title: Increasing awareness in African American BSN students of the health risks of obesity.
abstract: This paper reports on the perceived effectiveness of a program to increase awareness of the health risks of obesity among African-American students. Thirty (n = 30) senior level Bachelor of Science in Nursing students attending a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) took a knowledge test, then participated in an hour-long educational session on obesity. Following the session, the students completed a 10-item post-test to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in increasing awareness of obesity as a risk for heart disease and diabetes. The findings suggested a need to further educate African-American students on the consequences of obesity as well as recommendations to advance the science of personal and family risk awareness in nursing students.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: Donald D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Kautz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult