Download or read book The Experiences of African American Women Participating in Church based Weight Loss Programs written by Mangle L. Shanks and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African American Weight Loss Experiences from the Perspective of Past Treatment Participants written by Delia Louise Sudler and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compared to other racial-ethnic groups, African Americans are disproportionately impacted by the obesity epidemic, with this population presenting the highest rates of obesity. Additionally, behavioral weight loss interventions produce significantly lower weight losses among African American participants (Cox et al., 2013). The current study collected qualitative data from African American participants who completed a clinical trial, Project ENACT, which compared standard and acceptance-based behavioral weight loss treatments (Butryn et al., 2017). Focus groups were utilized to address three main aims: 1) identify the emotional, mental and environmental influences that African American participants perceived to be most important for their weight control; 2) identify the extent to which African American participants identify unique racial-ethnic and cultural factors as influences on their weight control; 3) explore how perceived treatment value, effectiveness and areas for improvement may differ in participants who did versus those who did not receive acceptance-based skills training. Four focus groups were conducted with African American men and women (n =24) who had completed the ENACT program. Major themes from participant responses map onto the following categories: universal barriers to health; general facilitation to health; barriers to healthy living related to the African American experience; suggestions for treatment improvement; and treatment facilitation. Results from this study could inform future weight loss intervention development and education by uncovering weight loss barriers tied to the unique cultural and emotional experiences of African Americans attempting to lose weight, while also ascertaining how acceptance-based treatments might address these unique barriers.
Download or read book Correlations of Spirituality and Self efficacy for Weight Loss Behaviors Among African American Women written by Jenna Elizabeth Griffin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The majority of African American women (78%) are considered to be overweight or obese. Research has shown a potential for both spirituality and self-efficacy to positively influence weight loss in African American women. The connection between spirituality and self-efficacy for weight loss behaviors has not been fully explored. This study investigated the relationship between spirituality and self-efficacy for weight loss behaviors in African American women who were actively trying to lose weight (n=101). Online and paper surveys measured participants' spirituality and weight self-efficacy using scales previously validated in African American populations, the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) and Weight Self-Efficacy Life-style Questionnaire (WEL), respectively. Participants self-reported height, weight, weight loss program duration and type, and demographics. Data were analyzed using linear mixed models with score on the WEL as the dependent variable. Score on the DSES, age, education, neighborhood type, Body Mass Index (BMI), and weight loss program duration and type were included as predictor variables. Spirituality score on the DSES did not predict weight self-efficacy score on the WEL (p=.389). BMI was found to be the only significant predictor of score on the WEL (estimate= -1.36, p=.001). None of the weight loss programs reported by participants included a spiritual component. Results suggest that, for African American women, an individual's spirituality does not predict self-efficacy for weight loss behaviors. The association between spirituality and weigh self-efficacy deserves further investigation.
Download or read book Slim Down Sister written by Roniece Weaver and published by Dutton Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the emphasis on getting "healthy" as opposed to "skinny", this book is filled with real-life stories about African-American women who have lost weight and kept it off. 35 recipes. 18 photos.
Download or read book Black Women s Experiences with Weight and Weight Management written by Cord Randall Valentine and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Obesity Treatment Second Edition written by Thomas A. Wadden and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading clinical reference work in the field--now significantly revised with 85% new material--this handbook has given thousands of practitioners and students a comprehensive understanding of the causes, consequences, and management of adult and childhood obesity. In concise, extensively referenced chapters from preeminent authorities, the Handbook presents foundational knowledge and reviews the state of the science of evidence-based psychosocial and lifestyle interventions as well as pharmacological and surgical treatments. It provides guidelines for conducting psychosocial and medical assessments and for developing individualized treatment plans. The effects of obesity--and of weight loss--on physical and psychological well-being are reviewed, as are strategies for helping patients maintain their weight loss. New to This Edition *Many new authors and topics; extensively revised and expanded with over 15 years of research and clinical advances, including breakthroughs in understanding the biological regulation of appetite and body weight. *Section on contributors to obesity, with new chapters on food choices, physical activity, sleep, and psychosocial and environmental factors. *Chapters on novel treatments for adults--acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, digitally based interventions, behavioral economics, community-based programs, and nonsurgical devices. *Chapters on novel treatments for children and adolescents--school-based preventive interventions, pharmacological treatment, and bariatric surgery. *Chapters on the gut microbiome, the emerging field of obesity medicine, reimbursement for weight loss therapies, and managing co-occurring eating disorders and obesity.
Download or read book Social Science Research written by Turner C Lomand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • This new edition gives students valuable practice in reading and evaluating research. All major methods of research are illustrated, including qualitative research, content/document analysis, survey research, observational research, experimental research, and program evaluation. • The articles deal with contemporary topics that will hold your students’ attention. • The lines in each article are sequentially numbered. This allows easy reference to specific parts of the articles during classroom discussions. • Factual Questions at the end of each article encourage students to read for methodological and substantive points. • The Answer Key provides answers to the Factual Questions. The line numbers where the answers can be found are included, making the key easy to use. • The Questions for Discussion at the end of each article address broad issues of research design and overall research quality. • Ideal for homework assignments followed by classroom discussions at the next class meeting.
Download or read book Handbook of Obesity written by George A. Bray and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-12-05 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With rates of obesity soaring to epidemic proportions, this reference strives to unearth new treatment regimens and pharmaceuticals for the prevention and treatment of obesity. Offering the latest recommendations and research from the most respected leaders in the field, the Second Edition compiles the most noteworthy studies on the evaluation and
Download or read book Black Women s Health written by Hope Landrine and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this special issue, top researchers from a diversity of disciplines provide an overview of and insights into the major social, cultural, and structural variables that play a role in Black women's poor health, and differential morbidity and mortality. The articles focus on the major threats to Black women's health such as diabetes, obesity, cancer, violence, and AIDS, and utilize a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods from medicine, psychology, sociology, and feminist analysis. Among the articles are: * An examination of the role of Black women's cultural and ethnomedical beliefs in their use of cancer screening by Laurie Hoffman-Goetz and Sherry Mills of the National Cancer Institute; * An empirical analysis of Black women's utilization of health services entailing more than 18,000 women by Lonnie Snowden and his colleagues at the University of California-Berkeley Center for Mental Health Services Research; * A comprehensive review and empirical analysis of the role of violence in Black women's health by Nancy Felipe Russo (Arizona State University), Mary Koss (University of Arizona), and Gwen Keita (APA Office on Women); * An empirical investigation of the role of social and contextual variables in HIV risk among low-income Black women by Kathleen Sikkema, Timothy Heckman, and Jeffrey Kelly of the Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin. Other articles include comprehensive and critical analyses and reviews of diabetes, breast cancer risk perceptions, and obesity among Black women, as well as analyses of Black women's exclusion from research in medicine, women's health, health psychology, and behavioral medicine. The first issue of any psychology journal to be devoted to the health of Black women, this special issue is a step in the direction of redressing the long-overdue neglect of Black women's health. It provides a cogent overview of the state of Black women's health, numerous empirical investigations, and clear suggestions for future research.
Download or read book Overweight and Weight Management written by Sharron Dalton and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1997 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Professions
Download or read book Eating Disorders and Obesity written by Christopher G. Fairburn and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique handbook presents and integrates virtually all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity in one authoritative, accessible, and eminently practical volume. From leading international authorities, 112 concise chapters encapsulate the latest information on all pertinent topics, from biological, psychological, and social processes associated with risk, to clinical methods for assessment and intervention. The contents are organized to highlight areas of overlap between lines of research that often remain disparate. Suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter replace extended references and enhance the practical value and readability of the volume.
Download or read book Understanding African American Women Church Members Health Decision Making and Described Behavior written by Amber McCall and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available at no charge on ProQuest. Pricing here includes physical copy costs.This dissertation described the processes that African-American women church members used to make health decisions and investigated the experiences and perceptions that faith had on this cohort's health beliefs. African-American women historically have suffered disproportionately from health disparities, and African-American women church members have played a central role as their families' primary caregiver. It is perceived that faith-based interventions can be effective at reducing health disparities. However, there is little understanding of the impact on the health decision-making process. By undertaking an investigation into this process in a cohort of African-American women church members, this study incorporated and advanced nursing theories used to guide the development of risk-reduction interventions through describing and delineating the role of faith-based health decision-making.A purposive, intensity sample of eleven African-American women church members were recruited to participate in this study. Naturalistic inquiry methodology was used to analyze the interview data, answering the following questions:1) What process(es) do African-American women church members use to make health decisions, and what health behaviors do these women describe?2) What is the role of faith (if any) in the health beliefs of African-American women church members?The results indicated religious faith was integrated throughout the health decision-making process; additionally, three overarching processes were used by the study participants, which are described herein as: 1) Believing in God, 2) Empowering Self, and 3) Using Resources. These processes demonstrated that faith was a major influence in the lives participants and that faith impacted their competence and ability to be empowered and resourceful-as well as influenced health decision-making.Due to the targeted, purposive sampling methods along with the qualitative nature of the data obtained from study participant interviews, these research results cannot be generalized to the general population of African-American women. Nevertheless, understanding the process of health decision-making in this sample may be important to enabling researchers, clinicians and clergy to promote further research regarding the interplay of faith in health decision-making, risk reduction activities, and quality of life.The implications for nursing theory, practice and research, and empowering the community are included, and provide the essential foundation for this study.
Download or read book African American Identity written by Jas M. Sullivan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jas M. Sullivan and Ashraf M. Esmail’s African American Identity: Racial and Cultural Dimensions of the Black Experience is a collection which makes use of multiple perspectives across the social sciences to address complex issues of race and identity. The contributors tackle questions about what African American racial identity means, how we may go about quantifying it, what the factors are in shaping identity development, and what effects racial identity has on psychological, political, educational, and health-related behavior. African American Identity aims to continue the conversation, rather than provide a beginning or an end. It is an in-depth study which uses quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods to explore the relationship between racial identity and psychological well-being, effects on parents and children, physical health, and related educational behavior. From these vantage points, Sullivan and Esmail provide a unique opportunity to further our understanding, extend our knowledge, and continue the debate.
Download or read book Weight Loss for African American Women written by George Edmond Smith and published by Hilton Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a new approach to weight loss tailored specifically to black women, this guide empowers women to develop skills for weight management and healthy living. Providing simple nutritional information and exercises, it addresses the common misconceptions of many so-called diets--almost all of which overlook or ignore the ethnicity component so essential to black women--and replaces them with a sound, culturally sensitive plan for black women to lose weight and stay healthy. An appendix of health-care resources includes advice on finding a physician, alternative health clinics, fitness centers, and public health facilities, and a glossary explains common medical and nutrition terms.
Download or read book The Health and Wellness Ministry in the African American Church written by Edwin H. Hamilton and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edwin H. Hamilton, M.D., D.Min., writes this provocative book introducing and establishing throughout the Black Church a program of Preventive Health Education through a Health and Wellness Ministry. Riggins R. Earl, Jr., Ph.D., noted theologian/philosopher, writes an insightful introduction based on Booker T. Washington?s teachings.The prevailing spiritual thought embodies I Corinthians 6:19: ?Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit??A three-part Model-in-Ministry design comprises the Minister of Health and Wellness?Preventive Health Education and Community Health Outreach. These are explained for Health Ministers and laity alike. The ministry?s theological foundation is presented succinctly. The planning of the Ministry and The Community Health Fair is clearly explained. The summary and conclusions give precise points regarding the ministry. Empowering course outlines for the Health and Wellness Ministry give concise pathways for any church to use for Health Ministry establishment. A chapter on Water and two of the author?s sermons from the Hampton University Ministers? Conference are included in this new edition.
Download or read book Strength in Community written by Leonna Sylvitrice Ameduite and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In general, conventional health promotion strategies have not successfully mitigated health inequality and health disparities in African American communities. Health disparities among African Americans continue to persist. Obesity and hypertension are more prevalent in African Americans and are well-known precursors to chronic illness such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke. A wholistic solution to health disparities is complex and multifaceted. However, community-based programs such as faith-based health promotion programs can be an integral part of the solution. The purpose of this project was to provide a community faith-based weight loss program for African Americans to help guide weight loss and improve blood pressure readings. This evidenced-based practice project utilized a quasi-experimental design to educate eight African Americans using an 8-week faith-based health promotion program. The measurable outcomes for this project were weight, blood pressure, and lifestyle habits. The mean weight loss of the participants was 6.450 pounds, with a p-value of 0.001. The mean systolic blood pressure reduction was 24.0 mmHg, with a p-value of 0.026. The mean diastolic blood pressure reduction was 7.0 mmHg, with a p-value 0.125. Although lifestyle habits did not seem to change during the 8-week health promotion program, participants did report a greater perception of health after the program, and also decreased their frequency of overeating. Community faith-based programs undoubtedly have the potential to change health outcomes in African American communities; however, more studies are needed to establish an ongoing health promotion framework for this population.
Download or read book Eating Disorders and Obesity Second Edition written by Christopher G. Fairburn and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique handbook presents and integrates virtually all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity in one authoritative, accessible, and eminently practical volume. From leading international authorities, 112 concise chapters encapsulate the latest information on all pertinent topics, from biological, psychological, and social processes associated with risk, to clinical methods for assessment and intervention. Suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter replace extended references and enhance the practical value and readability of the volume.
