TY - JOUR
T1 - Church-based health behavior programs
T2 - Using social cognitive theory to formulate interventions for at-risk populations
AU - Winett, Richard A.
AU - Anderson, Eileen S.
AU - Whiteley, Jessica A.
AU - Wojcik, Janet R.
AU - Rovniak, Liza S.
AU - Graves, Kristi D.
AU - Galper, Daniel I.
AU - Winett, Sheila G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Epidemiological analyses (McGinnis & Foege, 1993; United States Department of Health and Human Services [USD-HHS], 1990) conclude that in developed countries major contributors to all-cause premature mortality and morbidity are smoking, alcohol abuse, inappropriate diet, and a sedentary lifestyle. These risk behaviors are more prevalent in population segments with less income and education (Jones et al., 1998; Kaplan, Sallis, and Patterson, 1993). Therefore, of prime importance is the search for viable health-behavior interventions, particularly for people from lower socioeconomic groups. This article briefly reviews some of the recent epidemiological data pertaining especially to nutrition and activity behaviors and then selectively focuses on well-known, large-scale preventive interventions to modify these health behaviors. With some exceptions, recent reports suggest many of these preventive interventions have not been able to sustain substantial behavior changes. A case is made for developing partment of Psychology,V irginiaT ech, Blacksburg,V a 24061-0436. E-mail: [email protected] The developmento f this project and writing of this article were supported by grant 2RO1CA45926--06AI from the National Cancer Institute and an ASPIRES grant from Virginia Tech.
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PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Epidemiological analyses conclude that the major contributors to all-cause premature mortality and morbidity are smoking, alcohol abuse, inappropriate diet, and a sedentary lifestyle. Efforts to modify these health behaviors in populations with community and worksite interventions, although initially promising, have had difficulty in sustaining health-behavior changes. More intensive, theoretically based interventions targeted to at-risk groups and delivered in smaller social units, such as churches and other religious organizations, have been recommended. An intervention based on social cognitive theory that entails integrating self-regulatory procedures with social and environmental supports in rural churches serving people from lower socioeconomic groups is described in detail.
AB - Epidemiological analyses conclude that the major contributors to all-cause premature mortality and morbidity are smoking, alcohol abuse, inappropriate diet, and a sedentary lifestyle. Efforts to modify these health behaviors in populations with community and worksite interventions, although initially promising, have had difficulty in sustaining health-behavior changes. More intensive, theoretically based interventions targeted to at-risk groups and delivered in smaller social units, such as churches and other religious organizations, have been recommended. An intervention based on social cognitive theory that entails integrating self-regulatory procedures with social and environmental supports in rural churches serving people from lower socioeconomic groups is described in detail.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0962-1849(99)80004-3
DO - 10.1016/S0962-1849(99)80004-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033455245
SN - 0962-1849
VL - 8
SP - 129
EP - 142
JO - Applied and Preventive Psychology
JF - Applied and Preventive Psychology
IS - 2
ER -
