Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01282749
Effectiveness of SisterTalk Hartford for Weight Loss Among African-American Women
The Hospitals-Churches Partnership for Health Project: SisterTalk Hartford
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 322 (actual)
- Sponsor
- UConn Health · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of the SisterTalk Hartford study was to assess whether a theoretically- and scientifically-based, culturally acceptable weight loss program could be effectively translated into a faith-based program and subsequently delivered in the church to help African-American women lose weight.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | SisterTalk Hartford | 12-week group support and film-based healthy lifestyle education program, including information on healthy nutrition and food preparation, increasing activity and exercise, healthy lifestyle behavior modification, and supportive spiritual materials. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Attention control video series | Participants received general film series on healthy lifestyles while waiting to participate in the experimental arm. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2002-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2006-08-01
- Completion
- 2006-08-01
- First posted
- 2011-01-25
- Last updated
- 2023-11-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01282749. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.