Feasibility of an Evidence-Based Weight Loss Intervention for a Faith-Based, Rural, African American Population

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Discusses a culturally appropriate program created by a coalition of academic and community partners and geared toward adults in three African American churches in the Arkansas Lower Mississippi Delta. Measured effectiveness of recruitment strategies, program retention, implementation ease, participant outcomes, and program satisfaction.

Karen Hye-cheon Kim Yeary, Carol E. Cornell, Jerome Turner, et al.

Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(6)

11/2011

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Community and faith-based initiatives · Culture and cultural competency · Obesity and weight control · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Arkansas