A Church-Based Intervention To Increase Physical Activi*

以教会为基础的增加身体活动的干预措施*

• 批准号: 6627734
• 负责人: Melicia C Whitt-Glover
• 金额: $ 6.84万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-10 至 2003-12-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6627734
• 关键词: African American; behavioral /social science research tag; body physical activity; clinical research; education evaluation /planning; female; health behavior; health education; human subject; lifestyle; religion; social group process; weight control; weight gain

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's abstract) The candidate, Melicia Whitt, Ph.D., is trained in Exercise Physiology and Epidemiology, with a subspecialty in physical activity (PA) epidemiology. She is currently engaged in a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), where she is involved in a pilot weight gain prevention program for African American (AA) women and an ancillary study of PA measurement methods among AA women. Dr. Whitt has a strong interest in pursuing an academic career in research related to PA with a focus on issues related to minority populations, including associations between PA and health, PA determinants, and understanding the design and conduct of programs to increase PA and promote health. Dr. Whitt's initial training focused on the assessment of physical activity. The proposed training will provide the additional exposure and experience necessary to support a career as an independent and productive researcher in other areas related to PA and will focus on analyses of determinants of PA in both observational and intervention settings, and the design, conduct, and behavioral outcomes of PA interventions. The specific aims of the training program are: 1) to fill in gaps in knowledge of critical content areas related to the epidemiology of CVD and approaches to related to publication and grantsmanship. The training program will include continued participation in and analysis of several ongoing and pending lifestyle change projects (e.g., weight management programs for AAs; evaluation of programs to increase PA and healthy behaviors), development, implementation, and analysis of an independent church-based PA intervention, manuscript preparation, additional course work at Penn, attendance at specialty courses (e.g., independent R01 proposal during year 5). Dr. Whitt will be mentored by Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika, an established nutrition epidemiology researcher with specific expertise in lifestyle behavior change interventions among AAs. She will also have an advisory committee of established researchers in the areas of PA determinants, statistics, lifestyle change interventions, and issues related to adherence to behavioral change. This award will be carried out in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) at the Penn School of Medicine. CCEB faculty includes M.D. and Ph.D. epidemiologists and biostatisticians. Research programs include observational studies and clinical trials addressing diverse clinical and public health problems. Dr. Whitt will be able to collaborate formally with faculty through courses and seminars offered by the CCEB.

描述 （申请人的摘要）候选人Melicia Whitt博士接受培训 运动生理学和流行病学，具有体育锻炼的专业 （PA）流行病学。 她目前正在参加博士后奖学金 宾夕法尼亚大学（宾夕法尼亚大学），她参与了飞行员的体重 获得非裔美国人（AA）妇女的预防计划和辅助研究 AA妇女中的PA测量方法。 惠特博士对 从事与PA有关的研究职业，重点是问题 与少数族裔人口有关，包括PA与健康之间的关联， PA决定因素，并了解计划的设计和行为 增加PA并促进健康。 惠特博士的最初培训的重点是 评估体育锻炼。 拟议的培训将为 额外的曝光和经验，以支持职业 与PA有关的其他领域的独立和生产研究人员，将 专注于观察和干预中PA决定因素的分析 设置以及PA的设计，行为和行为结果 干预措施。 培训计划的具体目的是：1）填写 与CVD流行病学有关的关键内容领域的知识差距 以及与出版和授予技巧有关的方法。 培训 计划将包括继续参与和分析几个 正在进行的和未决的生活方式改变项目（例如，体重管理 AAS的程序；评估增加PA和健康的计划 行为），开发，实施和分析独立的 基于教会的PA干预，手稿准备，其他课程工作 在宾夕法尼亚 在第五年）。 惠特博士将由Shiriki Kumanyika博士指导 建立的营养流行病学研究人员具有特定的专业知识 生活方式行为改变AAS之间的干预措施。 她还将有一个 PA决定因素领域的成熟研究人员的咨询委员会， 统计数据，生活方式改变干预措施以及与遵守有关的问题 行为改变。 该奖项将在临床中心进行 宾夕法尼亚州医学院的流行病学和生物统计学（CCEB）。 CCEB 教师包括医学博士和博士学位流行病学家和生物统计学家。 研究计划包括观察研究和解决临床试验 多样化的临床和公共卫生问题。 惠特博士将能够 通过课程和研讨会正式与教师合作 CCEB。