NCT01439477

StrongWomen- Healthy Hearts: A Community Based Program for Midlife and Older Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 763 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tufts University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. CVD disproportionately affects underserved populations, specifically low-income, minority, and rural women who have higher obesity rates and experience other health disparities. There is a need for replicable, evidence-based programs that target women, particularly midlife and older women who represent an increasing proportion of the U.S. population, to reduce their CVD risk . StrongWomen - Healthy Hearts is a 12-week, community-based program that has demonstrated effectiveness at improving CVD risk factors, including body weight, diet quality, and physical activity in a controlled, randomized trial conducted with midlife and older overweight and obese subjects in Arkansas and Kansas. The central objective is to rigorously evaluate dissemination of the StrongWomen - Healthy Hearts Program using the RE-AIM framework to achieve maximal public health impact. Expanded dissemination will occur through the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) This partnership will leverage a long and successful collaboration between Tufts University and CSREES that provides strength training programs to older women in 41 states.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Overweight and Obesity

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2015-11-01
• First posted: 2011-09-23
• Last updated: 2024-04-12