Dietary change for cardiovascular disease prevention among Black-American families.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Baranowski, Tom; Henske, Janice; Simons-Morton, Bruce; Palmer, Judy; Tiernan, Kathy; Hooks, Paul C.; Dunn, J. Kay
- Source
- Health Education Research; Dec1990, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p433-443, 11p
- Subject
- Feasibility studies
Health education
Diet in disease
Cardiovascular diseases
African Americans
United States
- Language
- ISSN
- 02681153
The article provides information on a center-based cardiovascular disease prevention program that was conducted as a feasibility study to lower sodium and saturated fat in the diets of African American families with fifth through seventh grade children in one U.S. southwest city. The experimental group attended 14 consecutive weeks of education sessions at a central facility. Dependent variables were measured on a 2-week food frequency questionnaire and 24-h dietary recall. Assessment of behavioral capability and self-efficacy for dietary change was also done. People started to come in fewer numbers after the fourth week of the program.