title: A randomized pilot study of a community-based weight loss intervention for African-American women: Rationale and study design of Doing Me! Sisters Standing Together for a Healthy Mind and Body.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite the high prevalence of obesity among African-American women and modest success in behavioral weight loss interventions, the development and testing of weight management interventions using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach have been limited. Doing Me!: Sisters Standing Together for Healthy Mind and Body (Doing Me!) is an intervention adapted from an evidence-based behavioral obesity intervention using a CBPR approach. The purpose of Doing Me! is to test the feasibility and acceptability of this adapted intervention and determine its efficacy in achieving improvements in anthropometrics, diet, and physical activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty African-American women, from a low-income, urban community, aged 30-65 years will be randomized to one of two arms: 16-week Doing Me! (n = 30) or waitlist control (n = 30). Doing Me! employs CBPR methodology to involve community stakeholders and members during the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation phases of the intervention. There will be thirty-two 90-minute sessions incorporating 45 min of instruction on diet, physical activity, and/or weight management plus 45 min of physical activity. Data will be collected at baseline and post-intervention (16 weeks).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Doing Me! is one of the first CBPR studies to examine the feasibility/acceptability of an adapted evidence-based behavioral weight loss intervention designed for obese African-American women. CBPR may be an effective strategy for implementing a weight management intervention among this high-risk population.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, 646 Applied Health Sciences Building, 1919 West Taylor Street MC 517, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Cancer Education and Career Development Program, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 1747 West Roosevelt Road MC275, Chicago, IL 60608, United States. Electronic address: ssprin4@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Sparkle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Springfield
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Health Promotion Research Program, College of Medicine, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 486 Westside Research Office Bldg., 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buscemi
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Health Promotion Research Program, College of Medicine, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 486 Westside Research Office Bldg., 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States.
authors.forename: Marian L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fitzgibbon
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Health Promotion Research Program, College of Medicine, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 486 Westside Research Office Bldg., 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States.
authors.forename: Melinda R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Stolley
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Health Promotion Research Program, College of Medicine, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 486 Westside Research Office Bldg., 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States; University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Health Systems Science, 914 College of Nursing, 845 South Damen Ave. MC 802, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
authors.forename: Shannon N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Zenk
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Health Promotion Research Program, College of Medicine, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 486 Westside Research Office Bldg., 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schiffer
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, 646 Applied Health Sciences Building, 1919 West Taylor Street MC 517, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
authors.forename: Jameika
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, 646 Applied Health Sciences Building, 1919 West Taylor Street MC 517, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
authors.forename: Quiana
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, 646 Applied Health Sciences Building, 1919 West Taylor Street MC 517, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
authors.forename: Tanine
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murdock
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, 646 Applied Health Sciences Building, 1919 West Taylor Street MC 517, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
authors.forename: Iona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, 646 Applied Health Sciences Building, 1919 West Taylor Street MC 517, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Englewood Neighborhood Health Clinic, Chicago Department of Public Health, 641 W 63rd St, Chicago, IL 60621, United States.
authors.forename: Loys
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, 646 Applied Health Sciences Building, 1919 West Taylor Street MC 517, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, 646 Applied Health Sciences Building, 1919 West Taylor Street MC 517, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Health Promotion Research Program, College of Medicine, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 486 Westside Research Office Bldg., 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Odoms-Young
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D002641:Chicago; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011203:Poverty; D012107:Research Design; D020377:Self Efficacy; D000068356:Self-Control; D014505:Urban Population; D015431:Weight Loss
keywords: African-American women; Behavioral intervention; Community-based participatory research (CBPR) weight loss; Obesity