Engagement of Black youth in CBPR projects can yield valuable data to design more culturally responsive and developmentally appropriate interventions. Youth are competent collectors of information to identify needed changes in their schools/communities and about the use of technology/social media to facilitate improved health practices among their peers and should be involved early in the process of developing targeted obesity prevention interventions and/or programs.
Keyphrases
- social media
- physical activity
- health information
- african american
- young adults
- healthcare
- public health
- cancer therapy
- mental health
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- body mass index
- primary care
- type diabetes
- electronic health record
- quality improvement
- weight gain
- big data
- cardiovascular disease
- drug delivery
- high fat diet induced
- machine learning
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue
- artificial intelligence
- human health
- climate change
- health promotion