title: Effects of Promoting Health Among Teens on Dietary, Physical Activity and Substance Use Knowledge and Behaviors for African American Adolescents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  African Americans are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease and cancer. Health promotion interventions hold promise for reducing health disparities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Promoting Health Among Teens (PHAT) is a brief, culturally tailored health education intervention to decrease cardiovascular disease and cancer risk for African Americans. This study evaluated the effects of PHAT for African American adolescents ages 14 to 17 in four eastern cities in the USA.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized controlled design (N = 1,654) was used to determine differences in health knowledge, diet, physical activity, and substance use behaviors between PHAT participants and a sexual health promotion control group. Data were collected at baseline, three, six, and twelve months post intervention. Growth curve modeling was used to detect differences in health knowledge, dietary behaviors, physical activity, and substance use between PHAT and control group participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PHAT participants had significantly greater knowledge gains but modest behavior changes compared to control group participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PHAT is a promising intervention to increase knowledge and address selected health behaviors in African American youth.
  Future attempts to execute PHAT should continue its emphasis on knowledge building while increasing intervention dosage and modifying length of time for intervention sessions.
authors: University of Windsor.
authors: Jelani C
authors: JC
authors: Kerr
authors: Robert F
authors: RF
authors: Valois
authors: Naomi B
authors: NB
authors: Farber
authors: Peter A
authors: PA
authors: Vanable
authors: Ralph J
authors: RJ
authors: Diclemente
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Salazar
authors: Larry K
authors: LK
authors: Brown
authors: Michael P
authors: MP
authors: Carey
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Romer
authors: Bonita
authors: B
authors: Stanton
authors: John B
authors: JB
authors: Jemmott
authors: Loretta Sweet
authors: LS
authors: Jemmott
authors: A Melinda
authors: AM
authors: Spencer
authors: Lucy
authors: L
authors: Annang
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