B46 - The Feasibility of the Cultural And Family Resilience to Elevate Health Promotion Program for Black Families in the LEADS Trial
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AMTopics: Child and Family Health, Health of Marginalized Populations
Poster Number: B46
Black families experience racial stress that can contribute to poor health outcomes. Growing evidence shows the potential of cultural and family resilience resources as a protective buffer of racial stress and its impact on health-related behaviors among Black adolescents. Specifically, findings from our team’s prior pilot resilience trial showed that Black families showed increased physical activity from pre/post-trial. To extend on this pilot work to integrate more resilience intervention modules, the Cultural And family Resilience to Elevate (CARE) health study was developed as an online 5-week resilience feasibility program integrating racial socialization, racial identity, cultural assets, and family routines/communication curriculum for Black families. The current study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the CARE resilience curriculum to inform the implementation of a recently funded R01 randomized controlled trial Linking Exercise for Advancing Daily Stress (LEADS) Management and Resilience in Black families. Utilizing a community-based participatory approach, quantitative data were collected from 20 overweight Black adolescent-parent dyads (adolescent: Mage=13.3±1.6 years; ~70% female; parent: 90% female). Families were exposed to 5 core modules: Setting Goals & Tracking Behaviors; Racial Stress & Positive Identity; Cultural/Family Traditions & Physical Activity; Coping with Racial Stress; Healthy Cultural Food. Of the 20 dyads enrolled in CARE, all families attended each session. Families provided feedback on the program overall and specific resilience intervention components with an a priori goal of ≥3.0 (on a 5-pt scale). Families endorsed sessions were interesting (adolescents 4.1±0.7; parents 4.6±0.5) and that they would use the session topics (adolescents 3.9±0.7; parents 4.6±0.5). Additionally, families reported enjoying learning healthy alternatives to cultural foods (adolescents 4.2±0.8; parents 4.6±0.5), cultural traditions for physical activity (adolescents 4.4±0.9; parents 4.4±0.7), spirituality as a coping tool (adolescents 4.4±1.0; parents 4.6±0.7), and creating a positive self-statement about Black identity (adolescents 3.9±1.3; parents 4.8±0.4). Overall, findings demonstrate the value in gathering community feedback to develop salient culturally sensitive health promotion interventions. These findings have important implications for the associated R01 LEADS trial and future resilience-based health programs.
Keywords: Intervention, Health disparitiesAuthors and Affliiates
Author: Mary Quattlebaum, MA, University of South CarolinaCo-Author: Dawn K. Wilson, PhD, FSBM, University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Timothy Simmons, B.A., University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Taylor White, B.S., University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Pamela Martin, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
B46 - The Feasibility of the Cultural And Family Resilience to Elevate Health Promotion Program for Black Families in the LEADS Trial
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