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SUBMITTER: Sayer J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658098 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sayer Janis J Paniagua Deysi D Ballentine Sonya S Sheehan Lindsay L Carson Margaret M Nieweglowski Katherine K Corrigan Patrick P
Social work in health care 20190325 5
African Americans are burdened by high rates of obesity that contribute to chronic disease and early mortality. To tailor a weight loss intervention to meet the needs of African Americans with serious mental illness, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) team comprised primarily of African Americans with serious mental illness guided qualitative research to understand factors that affect weight and interventions that may diminish obesity. Data from five focus groups (n = 55) were analy ...[more]