Efficacy of a school-based cardiac health promotion intervention program for African-American adolescents.

Maureen McCormick Covelli

Journal: Applied nursing research : ANR 2009;21(4):173-80

PMID: 18995158

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

African-American adolescents are twice as likely to develop hypertension in early adulthood than adolescents from other racial groups. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of a school-based health promotion intervention.

METHOD

Participants were African-American adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years attending an urban high school. The 9-week intervention program focused on the participants' knowledge, diet, exercise, and blood pressure.

CONCLUSIONS

The intervention program was efficacious in knowledge (p = .0001), exercise (p = .0001), as well as fruit and vegetable intake (p = .0001). Differences in systolic (p = .5548) and diastolic (p = .9719) blood pressure levels were not significant.

Address: University of Central Florida School of Nursing, Orlando, FL, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.12.004

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MeSH Terms: Adolescent, Adolescent Health Services, Black or African American, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Efficiency, Organizational, Exercise, Feeding Behavior, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Life Style, Male, Program Evaluation, School Health Services, School Nursing