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Power Up for Health—Participants’ Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program to Engage Men
The National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) has been effectively translated to various community and clinical settings; however, regardless of setting, enrollment among men and lower-income populations is low. This study presents participant perspectives on Power Up for Health, a novel NDPP pilo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29540130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988318758786 |
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author | Realmuto, Lindsey Kamler, Alexandra Weiss, Linda Gary-Webb, Tiffany L. Hodge, Michael E. Pagán, José A. Walker, Elizabeth A. |
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description | The National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) has been effectively translated to various community and clinical settings; however, regardless of setting, enrollment among men and lower-income populations is low. This study presents participant perspectives on Power Up for Health, a novel NDPP pilot adaption for men residing in low-income communities in New York City. We conducted nine interviews and one focus group with seven participants after the program ended. Interview and focus group participants had positive perceptions of the program and described the all-male aspect of the program and its reliance on male coaches as major strengths. Men felt the all-male adaptation allowed for more open, in-depth conversations on eating habits, weight loss, body image, and masculinity. Participants also reported increased knowledge and changes to their dietary and physical activity habits. Recommendations for improving the program included making the sessions more interactive by, for example, adding exercise or healthy cooking demonstrations. Overall, findings from the pilot suggest this NDPP adaptation was acceptable to men and facilitated behavior change and unique discussions that would likely not have occurred in a mixed-gender NDPP implementation. |
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spelling | pubmed-61314582018-09-13 Power Up for Health—Participants’ Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program to Engage Men Realmuto, Lindsey Kamler, Alexandra Weiss, Linda Gary-Webb, Tiffany L. Hodge, Michael E. Pagán, José A. Walker, Elizabeth A. Am J Mens Health Original Articles The National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) has been effectively translated to various community and clinical settings; however, regardless of setting, enrollment among men and lower-income populations is low. This study presents participant perspectives on Power Up for Health, a novel NDPP pilot adaption for men residing in low-income communities in New York City. We conducted nine interviews and one focus group with seven participants after the program ended. Interview and focus group participants had positive perceptions of the program and described the all-male aspect of the program and its reliance on male coaches as major strengths. Men felt the all-male adaptation allowed for more open, in-depth conversations on eating habits, weight loss, body image, and masculinity. Participants also reported increased knowledge and changes to their dietary and physical activity habits. Recommendations for improving the program included making the sessions more interactive by, for example, adding exercise or healthy cooking demonstrations. Overall, findings from the pilot suggest this NDPP adaptation was acceptable to men and facilitated behavior change and unique discussions that would likely not have occurred in a mixed-gender NDPP implementation. SAGE Publications 2018-03-15 2018-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6131458/ /pubmed/29540130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988318758786 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Realmuto, Lindsey Kamler, Alexandra Weiss, Linda Gary-Webb, Tiffany L. Hodge, Michael E. Pagán, José A. Walker, Elizabeth A. Power Up for Health—Participants’ Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program to Engage Men |
title | Power Up for Health—Participants’
Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention
Program to Engage Men |
title_full | Power Up for Health—Participants’
Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention
Program to Engage Men |
title_fullStr | Power Up for Health—Participants’
Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention
Program to Engage Men |
title_full_unstemmed | Power Up for Health—Participants’
Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention
Program to Engage Men |
title_short | Power Up for Health—Participants’
Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention
Program to Engage Men |
title_sort | power up for health—participants’
perspectives on an adaptation of the national diabetes prevention
program to engage men |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29540130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988318758786 |
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