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Alternative Title:
Am J Public Health
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303253
Personal Author:
Liao, Youlian ; Siegel, Paul Z. ; Garraza, Lucas G. ; Xu, Ye ; Yin, Shaoman ; ... More +
Liao, Youlian ; Siegel, Paul Z. ; Garraza, Lucas G. ; Xu, Ye ; Yin, Shaoman ; Scardaville, Melissa ; Gebreselassie, Tesfayi ; Stephens, Robert L. Less -
Description:
Objectives

To assess the impact of a large-scale place-based intervention on obesity prevalence in Black communities.

Methods

The Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the United States (REACH US) project was conducted in 14 predominantly Black communities in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. We measured trends from 2009 to 2012 in the prevalence of obesity. We used Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to compare these trends with trends among non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks in the United States and in the 10 states where REACH communities were located, and with a propensity score–matched national sample of non-Hispanic Blacks.

Results

The age-standardized prevalence of obesity decreased in REACH US communities (P = .045), but not in the comparison populations (P = .435 to P = .996). The relative change was −5.3% in REACH US communities versus +2.4% in propensity score–matched controls (P value for the difference = .031). The net effect on the reduction of obesity prevalence was about 1 percentage point per year for REACH.

Conclusions

Obesity prevalence was reduced in 14 disadvantaged Black communities that participated in the REACH project.


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Adolescent Adult African Americans Aged Body Mass Index Female Health Promotion Humans Male Middle Aged Obesity Poverty Prevalence Program Evaluation Propensity Score Risk Factors Socioeconomic Factors Young Adult
Source:
Am J Public Health. 106(8):1442-1448.
Pubmed ID:
27310344
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4940658
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Name as Subject:
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:8af4858d6edfbf86d1961ea271a938f95e9218ee7afdf59593f6ec24ec665d5a
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40409/cdc_40409_DS1.pdf
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