SHE Tribe: An Intervention to Improve Health Behavior Among Women in Underserved Communities

NCT03463213 | Unknown

• 2 other identifiers: 2017-148U54MD006882-06
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 240
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

While healthy lifestyle behaviors have been identified as instrumental to preventing chronic disease, programs to successfully promote healthy behavior adoption in underserved communities have had limited sustainable success. SHE Tribe is a culturally tailored, social network intervention created through CBPR to overcome previously identified barriers and improve health behavior among women in underserved communities.

Conditions

Health Promotion

Keywords

health behavior; chronic disease prevention; healthy lifestyle

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Healthy Habits Tracking

  This tool includes 42 items representing tracking and monitoring behaviors, such as weighing oneself, keeping a food diary, etc... Each is answered with a yes/no (0/1) response. Scores range from 0 to 42. The questionnaire is administered at baseline and again at 8 weeks. The desired outcome is an increase in the total score between baseline and 8 weeks.

  Baseline and 8 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Social Support for Diet and Physical Activity

  Baseline and 8 weeks.

• Coping with stress

  Baseline and 8 weeks.

• Body Appreciation Scale (BAS-2)

  Baseline and 8 weeks.

• Healthy Lifestyle Activation

  Baseline and 8 weeks.

• Fruit and vegetable consumption

  Baseline and 8 weeks.

Study Arms (1)

SHE Tribe

EXPERIMENTAL

SHE Tribe is a social network-based peer-facilitated intervention to promote adoption of health behaviors

Behavioral: SHE Tribe

Interventions

SHE Tribe BEHAVIORAL

Social network-based peer-facilitated intervention to promote adoption of health behavior

SHE Tribe

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: Must self-represent as a female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Female
• representative of underserved community (determined by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and/or neighborhood)
• and older

You may not qualify if:

• Males
• Children

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Texas Health Science Center: lead
• YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: collaborator
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Fort Worth, Texas, 76107, United States

RECRUITING

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Related Links

• Diabetes Prevention Programs: Effectiveness and Value

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Emily Spence-Almaguer, PhD

  UNT Health Science Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Emily E Spence-Almaguer, PhD

CONTACT

817-735-2323; emily.spence-almaguer@unthsc.edu

Shlesma Chhetri, MPH

CONTACT

817-735-2378; shlesma.chhetri@unthsc.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Dean; Associate Professor

Model Details: This is a feasibility study with a single group pre/post outcome design.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 10, 2018
• First Posted: March 13, 2018
• Study Start: May 16, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2020
• Study Completion: August 1, 2020
• Last Updated: June 6, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)