Journal article
Secretos de la Buena Vida: processes of dietary change via a tailored nutrition communication intervention for Latinas
Health education research, Vol.24(5), pp.855-866
04/01/2009
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp022
PMCID: PMC2738959
PMID: 19339374
Abstract
Secretos de la Buena Vida
was a successful tailored nutrition communication intervention delivered to Latinas living along the US–Mexico border in California. The intervention was delivered over a 14-week period and consisted of three intervention conditions: weekly home visits with promotoras + weekly tailored mailed newsletters in the first condition, weekly tailored mailed newsletters in the second condition and targeted materials in the attention control condition. The current study examined what elements of the promotora + tailored newsletter and tailored newsletter-only conditions were most effective for behavioral adoption and maintenance in a sample of 238 Latina women. Process evaluation measures assessed the implementation, fidelity and dose of these two intervention conditions. Results indicate that there was high fidelity to program implementation and delivery. Perceived effort, perceived support and intervention length predicted adoption of a lower fat diet at the 15-month follow-up. In the promotora + tailored newsletter condition, married women were four times more likely to be adopters of dietary fat changes than single women. These findings highlight the importance of process evaluation measures and help us understand the mechanism by which tailored print materials and interpersonal health communication via promotoras can facilitate health behavior change.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Secretos de la Buena Vida: processes of dietary change via a tailored nutrition communication intervention for Latinas
- Creators
- Barbara Baquero - San Diego State UniversityGuadalupe X. Ayala - San Diego State UniversityElva M. Arredondo - San Diego State UniversityNadia R. Campbell - San Diego State UniversityDonald J. Slymen - San Diego State UniversityLinda Gallo - San Diego State UniversityJohn P. Elder - San Diego State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health education research, Vol.24(5), pp.855-866
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/her/cyp022
- PMID
- 19339374
- PMCID
- PMC2738959
- ISSN
- 0268-1153
- eISSN
- 1465-3648
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984364413802771
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