Healthy Rural Texas
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Evidence-based family-focused intervention promoting healthy lifestyles in rural Latino families
Project Summary:
Healthy Rural Texas (formerly Healthy Frio) promotes healthy lifestyles in rural Latino families through a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of two approaches to healthy lifestyle intervention.
This study examines the delivery of a family-based program designed to counter the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases in rural Latino populations in South Texas. In order to identify best practices for family-focused interventions in a rural setting, two versions of the program will be offered, one version delivered to families in-person in a group setting at a community setting, and the other delivered using digital media and cell-phone technology. Each group will participate in a 12-week program designed to engage the entire family in lifestyle changes by improving knowledge and skills in physical activity and healthy eating, building goal-setting and self-monitoring skills, and fostering a supportive home environment.
Key words: Latino, rural, evidence-based, family-focused, m-health (mobile health), obesity, prevention, nutrition, physical activity
Project Details:
Principal Investigator: Deborah Parra-Medina, Ph.D.
Project Title: Healthy Frio: A Rural Community Partnership to Advance Latino Obesity Research (R01NR016269)
Funder: National Institute of Nursing Research
Collaborators: David Akopian, Ph.D., UT San Antonio; Zenong Yin, Ph.D., UT San Antonio; Yuanyuan Liand, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore; Manual A. Oscos-Sanchez, MD., UT Health Science Center San Antonio; Adelita Cantu, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center San Antonio; Paula Winkler, M.Ed., UT Health Science Center San Antonio; Louis Lopez, YMCA of Greater San Antonio; Vanessa Errisuriz, Ph.D., UT Austin; Christina Leal, MSW, UT Austin; Eva Gonzalez Villanueva, MSSW, MPH, UT Austin.
Project Period: 2016-2021
Location: Frio County, Texas
Evidence-based family-focused intervention promoting healthy lifestyles in rural Latino families
Project Summary:
Healthy Rural Texas (formerly Healthy Frio) promotes healthy lifestyles in rural Latino families through a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of two approaches to healthy lifestyle intervention.
This study examines the delivery of a family-based program designed to counter the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases in rural Latino populations in South Texas. In order to identify best practices for family-focused interventions in a rural setting, two versions of the program will be offered, one version delivered to families in-person in a group setting at a community setting, and the other delivered using digital media and cell-phone technology. Each group will participate in a 12-week program designed to engage the entire family in lifestyle changes by improving knowledge and skills in physical activity and healthy eating, building goal-setting and self-monitoring skills, and fostering a supportive home environment.
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Key words: Latino, rural, evidence-based, family-focused, m-health (mobile health), obesity, prevention, nutrition, physical activity
Project Details:
Principal Investigator: Deborah Parra-Medina, MPH, PhD, FAAHB
Project Title: Healthy Frio: A Rural Community Partnership to Advance Latino Obesity Research (R01NR016269)
Funder: National Institute of Nursing Research
Collaborators: David Akopian, PhD, UTSA; Zenong Yin, PhD, UTSA; Yuanyuan Liang, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Manuel Angel Oscos-Sanchez, MD, UTHSCSA; Adelita Cantu, PhD, UTHSCSA; Paula Winkler, M.Ed., UTHSCSA; Louis Lopez, YMCA of Greater San Antonio
Project Period: 2016-2021
Location: Frio County, Texas
