Hamilton Kara C, Richardson Mark T, Owens Teirdre, Morris Timothy, Hathaway Elizabeth D, Higginbotham John C
Department of Health and Human Performance, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Drs Hamilton and Hathaway); and Departments of Kinesiology (Dr Richardson and Mr Morris) and Community and Rural Medicine (Dr Higginbotham), The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Ms Owens is Prevention Coordinator, Aliceville, Alabama.
Fam Community Health. 2017 Jan/Mar;40(1):3-10. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000132.
The overall objective of Project SHAPE (Shaping Health using Activity Photovoice and E-Video) was to improve physical activity levels of rural, medically underserved children by designing and implementing a culturally relevant physical activity intervention. This objective was met by using a community-based participatory research approach to design and implement an intervention that would positively affect the psychosocial constructs related to increasing physical activity, which, in turn, would lead to increases in the time spent in daily physical activity. This article describes the unique design of the intervention including its theoretical framework, its interrelated components, and the logistics involved.
