TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Variables Underlying Obesity in Latino Men
T2 - Design, Rationale and Participant Characteristics from the Latino Men’s Health Initiative
AU - Sanchez-Johnsen, Lisa
AU - Craven, Meredith
AU - Nava, Magdalena
AU - Alonso, Angelica
AU - Dykema-Engblade, Amanda
AU - Rademaker, Alfred
AU - Xie, Hui
N1 - Funding Information:
We extend our appreciation to all research participants as well as to our community partners at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center?s Diabetes Empowerment Center, the Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness, Casa Central, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, and Alivio Medical Center. The authors gratefully acknowledge the following community partners for their involvement in various phases of the study: Julia Escamilla, Susan Vega, Jaime Delgado, Magdalena Nava, Leonilda Calderon, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Illeana Gomez and Christy Prahl. The authors also extend their deep appreciation to all of the research staff, students and trainees who helped with this study, including the following individuals: Liliana Bolanos, Kelly Ortega, Eduardo Bastian, Regina Reina, Michelle Toledo, Angelica Alonso, Alejandra Onate, Erin Rodriguez, Christian Gomez, Francis Caparroso, John Capua, Andres Carrion, Julius Lara, and Anthony Ruiz. The authors extend their gratitude to Irma Rodas for her technical assistance in the preparation of this manuscript. Magdalena Nava is now at the Ruth M. Rothstein Core Center, Department of Prevention and Education, Chicago, Illinois. This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health?s National Cancer Institute, Grant numbers R21CA143636 and R1CA143636-S to Dr. S?nchez-Johnsen. Research reported in this publication was also supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health?s National Cancer Institute, Grant numbers U54CA202995, U54CA202997, and U54CA203000 to Dr. Sanchez-Johnsen, Dr. Amanda-Dykema-Engblade, Dr. Alfred Rademaker, and Ms. Magdalena Nava. Additional funding was provided by the Department of Psychiatry and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Illinois Cancer Center, and the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System- Population Health Sciences Program to Dr. Sanchez-Johnsen. Additional services were provided by the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science (Funded by UL1TR000050). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - Overweight and obesity are associated with significant health problems and rates of obesity are high among Latino men. This paper describes the design, rationale and participant characteristics of the key demographic variables assessed in an NIH-funded study (R21-CA143636) addressing culture and several obesity-related variables (diet, physical activity, and body image) among Mexican and Puerto Rican men using a community-based participatory research framework. Participants completed objective measures (height, weight, body fat, hip, waist), a health and culture interview, a diet questionnaire, and used an accelerometer to measure their level of physical activity. A total of 203 participants completed the measures and the health and culture interview and 193 completed all study components. Puerto Ricans were older than Mexicans (p <.0001) and there were significant differences in marital status (p <.05), country of birth (p <.05), smoking (p <.05) and work status (p <.001). There were no significant differences in religion, education, health insurance, Body Mass Index, body fat, hip and waist measurements, and the language preference of the interview. Results have implications for the development of a future intervention that incorporates the role of cultural factors into a community participatory obesity intervention for Latino men.
AB - Overweight and obesity are associated with significant health problems and rates of obesity are high among Latino men. This paper describes the design, rationale and participant characteristics of the key demographic variables assessed in an NIH-funded study (R21-CA143636) addressing culture and several obesity-related variables (diet, physical activity, and body image) among Mexican and Puerto Rican men using a community-based participatory research framework. Participants completed objective measures (height, weight, body fat, hip, waist), a health and culture interview, a diet questionnaire, and used an accelerometer to measure their level of physical activity. A total of 203 participants completed the measures and the health and culture interview and 193 completed all study components. Puerto Ricans were older than Mexicans (p <.0001) and there were significant differences in marital status (p <.05), country of birth (p <.05), smoking (p <.05) and work status (p <.001). There were no significant differences in religion, education, health insurance, Body Mass Index, body fat, hip and waist measurements, and the language preference of the interview. Results have implications for the development of a future intervention that incorporates the role of cultural factors into a community participatory obesity intervention for Latino men.
KW - Community based participatory research
KW - Culture
KW - Latinos
KW - Obesity
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U2 - 10.1007/s10900-017-0324-9
DO - 10.1007/s10900-017-0324-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 28332066
AN - SCOPUS:85015886892
VL - 42
SP - 826
EP - 838
JO - Journal of Community Health
JF - Journal of Community Health
SN - 0094-5145
IS - 4
ER -