Intervention to influence behaviors linked to risk of chronic diseases: a multisite randomized controlled trial with African-American HIV-serodiscordant heterosexual couples.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The high morbidity and mortality in African Americans associated with behavior-linked chronic diseases are well documented.

Methods

We tested the efficacy of an intervention to increase multiple health-related behaviors in African Americans. In a multisite cluster-randomized controlled trial, groups of African American human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-serodiscordant heterosexual couples in Atlanta (Georgia), Los Angeles (California), New York (New York), and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) were allocated to an individual-focused health promotion that addressed multiple health-related behaviors or to a couple-focused HIV/sexually transmitted disease (STD) risk reduction intervention. Primary outcomes were adherence to fruit and vegetable consumption and physical acti

SUBMITTER: El-Bassel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4004518 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature