June 1, 1989Health Education Quarterly
A Family Approach to Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Results from The San Diego Family Health Project
Why the study?
Does a year-long family-based educational intervention improve cardiovascular risk factors and behaviors in healthy low-to-middle-income families?
Population
206 healthy, volunteer low-to-middle-income Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white families, each with a…
Comparison
Year-long educational intervention designed to… vs Control group
Design
RCT, Half of the families were randomized
Follow-up
24-month
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports school-based family education for modest BP reduction in low-to-middle-income families; extends prior evidence to healthy populations.
Structured PICO
Does a year-long family-based educational intervention improve cardiovascular risk factors and behaviors in healthy low-to-middle-income families?
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Population
206 healthy, volunteer low-to-middle-income Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white (Anglo-American) families (623 individuals), each with a fifth or a sixth-grade child
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Intervention
Year-long educational intervention designed to decrease the whole family's intake of high salt, high fat foods, and to increase their regular physical activity
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Comparator
Control group
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Outcome
Knowledge of skills required to change dietary and exercise habits, eating habits, physical activity, cardiovascular fitness levels, LDL cholesterol, and blood pressure at 24-month follow-upsurrogate
A family-based educational intervention utilizing school resources is feasible and effective in improving dietary habits and reducing blood pressure in low-to-middle-income families.
Cite This Study
Nader et al. (1989) studied this question.