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Tu Salud Si Cuenta: UT Community Outreach Program for Community-based Diabetes Prevention and Control.

NCT01168765 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2013-05-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Building from existing intervention strategies designed for the Mexican American population entitled Tu Salud Si Cuenta(TSSC) or Your Health Matters. This intervention highlights in the media successful role models who have changed their food choices and physical activity levels. In addition, the intervention designs environmental changes to help community members carry out recommended behavior change strategies. The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of the outreach elements of the Tu Salud Si Cuenta (TSSC) media campaign, a physical activity and healthful food choice intervention among Mexican Americans in the Lower Rio Grande Valley to achieve behavioral and clinical outcomes.

Conditions

  • Diabetes, Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tu Salud Si Cuenta Behavioral Intervention

A behavioral intervention to assess the impact of the TSSC Media Campaign intervention outreach components with two study arms. The first arm is comprised of participants enrolled in the TSSC Media Campaign(control group) and the second arm(intervention group)consisting of participants exposed to media campaign who will be exposed to additional outreach efforts by monthly visits from lay health workers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Belinda Reininger, DrPH · University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health-Brownsville Regional Campus

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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