Wilcox Resarch: Department of Exercise Science


PROJECT NAME:	Heart Healthy and Ethnically Relevant (HHER) Lifestyle Program
TIMELINE:	2004-2008
FUNDING SOURCE:	National Institutes of Health (NHLBI)
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:	Deborah Parra-Medina
CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:	Sara Wilcox
CO-INVESTIGATORS:	Dawn Wilson, Gwen Felton, Cheryl Addy, Mary Beth Poston
PROJECT OVERVIEW/ ABSTRACT:	This four-year year study is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NHLBI). The overall goal of the study is to advance our understanding of how to effectively promote CVD risk reduction in health care settings among financially disadvantaged African American women ages 35 years and older. The randomized trial compares women who receive brief counseling from their health care provider and goal setting from their nurse to increase physical activity and reduce saturated to women who receive the provider counseling and nurse goal setting plus a 12-month program of telephone-based counseling. Project Abstract
PUBLISHED PROJECT ARTICLES FROM HHER PILOT STUDY:
Parra-Medina, D., WILCOX, S., Thompson-Robinson, M., Sargent, R., Will, J.C. (2004). A replicable process for redesigning ethnically relevant educational materials. Journal of Women’s Health, 13(5), 579-588. Sellers, D.B., Thompson-Robinson, M., Parra-Medina, D., WILCOX, S., Thompson, N.L., Will, J.C. (2003). Readability of educational materials targeting CVD risk factors in African Americans and women. American Journal of Health Studies, 18(4), 188-194. WILCOX, S., Parra-Medina, D., Thompson-Robinson, M., & Will, J. (2001). Nutrition and physical activity interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in health care settings: a quantitative review with a focus on women. Nutrition Reviews*, 59(7), 197-215.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Heart Healthy and Ethnically Relevant (HHER) Tools Physical activity and healthy eating educational materials developed in the HHER Tools study (funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) , download PDFs below:

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