TY - JOUR
T1 - Rationale, design, and baseline findings from HIPP
T2 - A randomized controlled trial testing a home-based, individually-tailored physical activity print intervention for African American women in the Deep South
AU - Pekmezi, Dori
AU - Ainsworth, Cole
AU - Joseph, Rodney
AU - Bray, Molly S.
AU - Kvale, Elizabeth
AU - Isaac, Shiney
AU - Desmond, Renee
AU - Meneses, Karen
AU - Marcus, Bess
AU - Demark-Wahnefried, Wendy
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the American Cancer Society (MRSG-13-156-01-CPPB) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001417). We would like to thank collaborators Drs. David Allison and Mona Fouad for earlier contributions to this study. We thank Michelle Constant-Jones, Ashley Sineath, Amanda Burnside, Claudia Hardy, Tara Bowman, Jolene Lewis, and the staff at the Clinical Research Unit of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as Rachelle Edgar of the University of California, San Diego for their valuable assistance with this project. Most importantly we thank our study participants for their time.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the American Cancer Society ( MRSG-13-156-01-CPPB ) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health ( UL1TR001417 ). We would like to thank collaborators Drs. David Allison and Mona Fouad for earlier contributions to this study. We thank Michelle Constant-Jones, Ashley Sineath, Amanda Burnside, Claudia Hardy, Tara Bowman, Jolene Lewis, and the staff at the Clinical Research Unit of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as Rachelle Edgar of the University of California, San Diego for their valuable assistance with this project. Most importantly we thank our study participants for their time.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - African American women report high rates of physical inactivity and related health disparities. In our previous formative research, we conducted a series of qualitative assessments to examine physical activity barriers and intervention preferences among African American women in the Deep South. These data were used to inform a 12-month Home-based, Individually-tailored Physical activity Print (HIPP) intervention, which is currently being evaluated against a wellness contact control condition among 84 post-menopausal African American women residing in the metropolitan area of Birmingham, Alabama. This paper reports the rationale, design and baseline findings of the HIPP trial. The accrued participants had an average age of 57 (SD = 4.7), a BMI of 32.1 kg/m2 (SD = 5.16) with more than half (55%) having a college education and an annual household income under $50,000 (53.6%). At baseline, participants reported an average of 41.5 min/week (SD = 49.7) of moderate intensity physical activity, and 94.1% were in the contemplation or preparation stages of readiness for physical activity. While social support for exercise from friends and family was low, baseline levels of self-efficacy, cognitive and behavioral processes of change, decisional balance, outcome expectations, and enjoyment appeared promising. Baseline data indicated high rates of obesity and low levels of physical activity, providing strong evidence of need for intervention. Moreover, scores on psychosocial measures suggested that such efforts may be well received. This line of research in technology-based approaches for promoting physical activity in African American women in the Deep South has great potential to address health disparities and impact public health.
AB - African American women report high rates of physical inactivity and related health disparities. In our previous formative research, we conducted a series of qualitative assessments to examine physical activity barriers and intervention preferences among African American women in the Deep South. These data were used to inform a 12-month Home-based, Individually-tailored Physical activity Print (HIPP) intervention, which is currently being evaluated against a wellness contact control condition among 84 post-menopausal African American women residing in the metropolitan area of Birmingham, Alabama. This paper reports the rationale, design and baseline findings of the HIPP trial. The accrued participants had an average age of 57 (SD = 4.7), a BMI of 32.1 kg/m2 (SD = 5.16) with more than half (55%) having a college education and an annual household income under $50,000 (53.6%). At baseline, participants reported an average of 41.5 min/week (SD = 49.7) of moderate intensity physical activity, and 94.1% were in the contemplation or preparation stages of readiness for physical activity. While social support for exercise from friends and family was low, baseline levels of self-efficacy, cognitive and behavioral processes of change, decisional balance, outcome expectations, and enjoyment appeared promising. Baseline data indicated high rates of obesity and low levels of physical activity, providing strong evidence of need for intervention. Moreover, scores on psychosocial measures suggested that such efforts may be well received. This line of research in technology-based approaches for promoting physical activity in African American women in the Deep South has great potential to address health disparities and impact public health.
KW - African American women
KW - Health disparities
KW - Home-based interventions
KW - Physical activity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cct.2016.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cct.2016.02.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 26944022
AN - SCOPUS:84960095123
SN - 1551-7144
VL - 47
SP - 340
EP - 348
JO - Contemporary Clinical Trials
JF - Contemporary Clinical Trials
ER -