TY - JOUR
T1 - The StrongWomen–Healthy Hearts program in Pennsylvania
T2 - RE-AIM analysis
AU - Folta, Sara C.
AU - Lichtenstein, Alice H.
AU - Seguin, Rebecca A.
AU - Goldberg, Jeanne P.
AU - Corbin, Marilyn A.
AU - Wiker, Nancy
AU - Gauker, Jodi
AU - Chui, Kenneth
AU - Nelson, Miriam E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Society of Behavioral Medicine.
PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - Dissemination of evidence-based programs is needed to reduce CVD risk among midlife and older women. The aim of this study is to examine the public health impact of StrongWomen–Healthy Hearts in Pennsylvania using the RE-AIM framework. Reach, adoption, implementation, and maintenance were assessed using qualitative and quantitative measures; effectiveness was assessed using a pretest-posttest within-participants design. Reach into the target population was 5 in 100,000. Compared to the target population, a greater percentage of participants were white, married, middle-class, and had a graduate degree. Effectiveness was demonstrated (weight loss −2.0 kg, p < 0.001). Adoption among trained leaders was high (83.3 %), as was fidelity in implementation (average score 9.3 of 10). No leaders maintained the program. To increase impact of the StrongWomen–Healthy Hearts Program, it will be important to lower the costs and modify the recruitment and training strategies to better reach low-income and minority women. Such strategies may also improve program maintenance.
AB - Dissemination of evidence-based programs is needed to reduce CVD risk among midlife and older women. The aim of this study is to examine the public health impact of StrongWomen–Healthy Hearts in Pennsylvania using the RE-AIM framework. Reach, adoption, implementation, and maintenance were assessed using qualitative and quantitative measures; effectiveness was assessed using a pretest-posttest within-participants design. Reach into the target population was 5 in 100,000. Compared to the target population, a greater percentage of participants were white, married, middle-class, and had a graduate degree. Effectiveness was demonstrated (weight loss −2.0 kg, p < 0.001). Adoption among trained leaders was high (83.3 %), as was fidelity in implementation (average score 9.3 of 10). No leaders maintained the program. To increase impact of the StrongWomen–Healthy Hearts Program, it will be important to lower the costs and modify the recruitment and training strategies to better reach low-income and minority women. Such strategies may also improve program maintenance.
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U2 - 10.1007/s13142-014-0286-8
DO - 10.1007/s13142-014-0286-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 25729458
AN - SCOPUS:84924040011
SN - 1869-6716
VL - 5
SP - 94
EP - 102
JO - Translational behavioral medicine
JF - Translational behavioral medicine
IS - 1
ER -
