title: Unidas por la Vida (United for Life): implementing a culturally-tailored, community-based, family-oriented lifestyle intervention.
abstract: Unidas por la Vida, a behavioral weight-loss program, was developed for use among low-income, Mexican-American women with diabetes and their overweight/obese adult daughters. The program leverages community resources in a partnership between primary care and community-based organizations. This paper describes the program's implementation, lessons learned, and implications for sustainability.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Health Policy Research Institute, University of California-Irvine, CA 92617, USA. dsorkin@uci.edu
authors.forename: Dara H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Sorkin
authors.forename: Kelly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Biegler
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peyreda
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kilgore
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dow
authors.forename: Quyen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ngo-Metzger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*