Efficacy of a school-based cardiac health promotion intervention program for african-american adolescents.

Auteur(s) :
Covelli MM.
Date :
Nov, 2008
Source(s) :
APPL NURS RES. #21:4 p173-80
Adresse :
University of Central Florida School of Nursing, Orlando, FL, USA. [email protected]

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OBJECTIVE: African-American adolescents are twice as likely to develop hypertension in early adulthood than adolescents from other racial groups. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of a school-based health promotion intervention. METHOD: Participants were African-American adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years attending an urban high school. The 9-week intervention program focused on the participants’ knowledge, diet, exercise, and blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS: The intervention program was efficacious in knowledge (p = .0001), exercise (p = .0001), as well as fruit and vegetable intake (p = .0001). Differences in systolic (p = .5548) and diastolic (p = .9719) blood pressure levels were not significant.

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