"Mother's Health and Well-Being Matters: Is a Mediated Social Cohesion Public Health Intervention Feasible?"

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To test the feasibility of introducing 'Free Time for Wellness' (FT4W) an intervention to increase healthy behaviours and reduce the risk of cancer.

Design

Feasibility study; Setting: Washington Heights, New York, USA is a low socioeconomic status area.

Subjects

Mothers aged 18 and above with children under 12 years of age and living in Washington Heights were recruited.

Intervention

FT4W, a community-based intervention delivered through a neighbourhood-based app, offering weekly dance and yoga classes, food pantry visits and group playdates. Childcare professionals cared for participants' children during wellness activities.

Measures

A bespoke before and after survey was designed and tested for its ability to collect relevant data to assess the

SUBMITTER: Jones C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9060206 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature