A Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake Through Black Churches: Results of the Eat for Life Trial

Evaluated an intervention, conducted through black churches, to increase fruit and vegetable intake. Churches received either standard intervention; culturally sensitive, multicomponent self-help with one telephone cue call; or culturally sensitive multicomponent self-help with one cue call and thre...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2001-10, Vol.91 (10), p.1686-1693
Main Authors: Resnicow, Ken, Jackson, Alice, Wang, Terry, De, Anindya K, McCarty, Frances, Dudley, William N, Baranowski, Tom
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
African Americans
African Americans - psychology
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Black American people
Black Christian churches
Black churches
Black Community
Black Culture
Black people
Brochures
Churches
Consultants
Consumption
Cookbooks
Counseling
Culturally Relevant Education
Diet
Diet - psychology
Dietetics
Eating Habits
Fairs & exhibitions
Female
Focus groups
Fruit
Fruit - therapeutic use
Fruits
Health care
Health Promotion
Humans
Interview, Psychological
Low income groups
Male
Medical sciences
Motivation
Motivational interviewing
Nutrition education
Nutrition research
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Persuasive Communication
Phytotherapy
Prevention and actions
Promotion
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Recipes
Religion
Religion and Psychology
Religious organizations
Self help
Self Help Programs
Socioeconomic factors
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Support groups
USA
Vegetables
Vegetables - therapeutic use
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Summary:Evaluated an intervention, conducted through black churches, to increase fruit and vegetable intake. Churches received either standard intervention; culturally sensitive, multicomponent self-help with one telephone cue call; or culturally sensitive multicomponent self-help with one cue call and three counseling calls (with motivational interviewing). Motivational interviewing resulted in the greatest fruit and vegetable intake increases at 1-year followup. (SM)
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.91.10.1686