Cardiovascular Diseases, Overweight and Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
exercise, healthy eating, heart disease, prevention & control, Middle aged, Women, Health promotion
Brief summary
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. CVD disproportionately affects underserved populations, specifically low-income, minority, and rural women who have higher obesity rates and experience other health disparities. There is a need for replicable, evidence-based programs that target women, particularly midlife and older women who represent an increasing proportion of the U.S. population, to reduce their CVD risk . StrongWomen - Healthy Hearts is a 12-week, community-based program that has demonstrated effectiveness at improving CVD risk factors, including body weight, diet quality, and physical activity in a controlled, randomized trial conducted with midlife and older overweight and obese subjects in Arkansas and Kansas. The central objective is to rigorously evaluate dissemination of the StrongWomen - Healthy Hearts Program using the RE-AIM framework to achieve maximal public health impact. Expanded dissemination will occur through the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) This partnership will leverage a long and successful collaboration between Tufts University and CSREES that provides strength training programs to older women in 41 states.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Tufts University
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Greater than 40 years of age * Female * BMI greater than 24 * sedentary (not doing any type of exercise more than once per week)
Exclusion criteria
* unstable medical condition that would preclude participation in an exercise program * current participation in another lifestyle modification program * cognitive impairment * pregnancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Body Weight | 9/2014-7/2015 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cardiorespiratory Fitness (1-Mile Walk Test) | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Self-Efficacy | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Perceived Social Support | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Civic Engagement | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Waist circumference | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Percent Body Fat | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Diet (24-hour recall) | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Physical Activity (IPAQ) | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Physical Activity (accelerometer) | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Blood Pressure | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Self-Regulation | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Collective Efficacy | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Perceived Stress | 9/2014-7/2015 |
Other
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Satisfaction with Intervention | 4/2014-7/2015 |
| Retention | 9/2014-7/2015 |
| Adherence | 9/2014-7/2015 |
Outcome results
None listed