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The WORD (wholeness, oneness, righteousness, deliverance): a faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach.

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Kim, KH-C; Linnan, L; Campbell, MK; Brooks, C; Koenig, HG; Wiesen, C
Published in: Health Educ Behav
October 2008

Despite multidisciplinary efforts to control the nation's obesity epidemic, obesity has persisted as one of the U.S.'s top public health problems, particularly among African Americans. Innovative approaches to address obesity that are sensitive to the unique issues of African Americans are needed. Thus, a faith-based weight-loss intervention using a community-based participatory research approach was developed, implemented, and evaluated with a rural African American faith community. A two-group, quasi-experimental, delayed intervention design was used, with church as the unit of assignment (treatment n=2, control n=2) and individual as the unit of observation (treatment n=36, control n=37). Weekly small groups led by trained community members met for 8 weeks and emphasized healthy nutrition, physical activity, and faith's connection with health. The mean weight loss of the treatment group was 3.60+/-0.64 lbs. compared to the 0.59+/-0.59-lb loss of the control group.

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Health Educ Behav

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ISSN

1090-1981

Publication Date

October 2008

Volume

35

Issue

5

Start / End Page

634 / 650

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Weight Loss
  • Spirituality
  • Rural Population
  • Religion and Psychology
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Obesity
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
 

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Kim, K.-C., Linnan, L., Campbell, M. K., Brooks, C., Koenig, H. G., & Wiesen, C. (2008). The WORD (wholeness, oneness, righteousness, deliverance): a faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach. Health Educ Behav, 35(5), 634–650. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198106291985
Kim, Karen Hye-cheon, Laura Linnan, Marci Kramish Campbell, Christine Brooks, Harold G. Koenig, and Christopher Wiesen. “The WORD (wholeness, oneness, righteousness, deliverance): a faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach.Health Educ Behav 35, no. 5 (October 2008): 634–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198106291985.
Kim KH-C, Linnan L, Campbell MK, Brooks C, Koenig HG, Wiesen C. The WORD (wholeness, oneness, righteousness, deliverance): a faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach. Health Educ Behav. 2008 Oct;35(5):634–50.
Kim, Karen Hye-cheon, et al. “The WORD (wholeness, oneness, righteousness, deliverance): a faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach.Health Educ Behav, vol. 35, no. 5, Oct. 2008, pp. 634–50. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/1090198106291985.
Kim KH-C, Linnan L, Campbell MK, Brooks C, Koenig HG, Wiesen C. The WORD (wholeness, oneness, righteousness, deliverance): a faith-based weight-loss program utilizing a community-based participatory research approach. Health Educ Behav. 2008 Oct;35(5):634–650.
Journal cover image

Published In

Health Educ Behav

DOI

ISSN

1090-1981

Publication Date

October 2008

Volume

35

Issue

5

Start / End Page

634 / 650

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Weight Loss
  • Spirituality
  • Rural Population
  • Religion and Psychology
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Obesity
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male