The Church as a Bridge to Deliver Health Resources Via Telehealth

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Church; Healthcare Disparities; Mobile Health; Obesity; Primary Health Care; Weight Loss Programs; Minority Health; Telehealth; Community-based Participatory Research; Diet, Food, and Nutrition
• Interventions: Behavioral: Church Bridge Project

• Registration Number: NCT02773069
• Lead Sponsor: University of Southern Mississippi

Brief Summary

The proposed Church Bridge intervention project will provide an innovative, evidence-based and technology supported, health intervention model for Southern, African American, and rural populations who continue to be disparately burdened by obesity and associated co-morbidities (i.e., hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease). By targeting young adults (21-50 years of age) with families, the project will contribute to the long-term reduction of preventable chronic disease and related health care costs for the public.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-05-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-11
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-16
• Study Start: 2016-06
• Primary Completion: 2017-02
• Study Completion: 2017-07
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 31

Inclusion Criteria

• BMI >/=30
• Must have elementary aged child (5-11 years) in household

Exclusion Criteria

• Any health condition where weight loss is contraindicated
• Complicated disease states (ie., advanced renal disease or heart failure)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Weight loss program	Church Bridge Project	Participants will attend a 12 session weight loss program accompanied by maintenance support delivered by a church. Program will include peer education, telenutrition counseling and mobile health feedback.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in weight at six months	6 months