Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities

Virginia M. Brennan is an associate professor at Meharry Medical College and the editor of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. She is also the editor of Disasters and Public Health: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma and Free Clinics: Local Responses to Health Care Needs, both published by Johns Hopkins. Shiriki K. Kumanyika is a professor of epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. She is the founder and chair of the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network and the coeditor of Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making. Ruth Enid Zambrana is a professor in the Department of Women's Studies and the director of the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

This book, therefore, serves as a showcase of recent grassroots movements that work across disciplines, health systems and sectors to address inequalities by using culturally appropriate approaches. Journal of Public Health

• ForewordIntroduction. Advancing a New Conversation about Obesity in the UnderservedPart I: Literature ReviewsChapter 1. The Potential of Early Childhood Education as a Successful Obesity InterventionChapter 2. Latino Childhood ObesityChapter 3. Is That All There Is? A Comprehensive Review of Obesity Prevention and Treatment Interventions for African American GirlsChapter 4. Dietary Acculturation in U.S. Hispanic CommunitiesChapter 5. Obesity in Correctional Facilities: A Review of Epidemiology and EtiologyChapter 6. Weight Loss Interventions in the Mexican American CommunityPart II: CommentariesChapter 7. In the Way or On the Way? Asking Ourselves about the Role of Contextual Factors in Community- Based Obesity ResearchChapter 8. The Importance of Public Safety in Promoting Physical Activity and Curbing Obesity within African American CommunitiesChapter 9. Military and Civilian Approaches to the U.S. Obesity EpidemicChapter 10. A Healthy Weight Disparity Index and Reducing Rates of Obesity and Overweight in the United StatesPart III: Reports from the FieldChapter 11. Obesity Management Organized by Adolescents in Rural AppalachiaChapter 12. Winning Over Weight Wellness: A Culturally Relevant, Interactive Health Program for Underserved Faith- Based GroupsChapter 13. Latino Migrant Middle School Students as Videographers: Learning about Healthy ChoicesChapter 14. Creating Healthy Environments in Los Angeles through Joint Use of School FacilitiesChapter 15. The Idaho Partnership for Hispanic Health: Enabling Healthy Eating and Active Living in Rural IdahoChapter 16. Alliance for a Healthy Border: Obesity Prevention in Underserved U.S.- Mexico Border CommunitiesChapter 17. Comienzo Sano: Familia Saludable: Addressing Latino Childhood Obesity through a Community- Based Participatory Research and Bilingual Family- Focused CurriculumChapter 18. Fine, Fit, and Fabulous: Addressing Obesity in Underserved Communities through a Faith- Based Nutrition and Fitness ProgramChapter 19. Changes for Life: A Primary Care– Based Multidisciplinary Program for Obesity in Children and FamiliesChapter 20. The West Virginia PEIA Weight Management Program: An Innovative Approach to Obesity Prevention and Treatment in Appalachian CommunitiesChapter 21. SOPHE: Sustainable Solutions for Health EquityChapter 22. The Prevention of Obesity in Homeless Shelter SettingsChapter 23. Get FIT (Fitness Integration Training): A Program to Reduce Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Their CaregiversChapter 24. The PILI 'Ohana Project: A Community- Academic Partnership to Eliminate Obesity Disparities in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander CommunitiesChapter 25. Nutrition Education at Mobile Markets: Community- Engaged, Evidence- Based Interventions to Address Obesity in Low- Income Neighborhoods in MilwaukeeChapter 26. Report from a Pediatric Weight Management Program: Lessons Learned from Six Years of Experience with a Largely Medicaid- Based PopulationChapter 27. Healthy Children, Strong Families: Obesity Prevention for Preschool American Indian Children and Their FamiliesChapter 28. A Structured Weight Management Program for Obese Patients in an Urban Safety- Net Hospital CenterChapter 29. Creating Safe Neighborhoods for Obesity Prevention: Perceptions of Urban YouthChapter 30. Peer Influence on Obesity- Related Behaviors: Design and Rationale of the Waipahu HART ProjectChapter 31. Walking Groups: A Simple, Affordable Intervention Program for Public Housing DevelopmentsIndex