Title

Efficacy Of A School-Based Cardiac Health Promotion Intervention Program For African-American Adolescents

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. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

11-1-2008

Publication Title

Applied Nursing Research

Volume

21

Issue

4

Number of Pages

173-180

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2006.12.004

Socpus ID

55149107906 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/55149107906

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