Community clinic-based lifestyle change for prevention of metabolic syndrome: Rationale, design and methods of the 'Vida Sana/healthy life' program.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

and Objectives: The risk of diseases associated with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is higher for Hispanics living in the northeastern United States than for other racial and ethnic groups. Higher risk of diabetes, high blood lipids, obesity and limited access to continuity of care are all factors that also contribute to disproportionately poorer chronic disease outcomes for Hispanics.

Intervention approach

This article describes the planning and implementation of, and evaluation plans for the Vida Sana Program (VSP), a community-based group intervention created to address the identified MetS risks by encouraging healthier diet and physical activity behaviors among a low-income, largely Spanish speaking, and literacy limited uninsured population. Developed in response to

SUBMITTER: Risica PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218840 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature