School of Nursing, Clemson University, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
Fam Community Health. 2010 Apr-Jun;33(2):133-43. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181d594d5.
Obesity continues to be a significant health problem for African American women. While a number of obesity interventions target urban African American women, few target rural ones. The LIFE Project is a 10-week intervention designed to reduce obesity in this rural population. Two different interventions (spiritually based and nonspiritually based) were pilot tested, each utilizing a pretest, posttest design. Results demonstrated that both interventions led to significant reductions in weight, but the spiritually based intervention led to additional improvements. The LIFE Project also demonstrated that churches are appropriate settings to deliver health interventions to these women.
肥胖问题仍然是美国非裔女性面临的重大健康问题之一。尽管有许多针对城市非裔美国女性的肥胖干预措施，但针对农村非裔女性的却很少。LIFE 项目是一项为期 10 周的干预措施，旨在减少这一农村人群的肥胖率。该项目对两种不同的干预措施（基于精神和非基于精神的干预措施）进行了试点测试，每种干预措施都采用了前测后测设计。结果表明，这两种干预措施都显著降低了体重，但基于精神的干预措施还带来了额外的改善。LIFE 项目还表明，教堂是向这些女性提供健康干预措施的合适场所。
