Educational Interventions to Promote Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Among Older Chinese Americans: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.

Auteur(s) :
McPhee SJ., Nguyen TT., Jih J., Le G., Woo K., Tsoh JY., Stewart S., Gildengorin G., Burke A., Wong C., Chan E., Fung LC., Yu F., Pasick R.
Date :
Mar, 2016
Source(s) :
American journal of public health. #: pe1-e7
Adresse :
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. [email protected]

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OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the efficacy of an in-language intervention of 2 lectures plus printed materials versus printed materials alone on knowledge and adherence to nutrition and physical activity guidelines among older Chinese Americans in San Francisco, California.

METHODS
From August 2010 to September 2013, we randomized 756 Chinese Americans aged 50 to 75 years to either lectures plus print (n = 361) or print (n = 357). Clusters were the participants recruited by each lay health worker. Intervention outcomes were changes in knowledge of recommended vegetable intake, fruit intake, and physical activity level and adherence to those recommendations from pre- to 6 months postintervention.

RESULTS
The retention rate was 99%. At baseline, knowledge and adherence to recommendations were low. Print yielded increases in knowledge of recommended vegetable intake and physical activity level and adherence to fruit intake and physical activity recommendations. Lectures plus print had significant increases in all 6 outcomes. In multivariable models, lectures plus print was superior to print for knowledge of vegetable (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 12.61; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 6.50, 24.45) and fruit (AOR = 16.16; 95% CI = 5.61, 46.51) intake recommendations and adherence to vegetable intake recommendations (AOR = 5.53; 95% CI = 1.96, 15.58).

CONCLUSIONS
In-language print materials, alone and combined with lectures, increased nutrition and physical activity knowledge and behaviors among older Chinese Americans. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print March 17, 2016: e1-e7. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303111).

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