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Increasing Physical Activity Among Mexican American Women (The Enlace Study)

NCT00869583 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2019-08-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obesity is a serious health problem among Mexican American women. Obesity combined with a lack of physical activity can increase the risk for several diseases, including heart disease. This study will evaluate a program that aims to increase physical activity levels among women of Mexican origin in Columbia, South Carolina and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Activity Program

Participants will receive counseling from a community health educator that will focus on the importance of increasing physical activity. Participants will be encouraged to engage in moderate physical activity (3.0 to 6.0 metabolic equivalents \[METS\]) for 30 minutes on 5 or more days per week. Participants will be encouraged to start their physical activity program slowly and to gradually increase both frequency and intensity to meet the study goal (e.g., beginning with three sessions per week for 15 minutes and building up to five sessions per week for 30 minutes by Week 12). They will receive educational materials and telephone calls or visits from health educators on a monthly basis for 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Deborah Parra-Medina, PhD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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