Strength-based strategies for addressing racial stressors in African American families: lessons learned from developing the LEADS health promotion intervention.
African American families
Community-based participatory research
Intervention
Physical activity
Strength-based approaches
Stress
Journal
Journal of behavioral medicine
ISSN: 1573-3521
Titre abrégé: J Behav Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7807105
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 Aug 2024
10 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
23
01
2024
accepted:
22
07
2024
medline:
10
8
2024
pubmed:
10
8
2024
entrez:
10
8
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Recognizing the real-life impact of racial stress on physical and psychological health is vital for creating impactful health promotion interventions among African American families. Despite the known link between racial stress and poor physical health outcomes, no existing intervention to date has targeted stress management strategies to buffer racial stress and build positive health behaviors among African American families. The current study outlines the lessons learned throughout the development of the Linking Exercise for Advancing Daily Stress (LEADS) Management and Resilience program, a 10-week family-based health promotion, stress management, and resilience intervention that aimed to improve physical activity, healthy eating, and well-being among African American adolescents and parents. We highlight the evolution of the LEADS intervention from a health promotion and stress management intervention to a culturally salient health promotion, stress management, and resilience intervention utilizing community-based participatory research strategies. This paper chronicles our systematic journey in making those changes and the lessons we learned along the way. We provide specific recommendations and implications for future health promotion interventions developed for African American families. Overall, we argue for a research orientation that respects cultural and racial contexts, embraces diversity within research teams and self-reflection, recognizes the heterogeneity among African American populations, and applies strength-based approaches.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39126610
doi: 10.1007/s10865-024-00509-y
pii: 10.1007/s10865-024-00509-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : NIMHD NIH HHS
ID : F31MD017456-02
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIH Medical Science Grant
ID : T32GM08740
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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