Development, implementation and participant evaluation of combining text messaging and peer group support in a weight management programme for African-American women.
Sohye LeeRuth LindquistErica SchorrChih-Lin ChiDiane J Treat-JacobsonPublished in: Journal of research in nursing : JRN (2020)
This paper provides a blueprint of the methodological aspects and insights from participants' evaluation of a combined weight management intervention that can be used or adapted by public health nurses and other community health professionals in their work to develop weight management skills among African-American women.
Keyphrases
- african american
- public health
- body mass index
- healthcare
- physical activity
- weight loss
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- mental health
- randomized controlled trial
- weight gain
- primary care
- smoking cessation
- pregnancy outcomes
- body weight
- clinical trial
- type diabetes
- pregnant women
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- study protocol