eligibility criteria, observed a similar follow-up schedule, and followed a similar measurement protocol, important differences existed, as well. Each field center developed its own intervention(s) and corresponding control, and tailored its study to the specific hypothesis being tested. Therefore, the study populations were somewhat different, with recruitment strategies that varied accordingly, and supplemental evaluations appropriate to the specific interventions were conducted on a site-specific basis. The purpose of this paper is to describe the common design elements of the GEMS Phase 1 pilot studies. This report presents the basic study design, a brief overview of the interventions, the measurements taken and their rationale, and procedures both for compiling the collaborative database, and performing site-specific analyses.

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Ethn Dis

ISSN

1049-510X

Publication Date

2003

Volume

13

Issue

1 Suppl 1

Start / End Page

S6 / 14

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Research Design
  • Public Health
  • Program Evaluation
  • Pilot Projects
  • Obesity
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
 

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Rochon, J., Klesges, R. C., Story, M., Robinson, T. N., Baranowski, T., Obarzanek, E., & Mitchell, M. (2003). Common design elements of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS). Ethn Dis, 13(1 Suppl 1), S6-14.
Rochon, James, Robert C. Klesges, Mary Story, Thomas N. Robinson, Tom Baranowski, Eva Obarzanek, and Megan Mitchell. “Common design elements of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS).Ethn Dis 13, no. 1 Suppl 1 (2003): S6-14.
Rochon J, Klesges RC, Story M, Robinson TN, Baranowski T, Obarzanek E, et al. Common design elements of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS). Ethn Dis. 2003;13(1 Suppl 1):S6-14.
Rochon, James, et al. “Common design elements of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS).Ethn Dis, vol. 13, no. 1 Suppl 1, 2003, pp. S6-14.
Rochon J, Klesges RC, Story M, Robinson TN, Baranowski T, Obarzanek E, Mitchell M. Common design elements of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS). Ethn Dis. 2003;13(1 Suppl 1):S6-14.

Published In

Ethn Dis

ISSN

1049-510X

Publication Date

2003

Volume

13

Issue

1 Suppl 1

Start / End Page

S6 / 14

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Research Design
  • Public Health
  • Program Evaluation
  • Pilot Projects
  • Obesity
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic