title: Demographic and psychosocial factors associated with increased fruit and vegetable consumption among smokers in public housing enrolled in a randomized trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the demographic and psychosocial factors associated with increased fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption among smokers residing in public housing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cluster randomized trial of 20 public housing developments (HDs). Ten housing developments were randomly assigned to a FV intervention and 10 to a smoking cessation intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Change in daily FV intake over the past 7 days at 8 weeks postbaseline.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Above the effect of treatment, baseline confidence for vegetable consumption (model coefficient = 0.19, SE = 0.07, p = .01), decreased barriers (model coefficient = -0.12, SE = 0.04, p = .002) and increased agency (model coefficient = 0.08, SE = 0.04, p = .03) were significantly associated with week 8 FV consumption.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the intervention produced significant change in FV consumption, the majority of individual psychosocial factors were not associated with this change. Future studies examining the dynamic interaction between interventions and individual, social, and environmental factors are needed to more fully explain dietary change among public housing residents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS City, KS 66160, USA. nnollen@kumc.edu
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nollen
authors.forename: Christie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Befort
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pulvers
authors.forename: Aimee S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Harsohena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.forename: Qingjang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Jasjit S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011203:Poverty; D012907:Smoking; D012944:Social Support; D014675:Vegetables