Mediators and moderators of nutrition intervention effects in remote Indigenous Australia.

ABSTRACT: We conducted a longitudinal dietary intervention study to assess the impact of a store-based intervention on mediators and moderators and consequent dietary behaviour in Indigenous communities in remote Australia. We assessed dietary intake of fruit, vegetable, water and sweetened soft drink, mediators and moderators among 148, eighty-five and seventy-three adult participants (92 % women) at baseline (T1), end of intervention (T2) and at 24 weeks post intervention (T3), respectively. Mediators included perceived affordability and self-efficacy. Moderators were barriers to eat more fruit and vegetables and food security. Mixed-effects models were used to determine changes in mediators and moderators with time and associations between these and each dietary outcome. Perceived vegetable affor

SUBMITTER: Brimblecombe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6088544 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature