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Cassidy O, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Waters AJ, Shank LM, Pine A, Quattlebaum M, DeLeon PH, Bragg M, Sbrocco T. The impact of racially-targeted food marketing and attentional biases on consumption in Black adolescent females with and without obesity: Pilot data from the Black Adolescent & Entertainment (BAE) study. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0279871. [PMID: 36662840 PMCID: PMC9858861 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Unhealthy food advertisements ("advertisements" hereafter referred to as "ads") are linked to poor diet and obesity, and food companies disproportionally target Black youth. Little is known about the mechanisms whereby food ads influence diet. One possibility may be racially-targeted ads that appeal to Black youth. Those with food-related attentional biases may be especially vulnerable. The objective of this project was to assess the feasibility and initial effects of a pilot study testing the influence of racially-targeted food ads and food-related attentional biases on eating behaviors among a sample of Black adolescent females. Feasibility of recruitment, retention, and procedures were examined. Participants (N = 41, 12-17y) were randomized to view a television episode clip of the Big Bang Theory embedded with either four 30-second racially-targeted food ads or neutral ads. A computer dot probe task assessed food-related attentional biases. The primary outcome was caloric consumption from a laboratory test meal. Interactions based on weight and ethnic identity were also examined. Analyses of variance and regressions were used to assess main and interaction effects. Exposure to racially-targeted food ads (versus neutral ads) did not affect energy consumption (p > .99). Although not statistically significant, adolescents with obesity consumed nearly 240 kcal more than non-overweight adolescents (p = 0.10). There were no significant preliminary effects related to food-related attentional biases or ethnic identity (ps = 0.22-0.79). Despite a non-significant interaction, these data provide preliminary support that adolescents with obesity may be particularly vulnerable to racially-targeted food ads. An adequately powered trial is necessary to further elucidate the associations among racially-targeted food ads among Black adolescent girls with obesity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Omni Cassidy
- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health/Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
- Daniel K. Inouyé Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health/Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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Cassidy O, Shin HW, Song E, Jiang E, Harri R, Cano C, Vedanthan R, Ogedegbe G, Bragg M. Comparing McDonald's food marketing practices on official Instagram accounts across 15 countries. BMJ Nutr Prev Health 2021; 4:510-518. [PMID: 35028520 PMCID: PMC8718851 DOI: 10.1136/bmjnph-2021-000229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Social media advertising by fast food companies continues to increase globally, and exposure to food advertising contributes to poor diet and negative health outcomes (eg, cardiovascular disease). McDonald's-the largest fast food company in the world-operates in 101 countries, but little is known about their marketing techniques in various regions. The objective of this study was to compare the social media advertising practices of McDonald's-the largest fast food company in the world-in 15 high-income, upper-middle-income and lower-middle-income countries. METHODS We randomly selected official McDonald's Instagram accounts for 15 high-income, upper-middle-income and lower-middle-income countries. We captured all the screenshots that McDonald's posted on those Instagram accounts from September to December 2019. We quantified the number of followers, 'likes', 'comments' and video views associated with each account in April 2020. We used content analysis to examine differences in the marketing techniques. RESULTS The 15 accounts collectively maintained 10 million followers and generated 3.9 million 'likes', 164 816 comments and 38.2 million video views. We identified 849 posts. The three lower-middle-income countries had more posts (n=324; M, SD=108.0, 38.2 posts) than the five upper-middle-income countries (n=227; M, SD=45.4, 37.5 posts) and seven high-income countries (n=298; M, SD=42.6, 28.2 posts). Approximately 12% of the posts in high-income countries included child-targeted themes compared with 22% in lower-middle-income countries. Fourteen per cent of the posts in high-income countries included price promotions and free giveaways compared with 40% in lower-middle-income countries. CONCLUSIONS Social media advertising has enabled McDonald's to reach millions of consumers in lower-middle-income and upper-middle-income countries with disproportionately greater child-targeted ads and price promotions in lower-middle-income countries. Such reach is concerning because of the increased risk of diet-related illnesses, including cardiovascular disease, in these regions.
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- Omni Cassidy
- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Public Health Nutrition, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Public Health Nutrition, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Public Health Nutrition, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Public Health Nutrition, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Public Health Nutrition, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Public Health Nutrition, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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Bragg M, Lutfeali S, Greene T, Osterman J, Dalton M. How Food Marketing on Instagram Shapes Adolescents' Food Preferences: Online Randomized Trial. J Med Internet Res 2021; 23:e28689. [PMID: 34677136 PMCID: PMC8571690 DOI: 10.2196/28689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Worldwide obesity rates have prompted 16 countries to enact policies to reduce children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing, but few policies address online advertising practices or protect adolescents from being targeted. Given adolescents spend so much time online, it is critical to understand how persuasive Instagram food advertisements (ads) are compared with traditional food ads. To strengthen online food marketing policies, more evidence is needed on whether social media ads are more persuasive than other types of ads in shaping adolescents’ preferences. Objective This study examined whether adolescents could identify food companies’ Instagram posts as ads, and the extent to which Instagram versus traditional food ads shape adolescents’ preferences. Methods In Part 1, participants aged 13-17 years (N=832) viewed 8 pairs of ads and were asked to identify which ads originated from Instagram. One ad in each pair was selected from traditional sources (eg, print; online banner ad), and the other ad was selected from Instagram, but we removed the Instagram frame—which includes the logo, comments, and “likes.” In Part 2, participants were randomized to rate food ads that ostensibly originated from (1) Instagram (ie, we photoshopped the Instagram frame onto ads); or (2) traditional sources. Unbeknownst to participants, half of the ads in their condition originated from Instagram and half originated from traditional sources. Results In Part 1, adolescents performed worse than chance when asked to identify Instagram ads (P<.001). In Part 2, there were no differences on 4 of 5 outcomes in the “labeled ad condition.” In the “unlabeled ad condition,” however, they preferred Instagram ads to traditional ads on 3 of 5 outcomes (ie, trendiness, P=.001; artistic appeal, P=.001; likeability, P=.001). Conclusions Adolescents incorrectly identified traditional ads as Instagram posts, suggesting the artistic appearance of social media ads may not be perceived as marketing. Further, the mere presence of Instagram features caused adolescents to rate food ads more positively than ads without Instagram features.
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- Marie Bragg
- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, NY, United States
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- Stanford Graduate School of Business, Palo Alto, CA, United States
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- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, NY, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH, United States
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Soultan D, Bragg M, Thompson T, Hoover A. PO-1708 In-House Incident Learning System for FMEA Using Microsoft Sharepoints and Powerapps. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)08159-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bragg M, Arshonsky J, Pageot Y, Eby M, Tucker CM, Yin S, Goldmann E, Jay M. Student-led research team-building program may help junior faculty increase productivity in competitive biomedical research environment. BMC Med Educ 2021; 21:3. [PMID: 33397349 PMCID: PMC7784259 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02396-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Interdisciplinary research teams can increase productivity among academic researchers, yet many junior investigators do not have the training or financial resources to build productive teams. We developed and tested the acceptability and feasibility of three low-cost services to help junior faculty build and maintain their own research teams. METHODS At an urban academic medical centre, we implemented three types of consultation services: 1) giving talks on evidence-based best practices for building teams; 2) providing easy-to-use team building resources via email; and 3) offering a year-long consultation service-co-led by students-that taught faculty to build and maintain research teams. Our primary outcome was the number of faculty who used each service. For the yearlong consultation service, we asked faculty participants to complete three online self-assessments to rate their leadership confidence, the team's performance, and which of the consultation components were most helpful. We used descriptive statistics to evaluate faculty assessment scores at three timepoints by comparing median scores and interquartile ranges. RESULTS We gave 31 talks on team building to 328 faculty and postdoctoral fellows from 2014 to 2020. Separately, 26 faculty heard about our research team building expertise and requested materials via email. For the consultation service, we helped build or enhance 45 research teams from 2014 to 2020. By the end of the consultation, 100% of the faculty reported they were still maintaining their team. In the initial survey, the majority of participants (95.7%, n = 22) reported having no or few experiences in building teams. Further, when asked to rate their team's performance at 12-months, faculty highly rated many elements of both teamwork and taskwork, specifically their team's productivity (6/7 points), morale (6/7 points), and motivation (6/7 points). By the end of the program, faculty participants also highly rated two components of the consultation program: recruitment assistance (7/10 points) and provision of team management tools (7/10 points). CONCLUSIONS For participating faculty, our program provided valued guidance on recruitment assistance and team management tools. The high demand for team-building resources suggests that junior faculty urgently need better training on how to develop and manage their own team.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marie Bragg
- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 180 Madison Ave, 3-52, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
- Public Health Nutrition Program, NYU School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 180 Madison Ave, 3-52, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Health Psychology Program, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1563, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1980, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32603, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 180 Madison Ave, 3-52, New York, NY, 10016, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, New York University Langone Health/Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, 430 E 34th St., New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, NYU School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, 10003, USA
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- Department of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, 550 1st Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA
- Department of Population Health, New York Harbor Veteran Affairs, 423 East 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10010, USA
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Alruwaily A, Mangold C, Greene T, Arshonsky J, Cassidy O, Pomeranz JL, Bragg M. Child Social Media Influencers and Unhealthy Food Product Placement. Pediatrics 2020; 146:peds.2019-4057. [PMID: 33106342 PMCID: PMC7786816 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-4057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the frequency with which kid influencers promote branded and unbranded food and drinks during their YouTube videos and assess the nutritional quality of food and drinks shown. METHODS Researchers used Socialbakers data to identify the 5 most-watched kid influencers (ages 3 to 14 years) on YouTube in 2019. We searched for 50 of their most-watched videos and 50 of their videos that featured food and/or drinks on the thumbnail image of the video. We coded whether kid influencers consumed or played with food or toys, quantified the number of minutes food and/or drinks appeared, and recorded names of branded food and/or drinks. We assessed the nutritional quality of foods using the Nutrient Profile Model and identified the number of drinks with added sugar. RESULTS A sample of 418 YouTube videos met the search criteria, and 179 of those videos featured food and/or drinks. Food and/or drinks were featured in those videos 291 times. Kid influencers' YouTube videos were collectively viewed >48 billion times, and videos featuring food and/or drinks were viewed 1 billion times. Most food and/or drinks were unhealthy branded items (n = 263; 90.34%; eg, McDonald's), followed by unhealthy unbranded items (n = 12; 4.1%; eg, hot dogs), healthy unbranded items (n = 9; 3.1%; eg, fruit), and healthy branded items (n = 7; 2.4%; eg, Yoplait yogurt). CONCLUSIONS Kid influencers generate millions of impressions for unhealthy food and drink brands through product placement. The Federal Trade Commission should strengthen regulations regarding product placement on YouTube videos featuring young children.
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine and
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine and
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- Department of Population Health, School of Medicine and .,School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York
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Martinez O, Rodriguez N, Mercurio A, Bragg M, Elbel B. Supermarket retailers' perspectives on healthy food retail strategies: in-depth interviews. BMC Public Health 2018; 18:1019. [PMID: 30115043 PMCID: PMC6097300 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5917-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Excess calorie consumption and poor diet are major contributors to the obesity epidemic. Food retailers, in particular at supermarkets, are key shapers of the food environment which influences consumers' diets. This study seeks to understand the decision-making processes of supermarket retailers-including motivators for and barriers to promoting more healthy products-and to catalogue elements of the complex relationships between customers, suppliers, and, supermarket retailers. METHODS We recruited 20 supermarket retailers from a convenience sample of full service supermarkets and national supermarket chain headquarters serving low- and high-income consumers in urban and non-urban areas of New York. Individuals responsible for making in-store decisions about retail practices engaged in online surveys and semi-structured interviews. We employed thematic analysis to analyze the transcripts. RESULTS Supermarket retailers, mostly representing independent stores, perceived customer demand and suppliers' product availability and deals as key factors influencing their in-store practices around product selection, placement, pricing, and promotion. Unexpectedly, retailers expressed a high level of autonomy when making decisions about food retail strategies. Overall, retailers described a willingness to engage in healthy food retail and a desire for greater support from healthy food retail initiatives. CONCLUSIONS Understanding retailers' in-store decision making will allow development of targeted healthy food retail policy approaches and interventions, and provide important insights into how to improve the food environment.
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- Olivia Martinez
- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 227 E 30th St, 6th Floor, Office 626, New York, NY 10016 USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 227 E 30th St, 6th Floor, Office 626, New York, NY 10016 USA
- NYC College of Technology of the City University of New York, New York, 11201 USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 227 E 30th St, 6th Floor, Office 626, New York, NY 10016 USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 227 E 30th St, 6th Floor, Office 626, New York, NY 10016 USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 227 E 30th St, 6th Floor, Office 626, New York, NY 10016 USA
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Tucker CM, Butler A, Kaye LB, Nolan SEM, Flenar DJ, Marsiske M, Bragg M, Hoover E, Daly K. Impact of a Culturally Sensitive Health Self-Empowerment Workshop Series on Health Behaviors/Lifestyles, BMI, and Blood Pressure of Culturally Diverse Overweight/Obese Adults. Am J Lifestyle Med 2013; 8:122-132. [PMID: 24910589 DOI: 10.1177/1559827613503117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Examine the impact of the Health Self-Empowerment Theory-based, culturally sensitive Health Self-Empowerment (HSE) Workshop Series to Modify and Prevent Obesity on levels of health promoting (health-smart) behaviors, motivators of and barriers to these behaviors, health promoting lifestyle variables, and health status indicators (Body Mass Index [BMI] and blood pressure) among a culturally diverse sample of overweight/obese adults from mostly low income households. DESIGN 153 overweight/obese adults participated in an Immediate Treatment (IT) Group (n = 100) or a Waitlist Control (WC) Group (n = 53). RESULTS Post-intervention, the IT Group compared to the WC Group reported (a) significantly higher engagement in physical activity and healthy eating, (b) significantly less intake of calories, total fat, transfat, saturated fat, sugar, and added sugar, (c) significantly higher motivators for engaging in two of four specific health-smart behaviors, (d) significantly lower barriers to engaging in three of four specific health-smart behaviors, and (e) significantly lower BMI and systolic blood pressure. CONCLUSION The HSE Workshop Series may be an effective intervention for treating and preventing obesity among diverse low-income adults - individuals who often perceive/experience limited power over their health. Health care providers, particularly physicians, have important health empowerment roles in this intervention.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine,
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida (now with the Psychological Group of Washington),
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- Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida,
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida (now with Department of Psychology, Yale University),
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- Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo,
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida (now with St. Mary's College of Maryland),
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Beebe DS, Tran P, Bragg M, Stillman A, Truwitt C, Belani KG. Trained nurses can provide safe and effective sedation for MRI in pediatric patients. Can J Anaesth 2000; 47:205-10. [PMID: 10730728 DOI: 10.1007/bf03018913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine the success rate, safety and complications using a standard protocol and trained nurses to provide sedation for MRI under the supervision of a radiologist. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nurses were trained to provide sedation via a standard protocol for pediatric patients undergoing diagnostic MRI. Oral chloral hydrate (80-100 mg x kg(-1)) was used for children less than 18 mo of age. Older children received either 1-6 mg x kg(-1) pentobarbital i.v., with or without 1-2 microg x kg x hr(-1) fentanyl, or 25 mg x kg(-1) thiopental pr. Sedation was defined as successful if it allowed completion of the MRI without image distorting patient movement. The records of 572 MRIs performed on 488 pediatric patients (mean age 5+/-4 yr; age 2 mo-14 yr) from 1991 to July 1995 were reviewed to determine the success rate and complications using the sedation program. RESULTS Most, 91.8% (525/572), of the MRIs were successfully completed in 445 patients. The reasons for failure were inadequate sedation (45, 95.7%) and coughing (2, 4.2%). The failure rate was much higher before 1994 (38/272, 14%) than after (9/300, 3%; P<0.0001). Failure was more common if rectal thiopental was used (23/172, 14%) than intravenous pentobarbital (19/256, 7.4%; P<0.05). The failure rate was also high in patients with a history of a behavioural disorder (10/59, 17%). There were no deaths or unexpected admissions as a result of the sedation program. CONCLUSION A high success rate can be achieved as experience is gained using a standard protocol and trained nurses to sedate children for MRI.
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- D S Beebe
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55436, USA.
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