Faith-Based Initiative to Promote Health in Appalachia

Status:	Completed
Conditions:	Cancer, Cancer, Obesity Weight Loss
Therapuetic Areas:	Endocrinology, Oncology
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	18 - Any
Updated:	6/17/2017
Start Date:	April 2013

Appalachia Community Cancer Network II Centers for Reducing Cancer Disparities: Faith-Based Initiative to Promote Health in Appalachia

The project will target two behavioral causes of obesity: a sedentary lifestyle and an
unhealthy diet. The goal is to test a faith-based intervention among men and women who are
members of participating Appalachian churches.

The primary hypothesis being tested in this project is: The change in body mass index from
baseline to one year follow-up in intervention churches will be greater than among
comparison churches, such that the differential change will be negative on average.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 or older

- Member of the participating church who has attended services at least 4 times in the
past 2 months

- resident of an Appalachia county

- Able bodied (no contraindications to physical activity and no dietary restrictions
that are part of a medically prescribed diet for weight loss or formal weight loss
program)

- Able to read and write in English

- Have a BMI indicating that they are overweight (BMI > or = 25.0, assessed during
biometric measurement)

- Under 400 pounds (per self-report and confirmed during biometric measurement)

- Not planning to move out of the area within the next year

- Does not reside in nursing facility or residential home

- If female, is not pregnant, breastfeeding or less than 9 months post-partum and does
not intend to become pregnant during the study

- Able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Does not meet Inclusion criteria

We found this trial at

sites

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

(304) 293-0111