TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Relevancy of a Diabetes Prevention Nutrition Program for African American Women
AU - Williams, James Herbert
AU - Auslander, Wendy F.
AU - de Groot, Mary
AU - Robinson, Adjoa Dionne
AU - Houston, Cheryl
AU - Haire-Joshu, Debra
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Diabetes among African American women is a pressing health concern, yet there are few evaluated culturally relevant prevention programs for this population. This article describes a case study of the Eat Well Live Well Nutrition Program, a community-based, culturally specific diabetes prevention nutrition program for African American women. The stages of change theory and principles from community organization guided the development of the program. Health education strategies, including participatory development and program delivery by peer educators, were applied to promote cultural relevance. Results indicated that overall participants (90%) believed the program to be culturally relevant and were very satisfied with the program (82%). Cultural relevancy was significantly associated with greater program satisfaction and changes in dietary patterns when controlling for the number of sessions attended. Conclusions suggest that participatory strategies can be effective in designing culturally specific prevention programs for African American women.
AB - Diabetes among African American women is a pressing health concern, yet there are few evaluated culturally relevant prevention programs for this population. This article describes a case study of the Eat Well Live Well Nutrition Program, a community-based, culturally specific diabetes prevention nutrition program for African American women. The stages of change theory and principles from community organization guided the development of the program. Health education strategies, including participatory development and program delivery by peer educators, were applied to promote cultural relevance. Results indicated that overall participants (90%) believed the program to be culturally relevant and were very satisfied with the program (82%). Cultural relevancy was significantly associated with greater program satisfaction and changes in dietary patterns when controlling for the number of sessions attended. Conclusions suggest that participatory strategies can be effective in designing culturally specific prevention programs for African American women.
KW - African American women
KW - cultural relevancy
KW - diabetes prevention
KW - dietary behaviors
KW - stages of change
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33645059211
U2 - 10.1177/1524839905275393
DO - 10.1177/1524839905275393
M3 - Article
C2 - 2006094588
AN - SCOPUS:33645059211
SN - 1524-8399
VL - 7
SP - 56
EP - 67
JO - Health promotion practice
JF - Health promotion practice
IS - 1
ER -