Health-Promotion Practices of Young Black Women at Risk for Diabetes

Jefferson, Vanessa; Melkus, Gail D’Eramo; Spollett, Geralyn R.

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“…The instrument is a 48-item 4-point Likert scale that measures the frequency of health promoting behaviors in six subscales, which include health responsibility, exercise, nutrition, interpersonal relationships, stress management, and spiritual growth. The instrument has been used in minority and Caucasian populations (Jefferson, Melkus, & Spollett, 2000) and is available in English and Spanish. Alpha co-efficients range from 0.92 for the entire scale and from 0.70 to 0.90 for the subscales.…”

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An intervention for multiethnic obese parents and overweight children

Berry¹,

Savoye²,

Melkus³

et al. 2007

Applied Nursing Research

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The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effects of the addition of coping skills training for obese multiethnic parents whose overweight children were attending a weight management program. At 6 months, parents in the experimental group had significantly lower body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BFP), and higher numbers of pedometer steps compared to the control group. Parents also demonstrated significant improvement in interpersonal relationships, behavior control, and stress management compared to the control group. Children in the experimental group demonstrated trends toward decreased BMI and BFP and increased pedometer steps.

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An intervention for multiethnic obese parents and overweight children

Berry¹,

Savoye²,

Melkus³

et al. 2007

Applied Nursing Research

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“…Most chronic diseases have a nutritional component. For example, risk factors for the development of diabetes are obesity and inactivity (Jefferson et al 2000). Additionally, a diet high in saturated fat increased the risk for heart disease, and colorectal cancer (Weisburger, 2000).…”

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Nutritional Lifestyles of College Women

Harmon¹

2001

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The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA A lifestyle characterized by inactivity and poor nutrition is the leading cause of premature death in the U.S., second only to smoking. The purpose of this study is to explore the nutritional lifestyle of college women, and to determine if there are differences in nutritional lifestyle, as well as, perception of health status between black and white college women. The study is a secondary analysis of data using Nola Pender's conceptual framework. The instruments used to collect the data were the Health-Promotion Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) and a background questionnaire The sample included data collected from 340 South Carolinian college women (228 were white and 112 women were black). Results were analyzed using a ftest to identify differences in nutritional lifestyles between the black and white women. The results indicated a significant (P .00001) difference. Black women relative to white women practiced fewer healthy nutritional activities. Chi-square was used to examine the perceived health status data between black and white women. The results indicated a significant (0.005) difference. Additionally, black women relative to white women perceived their health status lower than did the white women. Lastly, the Spearman correlation was used to analyze the relationship between nutritional status and perceived health status. The results indicated there was no significance relationship (Z 0.877). Based on these results further studies are needed to find an appropriate intervention to improve black women's nutritional lifestyle. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)THE

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“…Jefferson et al (2000) found a mean score on HPLP II health responsibility of 2.59 +.59, HPLP II Spiritual respectively. The scores on health responsibility in the study by Jefferson (Jefferson et al, 2000) were similar to those found in the present study. However, the women in the present study scored higher on Spiritual Growth and Interpersonal Relations.…”

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“…A study comparing the lifestyles of obese and non-obese African American and European American women in a southern city used a two-by-two comparative description design (Nies et al, 1998 In yet another study, the health promoting practices of Black women at risk for diabetes were examined (Jefferson et al, 2000). consistent with a plethora of research on the diet and exercise practices of African American women.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A study by Jefferson et al (2000) found that African American women who were diabetic, responding to the HPLP II had the highest mean scores in spiritual growth (2.96 A more holistic look uses the canonical correlations. The variables that seem to be good predictors of diet and exercise in African Americans were the following:…”

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The relationship of spirituality and the health promoting behaviors of diet and exercise of African American women

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Health-Promotion Practices of Young Black Women at Risk for Diabetes

Abstract: A systematic approach of planning and actively incorporating health-promoting activities into one's lifestyle as a young adult may protect or delay the onset of diabetes and prevent complications.

Cited by 28 publications

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An intervention for multiethnic obese parents and overweight children

An intervention for multiethnic obese parents and overweight children

Nutritional Lifestyles of College Women

The relationship of spirituality and the health promoting behaviors of diet and exercise of African American women

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