title: Reducing risk behaviors linked to noncommunicable diseases in Mongolia: a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We tested the efficacy of a 6-session, evidence-based health promotion intervention aimed at reducing noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred male and female factory workers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia were randomly assigned to groups receiving either the health promotion intervention or a time-matched financial literacy control intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The health promotion intervention increased daily fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity, increased readiness for NCD risk behavior reduction and health promotion knowledge, and reduced the number of daily alcoholic drinks and diabetes symptoms 3 months after the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings support the efficacy of the intervention to reduce risk behaviors associated with NCDs. Dissemination of the intervention may improve productivity, reduce costs of health services, and better the quality of life for Mongolians.
authors.affiliation: Wellspring, NGO, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. tg_aira@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Toivgoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aira
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riedel
authors.forename: Susan S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Witte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008986:Mongolia / Q000453:epidemiology; D009043:Motor Activity; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012309:Risk-Taking