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Teufel-Shone, Nicolette; Gamber, Michelle; Watahomigie, Helen; Siyuja, Jr T J; Crozier, Laurie; Irwin, Sandra L Preventing Chronic Disease, 11 (E166), 2014. @article{Teufel-Shone2014, title = {Using a participatory research approach in a school-based physical activity intervention to prevent diabetes in the Hualapai Indian community, Arizona, 2002-2006}, author = {Nicolette Teufel-Shone and Michelle Gamber and Helen Watahomigie and Jr T. J. Siyuja and Laurie Crozier and Sandra L Irwin}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25254984}, doi = {10.5888/pcd11.130397}, year = {2014}, date = {2014-09-25}, journal = {Preventing Chronic Disease}, volume = {11}, number = {E166}, abstract = {INTRODUCTION: In the United States, type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions among indigenous people. Community-based participatory research offers American Indian communities and university partners an opportunity to integrate skills in community action and systematic inquiry to develop locally acceptable primary prevention interventions to combat diabetes risk factors. The Hualapai Tribe and the University of Arizona designed, implemented, and assessed a school-based physical activity intervention to reduce diabetes risk factors among youth. METHODS: During a 2-year period, trained community members led in-school physical activity classes 2 times per week among students in grades 3 through 8. Body mass index (BMI), fitness measures, and fasting blood glucose level were measured on 6 occasions. Descriptive statistics and t tests were used to assess change in outcome measures. RESULTS: Of the more than 100 youth who took part in the physical activity classes for 2 years, 71 youth (38 male, 33 female) participated in 3 or more data collection sessions. Over time, the percentage of youth with a high fasting blood glucose level of more than 125 mg/dL decreased concurrently with significant improvements in fitness measures. However, BMI increased in both male and female participants. The high number of youth who missed more than 3 data collection sessions was attributed to poor school attendance and tardiness. CONCLUSION: Classes led by lay physical activity leaders can affect diabetes risk factors in youth. Incongruous health and fitness outcomes suggest that one indicator does not adequately define the risk profile; BMI alone may not be sufficient as a measure of diabetes risk in youth.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } INTRODUCTION: In the United States, type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions among indigenous people. Community-based participatory research offers American Indian communities and university partners an opportunity to integrate skills in community action and systematic inquiry to develop locally acceptable primary prevention interventions to combat diabetes risk factors. The Hualapai Tribe and the University of Arizona designed, implemented, and assessed a school-based physical activity intervention to reduce diabetes risk factors among youth. METHODS: During a 2-year period, trained community members led in-school physical activity classes 2 times per week among students in grades 3 through 8. Body mass index (BMI), fitness measures, and fasting blood glucose level were measured on 6 occasions. Descriptive statistics and t tests were used to assess change in outcome measures. RESULTS: Of the more than 100 youth who took part in the physical activity classes for 2 years, 71 youth (38 male, 33 female) participated in 3 or more data collection sessions. Over time, the percentage of youth with a high fasting blood glucose level of more than 125 mg/dL decreased concurrently with significant improvements in fitness measures. However, BMI increased in both male and female participants. The high number of youth who missed more than 3 data collection sessions was attributed to poor school attendance and tardiness. CONCLUSION: Classes led by lay physical activity leaders can affect diabetes risk factors in youth. Incongruous health and fitness outcomes suggest that one indicator does not adequately define the risk profile; BMI alone may not be sufficient as a measure of diabetes risk in youth. |
Cornejo, Elsa; Denman, Catalina A; Sabo, Samantha; de Zapién, Jill; Rosales, Cecilia Scoping Review of Community Health Worker/Promotora-Based Chronic Disease Primary Prevention Programs on the U.S.-Mexico Border Technical Report Avance de Investigación El Colegio de Sonora 2011. @techreport{Cornejo2011, title = {Scoping Review of Community Health Worker/Promotora-Based Chronic Disease Primary Prevention Programs on the U.S.-Mexico Border}, author = {Elsa Cornejo and Catalina A Denman and Samantha Sabo and Jill de Zapién and Cecilia Rosales}, url = {http://www.academia.edu/1222647/Chronic_Disease_Primary_Prevention_Programs_on_the_US-Mexico_Border}, year = {2011}, date = {2011-04-01}, institution = {Avance de Investigación El Colegio de Sonora}, organization = {U.S.-Mexico Border Center of Excellence to Counter Chronic Disease}, school = {University of Arizona}, abstract = {The transformation of the epidemiologic profile at the turn of the century, coupled with the continuing increase of chronic disease worldwide, has serious impacts on the personal, sociocultural and economic costs of disease (who 2008). Complex issues and interactions at the U.S.- Mexico border, including health systems disparities, an intense exchange between a diversity of cultures, the paradoxes of global interdependence, and a shared impact of disease make effective chronic disease prevention a challenge (Rodríguez-Saldaña 2005). Knowledge is required about available health promotion resources in the region and how they navigate across and within nations and communities (Bowman and Vinicor 2005). This report identifies the need to develop, implement, evaluate and reproduce effective, sustainable community-based interventions in order to successfully reinforce and increase the implementation of necessary health promotion activities, including primary and secondary prevention to counter chronic disease. It is rooted in other reviews which have recognized the success of community health workers (chws)/promotoras de salud1 in promoting healthy lifestyle changes and reducing the burden of chronic disease (Gibbons and Tyrus 2007; Lewin et al. 2005; Nemcek and Sabatier 2003; Swider 2002). The specific objectives of this report are to: • identify existing community health worker chronic disease primary prevention programs2 on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border; • describe how they measure success and/or effectiveness and discuss what evidence-based programs could be implemented in other sites; • understand the issues of empowerment, advocacy and the role of promotoras and health institutions in chronic disease prevention, and • explore the interaction between national and local public health policy}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {techreport} } The transformation of the epidemiologic profile at the turn of the century, coupled with the continuing increase of chronic disease worldwide, has serious impacts on the personal, sociocultural and economic costs of disease (who 2008). Complex issues and interactions at the U.S.- Mexico border, including health systems disparities, an intense exchange between a diversity of cultures, the paradoxes of global interdependence, and a shared impact of disease make effective chronic disease prevention a challenge (Rodríguez-Saldaña 2005). Knowledge is required about available health promotion resources in the region and how they navigate across and within nations and communities (Bowman and Vinicor 2005). This report identifies the need to develop, implement, evaluate and reproduce effective, sustainable community-based interventions in order to successfully reinforce and increase the implementation of necessary health promotion activities, including primary and secondary prevention to counter chronic disease. It is rooted in other reviews which have recognized the success of community health workers (chws)/promotoras de salud1 in promoting healthy lifestyle changes and reducing the burden of chronic disease (Gibbons and Tyrus 2007; Lewin et al. 2005; Nemcek and Sabatier 2003; Swider 2002). The specific objectives of this report are to: • identify existing community health worker chronic disease primary prevention programs2 on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border; • describe how they measure success and/or effectiveness and discuss what evidence-based programs could be implemented in other sites; • understand the issues of empowerment, advocacy and the role of promotoras and health institutions in chronic disease prevention, and • explore the interaction between national and local public health policy |
2014 |
Teufel-Shone, Nicolette; Gamber, Michelle; Watahomigie, Helen; Siyuja, Jr T J; Crozier, Laurie; Irwin, Sandra L Preventing Chronic Disease, 11 (E166), 2014. @article{Teufel-Shone2014, title = {Using a participatory research approach in a school-based physical activity intervention to prevent diabetes in the Hualapai Indian community, Arizona, 2002-2006}, author = {Nicolette Teufel-Shone and Michelle Gamber and Helen Watahomigie and Jr T. J. Siyuja and Laurie Crozier and Sandra L Irwin}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25254984}, doi = {10.5888/pcd11.130397}, year = {2014}, date = {2014-09-25}, journal = {Preventing Chronic Disease}, volume = {11}, number = {E166}, abstract = {INTRODUCTION: In the United States, type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions among indigenous people. Community-based participatory research offers American Indian communities and university partners an opportunity to integrate skills in community action and systematic inquiry to develop locally acceptable primary prevention interventions to combat diabetes risk factors. The Hualapai Tribe and the University of Arizona designed, implemented, and assessed a school-based physical activity intervention to reduce diabetes risk factors among youth. METHODS: During a 2-year period, trained community members led in-school physical activity classes 2 times per week among students in grades 3 through 8. Body mass index (BMI), fitness measures, and fasting blood glucose level were measured on 6 occasions. Descriptive statistics and t tests were used to assess change in outcome measures. RESULTS: Of the more than 100 youth who took part in the physical activity classes for 2 years, 71 youth (38 male, 33 female) participated in 3 or more data collection sessions. Over time, the percentage of youth with a high fasting blood glucose level of more than 125 mg/dL decreased concurrently with significant improvements in fitness measures. However, BMI increased in both male and female participants. The high number of youth who missed more than 3 data collection sessions was attributed to poor school attendance and tardiness. CONCLUSION: Classes led by lay physical activity leaders can affect diabetes risk factors in youth. Incongruous health and fitness outcomes suggest that one indicator does not adequately define the risk profile; BMI alone may not be sufficient as a measure of diabetes risk in youth.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } INTRODUCTION: In the United States, type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions among indigenous people. Community-based participatory research offers American Indian communities and university partners an opportunity to integrate skills in community action and systematic inquiry to develop locally acceptable primary prevention interventions to combat diabetes risk factors. The Hualapai Tribe and the University of Arizona designed, implemented, and assessed a school-based physical activity intervention to reduce diabetes risk factors among youth. METHODS: During a 2-year period, trained community members led in-school physical activity classes 2 times per week among students in grades 3 through 8. Body mass index (BMI), fitness measures, and fasting blood glucose level were measured on 6 occasions. Descriptive statistics and t tests were used to assess change in outcome measures. RESULTS: Of the more than 100 youth who took part in the physical activity classes for 2 years, 71 youth (38 male, 33 female) participated in 3 or more data collection sessions. Over time, the percentage of youth with a high fasting blood glucose level of more than 125 mg/dL decreased concurrently with significant improvements in fitness measures. However, BMI increased in both male and female participants. The high number of youth who missed more than 3 data collection sessions was attributed to poor school attendance and tardiness. CONCLUSION: Classes led by lay physical activity leaders can affect diabetes risk factors in youth. Incongruous health and fitness outcomes suggest that one indicator does not adequately define the risk profile; BMI alone may not be sufficient as a measure of diabetes risk in youth. |
2011 |
Cornejo, Elsa; Denman, Catalina A; Sabo, Samantha; de Zapién, Jill; Rosales, Cecilia Scoping Review of Community Health Worker/Promotora-Based Chronic Disease Primary Prevention Programs on the U.S.-Mexico Border Technical Report Avance de Investigación El Colegio de Sonora 2011. @techreport{Cornejo2011, title = {Scoping Review of Community Health Worker/Promotora-Based Chronic Disease Primary Prevention Programs on the U.S.-Mexico Border}, author = {Elsa Cornejo and Catalina A Denman and Samantha Sabo and Jill de Zapién and Cecilia Rosales}, url = {http://www.academia.edu/1222647/Chronic_Disease_Primary_Prevention_Programs_on_the_US-Mexico_Border}, year = {2011}, date = {2011-04-01}, institution = {Avance de Investigación El Colegio de Sonora}, organization = {U.S.-Mexico Border Center of Excellence to Counter Chronic Disease}, school = {University of Arizona}, abstract = {The transformation of the epidemiologic profile at the turn of the century, coupled with the continuing increase of chronic disease worldwide, has serious impacts on the personal, sociocultural and economic costs of disease (who 2008). Complex issues and interactions at the U.S.- Mexico border, including health systems disparities, an intense exchange between a diversity of cultures, the paradoxes of global interdependence, and a shared impact of disease make effective chronic disease prevention a challenge (Rodríguez-Saldaña 2005). Knowledge is required about available health promotion resources in the region and how they navigate across and within nations and communities (Bowman and Vinicor 2005). This report identifies the need to develop, implement, evaluate and reproduce effective, sustainable community-based interventions in order to successfully reinforce and increase the implementation of necessary health promotion activities, including primary and secondary prevention to counter chronic disease. It is rooted in other reviews which have recognized the success of community health workers (chws)/promotoras de salud1 in promoting healthy lifestyle changes and reducing the burden of chronic disease (Gibbons and Tyrus 2007; Lewin et al. 2005; Nemcek and Sabatier 2003; Swider 2002). The specific objectives of this report are to: • identify existing community health worker chronic disease primary prevention programs2 on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border; • describe how they measure success and/or effectiveness and discuss what evidence-based programs could be implemented in other sites; • understand the issues of empowerment, advocacy and the role of promotoras and health institutions in chronic disease prevention, and • explore the interaction between national and local public health policy}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {techreport} } The transformation of the epidemiologic profile at the turn of the century, coupled with the continuing increase of chronic disease worldwide, has serious impacts on the personal, sociocultural and economic costs of disease (who 2008). Complex issues and interactions at the U.S.- Mexico border, including health systems disparities, an intense exchange between a diversity of cultures, the paradoxes of global interdependence, and a shared impact of disease make effective chronic disease prevention a challenge (Rodríguez-Saldaña 2005). Knowledge is required about available health promotion resources in the region and how they navigate across and within nations and communities (Bowman and Vinicor 2005). This report identifies the need to develop, implement, evaluate and reproduce effective, sustainable community-based interventions in order to successfully reinforce and increase the implementation of necessary health promotion activities, including primary and secondary prevention to counter chronic disease. It is rooted in other reviews which have recognized the success of community health workers (chws)/promotoras de salud1 in promoting healthy lifestyle changes and reducing the burden of chronic disease (Gibbons and Tyrus 2007; Lewin et al. 2005; Nemcek and Sabatier 2003; Swider 2002). The specific objectives of this report are to: • identify existing community health worker chronic disease primary prevention programs2 on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border; • describe how they measure success and/or effectiveness and discuss what evidence-based programs could be implemented in other sites; • understand the issues of empowerment, advocacy and the role of promotoras and health institutions in chronic disease prevention, and • explore the interaction between national and local public health policy |